It’s May, which means that kindergarten and 8th grade graduation ceremonies are coming up, and every student will be making the transition from school to summer break.
Month: April 2019
Summer Break: How to Prevent Brain Drain in Kids
At the end of each school year, there’s always concern on the part of parents and teachers that students will be victimized by brain drain over summer break. It’s no myth. Over the two to three months students are on summer break, they experience an overall learning loss of one month and it takes the first six weeks of school for kids to relearn old material.
How Kids Learn Life Skills Through Art and Music
Parents may remember, back when they were kids, schools had real classes—math, science, history—and fun classes—art and music. Parents may also remember they perhaps didn’t take art or music very seriously, looking at it more like a break from the demands of serious academics than an actual learning experience.
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