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Five Fun Ways to Keep Kids’ Minds Sharp This Summer by Janet Forgrieve
School’s Out
Every year, kids across the country close their schoolbooks and adjust their inner clocks to the more unstructured hours of summer. They’re ready to let
the good times roll. Y
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et, studies going back decades have documented a resulting “summer slide” among kids
who don’t engage their minds as much as school demands during their joyful break, according to Patricia Froehlich, youth services consultant for the Colo- rado State Library. To combat this, par- ents can find ways to strike a balance between learning and fun, grabbing opportunities to teach when and where they can. These parents find that the more this learning feels like schoolwork, the faster you lose them. But keeping it fun can not only keep kids from falling behind, it also may give them a leg up when they head back to class in the fall.
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http://FtL.NaturalAwakeningsMag.com The key is in “just hiding the learn-
ing in the fun,” counsels Christy Wright, activities director of Big Horn K-12 summer school, in Wyoming. Here are some ways to keep kids’ minds active when they’re out of school.
1 Reading
Summer community reading programs provide age-appropriate options for kids of every grade and help those who aren’t naturally adept readers to find topics that will make them want to pick up a book, advises Froehlich. Lisa Parry’s inspiration for her
own family reading program came on Mother’s Day, when her children asked if they could get out the beads and
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