By Saskia Nilsen RITES learning specialist and education advocate Technology can help, but it cannot replace hands-on learning or monitoring required for students. While schools may have already suggested websites for students, students with a wider range of learning styles may find the sites mentioned below much easier to handle. So, they'll be better able to set and achieve reasonable learning … [Read more...]
Summer Reading Made EASIER and FUN!
How to Include Reading in Your Child’s Summer Help your child maintain essential reading skills during the coming months. Avoid “summer slide” by keeping your child engaged in fun reading activities all summer long. Try these easy ways to enjoy summer reading together… Read All About It: If you’re planning a summer vacation, read a book about the destination with your child. Critic’s … [Read more...]
Summer Math Fun
Most students will lose hard-earned math skills during summer vacation, but you can avoid summer brain drain by incorporating fun, multisensory math activities into your summer plans. Hit the Road: If you’re taking a road trip, map out the route with your child and have him estimate the number of miles using the map scale. Cooking Up Fun: Encourage your child to help out with cooking and … [Read more...]
PREVENT SUMMER LEARNING LOSS, PART 3
Make the Most of Summer: How to Engage Your Kids in Their Summer Work & Stop Summer Learning Loss Part 3: How to “Sell” Summer Academic Programs to Your Kids Find the Right Fit For students who need to work on their academic skills more intensely over the summer, a formalized program might be necessary and very beneficial. For these students, it is crucial that the summer work feel … [Read more...]
PREVENT SUMMER LEARNING LOSS, PART 2
Make the Most of Summer: How to Engage Your Kids in Their Summer Work & Stop Summer Learning Loss Part 2: Diving into Summer Learning Make It Fun The next step to lightening the burden of academics in the summer is to become familiar with what is expected of your child for the assigned summer work. Any opportunity you can identify to make the practice of those skills fun will help get it … [Read more...]