Let the learning continue!

Hi Families,
Providing summer learning opportunities is an important way to prevent your child from experiencing "Summer Slide" - a common occurrence for children when they have 2-3 months off during the summer. This loss of learning time can lead to problems for students down the road. According to a USA Today article, "...a well-documented "summer slide" in academics that, by sixth grade, accounts for as much as 80% of the achievement gap, Allington and other researchers say. Researchers note that low-income students lose about three months of ground each summer to middle-class peers." 

Three Ways to Prevent Summer Slide from Scholastic's Parent and Child Magazine
Keeping Kids Off the Summer Slide from Reading Is Fundamental

Sadly, our lease prohibits us from having summer school at LdV this year but that doesn't mean the learning has to stop! I will be posting some suggestions for educational opportunities here on our blog all summer long. I will try to provide a variety of activities, both things kids can do online and things that can be done easily at home and in your neighborhood. If you have any suggestions for activities or your child would like to share what s/he's been up to, please email me! I'd love to put their work up on the blog as well! I'll have the first post up ASAP.

Hugs to you all,
:)Ms. G