As summer break is in full swing, education experts are warning parents about the potential for the ‘summer slide,’ where students lose some of the academic progress they made during the school year. Chelsea Seals, with Save the Children, emphasizes the importance of incorporating learning activities into daily routines to prevent this slide.

Everyday Learning Opportunities

Seals suggests that parents don’t need expensive programs or hours of structured schoolwork to keep kids on track. Instead, everyday activities like reading together, cooking a meal, grocery shopping, or sorting laundry can help children practice literacy, math, and critical thinking skills. Setting aside just 20 minutes a day to read can also help build strong reading habits while creating quality time for families.

Seals encourages parents to let children choose their own books, including favorites they want to revisit, and to incorporate fiction and non-fiction stories that connect to real-life experiences. This approach helps grow critical thinking skills for children. Parents and caregivers are a child’s first and most important teachers, and even small learning opportunities can help children return to school ready to build on what they learned the year before.

Original reporting: WTVQ (Lexington) — read the source article.