{"id":174000000415,"date":"2018-05-03T14:52:40","date_gmt":"2018-05-03T18:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kidsrkids.com\/avalon-park\/?p=174000000415"},"modified":"2019-01-31T14:57:57","modified_gmt":"2019-01-31T19:57:57","slug":"encourage-learning-during-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kidsrkids.com\/avalon-park\/2018\/05\/03\/encourage-learning-during-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Encourage Your Kids Learning During the Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Spring’s arrival means that summer vacation is just around the corner for school-aged children. Keeping young children busy during these relaxing summer days can be a challenge for most parents. After a couple weeks of playing outside, making a few trips to the pool, and trying to entertain extremely discerning children<\/a>, it can be all too easy to let your kids veg out with their tablets or\u00a0in front of the TV watching their favorite shows. Kids generally go through what teachers call the “summer slide.” It’s the phenomenon that happens when children forget a significant portion of what they learned in the previous grade. Parents can help prevent this from happening by keeping their young ones busy and active during their summer break. Here are some tips from our experts on how to keep the learning rolling during summer vacay:<\/p>\n

1. Decide What a \u201cSuccessful\u201d Summer Entails for Your Children<\/h2>\n

Have you ever finally gotten some free time all to yourself only to be totally overwhelmed with deciding what to do with it? Summer can be like that for children. They key is to stop and think through what your family\u2019s idea of a successful summer would be. This can be very different from family to family, and very different from year to year and will depend on what your goals are for education during summer break. Two important aspects here are:<\/p>\n

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