AJC.com – HELENA OLIVIERO
“Over the summer students experience a loss of the academic gains they made over the previous year called the summer slide. Our brains really are like muscles, and when we don’t exercise them, they tend to lose their form. Math formulas are forgotten, new vocabulary lost and the summer slide puts students a little further back each year…the following tips and ideas for activities…are fun and simultaneously build important life skills, including organization, time management and goal-setting.”(more)