While summer is a time for leisure, it’s also a chance to prevent summer learning loss and keep young minds occupied! Since 1906, researchers have researched this phenomenon, often known as the “summer slide,” which happens when children forget what they learnt the previous school year over extended absences.
Here are some double strategies to assist your child get the most out of their summer studying so they can look their best when they return to school:
1. Keep a journal all summer.
Children and young people can reflect on their experiences, practise writing, and acquire critical social-emotional skills through journaling. You may help your kids put up a journal to record their summertime adventures!
They’ll become thrilled about writing interesting stories and ideas in their customised notebook as they print, put together, and bind it with thread or staples. By allocating time for their daily writing, you may encourage children to keep a notebook throughout the summer and help them with organisation!
2. Use novel studies to guide reading
Every parent has heard the terrible summertime statement, “I’m bored.” The next time your children are in need of a stimulating task, expose them to a novel study that immerses them in reading!
Novel studies are structured worksheet sets that include discussion questions, additional exercises, and pre- and post-reading questions for each chapter in a book. Children can still improve their comprehension abilities, increase their vocabulary, and develop a love of reading at home even in the absence of a classroom setting.
3. Check out simple and enjoyable worksheets with a summer theme.
A comprehensive at-home program is not necessary to combat summer learning loss. Just occasionally include a few straightforward worksheets for the seasons!
Use oddball puzzles to test their cognitive abilities and give them the impression that they are playing games as they study, such as our brand-new Summer Spelling Practice Word Search Puzzle or our Summer Hink Pink Riddles. Add in some themed writing exercises or grammar drills (we have multiple sets of each so kids can practise all summer long!).
