In order to prevent learning loss over the summer, encourage creative play and finding ways to continue learning while still having lots of fun and being exposed to new and interesting things. 
Kids can lose up to 2 months of math skills over the summer. To stop the summer math drain, it’s important that they stay fluent on basic math facts and operations.
Are you worried about how the kids are going to keep from losing knowledge over the summer? Writing about their day is a great way to keep their brains limber.How to Encourage Reading Over the Summer
The best way to keep summer learning loss at bay is to continue reading everyday throughout the summer. How do we keep the kids interested though?
What’s Your Plan?
While the schools did their best to make a switch from classroom to online learning, let’s be honest, our kids’ summer vacation, as far as school is concerned, started a little earlier this year. Unfortunately, if summer days continue to be devoid of educational pursuits– a significant amount of what went into building your child’s brain during the school year will start to leak out.
Drawing Isn’t Canceled
Vacation? Canceled. Sports? Canceled. Summer Camp? Canceled. Community Pool? Closed. Young Rembrandts is still on!
Tired of managing your child’s online education but know how important it is to keep their brains engaged during the summer? These 4 simple tips will help you find the right books and keep the kids interested all summer long. Your Socially-Distanced Summer Bucket List
Summer is the perfect time to get kids moving around and creating to fill their right brain needs. But, this summer looks a little different. I have found 39 activities to help your family get the summer off to a great start without risking your health.
Traditionally, Memorial Day marks the beginning of summer, filled with family barbecues, opening day at the pool and parades. This year looks a little different but provides a great way to teach the true meaning of the day.Mothers Are Making Masterpieces
In honor of Mother’s Day, I want to share this video from a few years ago that resonates with so many of us mothers. Many great things have been built throughout our history that cannot be attributed to any specific person. This new period in history has been difficult for many of us mothers as we quietly continue to build our masterpieces while attending to even more needs of our families.
