Summer is a wonderful time for family fun. Playing sports, going on vacation and spending long days at the shore gives your children much-needed down time, but what happens in September when your child goes back to school? Commonly, the first few weeks back to school in the fall is spent re-teaching information forgotten by the students over the summer.
The summer and its lack of structure can contribute to children’s resistance to reading, exploring academic topics and generally exercising their brains. A certain amount of structure is a good thing according to Richard Selznick, Ph.D., Director of The Cooper Learning Center, and author of The Shut-Down Learner: Helping Your Academically Discouraged Child.
