Summer Slide

Students make steady progress throughout the school year but often regress or "slide" back in the summer because they aren't reading, writing, and learning.  The gap is most profound for students who have little access to books and cultural activities in the summer.  This is why libraries and schools promote and support summer reading.  (If you are lucky enough to live in Louisville, you can also take advantage of free cultural passes for local museums and cultural venues.)  

Reading is the best thing you can encourage over the summer break.  Read to your children, play audio books in the car, establish some "down time" each day for your child to read independently, download book apps on your phone/tablet for when you are waiting someplace, and put the closed captioning on your television.  (My girl has to get her Disney Channel fix each day, so she might as well read along as she watches Girl Meets World.)