Summer Reading: Essential for Children
Sure, summer reading sounds like a nice idea for your children. But is it really that big of a deal? After all, there’s so much else to do. Lake cabins, fishing trips, family vacations, swimming pools, and baseball games—the school-free days fill up fast. Believe me, I know how busy summer can get. But reading children’s books must find its way to the top of your kids’ “to-do” list, if not every day then close to it. This isn’t just because it seems like a good thing; it’s essential to their long-term education. For roughly nine months of the year, children attend school—and they learn a lot during those all-important months. Summer provides a much-needed break from the barrage of facts and figures. But, believe it or not, too much down time is bad for the brain. Summer reading of children’s books helps to prevent summer learning loss from setting in. What is Summer...
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