Fun Road Trip Games for the Entire Family
Summer break is practically synonymous with long road trips. Whether heading to the beach, camp, or Grandma’s house, keep an arsenal of tips handy to keep the kids occupied after the crayons break, after they’ve listened to their playlist three times through, and the Nintendo loses charge. Why not try some of these old-fashioned car […] […]
How to Stop Summer Learning Loss
Every year, the cycle repeats. After a summer spent chasing butterflies, swimming, working, or just plain lazing about, hundreds of thousands of students file back into their schools after the break, ready for a new school year. Or are they? Typically when students return to school in the fall after two months of break, they […] […]
Five Myths About Summer Learning
Updated April 2021. Originally posted July 2016. The pandemic has affected students greatly, causing major gaps in learning. Students rely on school for their education, for extracurricular activities, social interactions, and even for their mental well-being. Recover Learning Losses this Summer It may take years for students to recover from the pandemic. Summer vacation is […] […]
Train Your Brain Like An Olympic Athlete!
The Olympic Games are underway and many are watching the breathtaking feats of the athletes with awe and admiration. While most of us will not become professional speed skaters or ski jumpers, there is something very important we can learn from watching the athletes perform: success takes hard work and determination! No athlete gets to […] […]
How to Learn to Learn
As the school year winds down, it’s time to take stock of the past year. What were areas of success? What were areas that need improvement? What was learned? What was forgotten? What was easy/difficult? What’s coming up next year? Summer is not the time to forget all things academic: a little bit of brain […] […]
Report Cards are Coming!
With report cards on their way, we thought it would be helpful to remind you of our tips for the “report card chat”. Every family should sit down and discuss the positives and negatives of the report card, and come up with a plan to catch up and get ahead this summer to be ready […] […]
The Need For Nature this Summer
Want Better Grades Next Fall? Get Outside this Summer. There are many factors to consider in the quest for better grades. There’s the academic considerations: increased study time, hiring tutors, developing better habits such as time management and organization, and fine-tuning in-class learning skills. And there are the at-home considerations: improving sleep habits, implementing routines, […] […]
The Top Three Summer Activities that All Children Should Be Doing
By now, the importance of summer learning is well known. Students of all ages need to keep the cognitive wheels turning in order to maintain their learning momentum and not experience the backward summer slide. There are an entire summer’s worth of ideas available to keep kids busy all summer long–the sky’s the limit! But […] […]
The ABCs of Summer Learning: N-Z
Or, 13 more ways to make learning part of your summer. N: Nature. Take a nature hike, stopping along the path to look at plants and animals. This is a great place to practice description skills. Engage children to think actively about what they encounter by asking questions, “why do you think that tree is […] […]
The ABCs of Summer Learning: A-M
Or, 13 ways to make learning part of your summer… A: Activity. Studies have shown that exercise increases blood flow to the brain, which feeds brain cells, and helps to make neural connections strong. B: Board Games. Not just for rainy summer afternoon inside, board games are actually great learning tools. They help kids develop […] […]