Recent Posts in the Summer Category

• Avoiding the Summer “Brain Drain”

  Jun 4, 2019
  The summer “Brain Drain,” also known as the “Summer Slide” is a phenomenon that teachers know all too well. Many students return to school in the fall having lost an average of 2.6 months of ...
  Posted By Wendy Burt-Thomas
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• 7 Tips to Avoid the Holiday Brain Drain

  Dec 10, 2018
  Keep Your Child's Brain Strong When School is Out of Session You may have heard about the "Summer Slide." It's how teachers refer to the significant decrease in material retention that requires them ...
  Posted By LearningRx
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• Beat the heat!

  Jul 20, 2018
  Cheap Indoor Activities to Keep Their Brains (& Hands!) Occupied It's easy to keep kids busy in the summer when the sun is shining and a swimming pool (or beach) awaits. But the uber-hot days when the ...
  Posted By LearningRx
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• Stopping the Summer Brain Drain

  Jun 10, 2018
  Did you know that the average student loses 2.6 months of grade-level equivalency in mathematical computation skills over the summer months? Or that teachers typically spend four weeks re-teaching or ...
  Posted By LearningRx
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• The Season of Brain Drain

  Jun 1, 2017
  Don't push your kids down the Summer Slide The average student loses approximately 2.6 months of grade-level equivalency in math computation skills over the summer months, and teachers spend about ...
  Posted By LearningRx
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• 7 Essential Paths to Brain Fitness During the Summer

  May 27, 2010
  Chances are, now that summer's here, you aren't thinking much about brain fitness (if you think about it at all). No, you're thinking about playing tag, eating watermelon, or lying on the beach in the ...
  Posted By LearningRx
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