As the school year comes to an end, many parents are thinking about ways to keep their children occupied during the long summer months.  Day camps, pool passes, and neighbourhood play dates are on everyone’s mind but what will happen to all the important information that children learned in school that year?  It’s called “the summer brain drain” because during those long, hot months away from school, kids forget a lot of what they learned in class.

Studies have shown that most students – regardless of family income or background – lose 2 to 2 ½ months of the math computational skills that they learned during the school year.  For students already struggling in math, this means that they will start off the next school year even further disadvantaged.   And it’s not just math - overall, students lose an average of 1 month of learning in other subjects as well.  Think of athletes and imagine if they stopped training for 2 months in the year.  You would expect that when they return to their sport, that they would experience a lag in performance.  The brain is no different.  It needs to be exercised.

So how can you keep your kids learning over the summer?  Here are a few ideas:

• Read together – visit a library.  Find some books with topics that interest your child so that they are really engaged in reading.  Read the books yourself, so you can discuss them together.
• Explore – visit local museums, zoos, and historical sites.
• Use educational workbooks available at most bookstores and geared to specific grades.
• Enroll in summer tutoring programs.  For children who are struggling academically, summer can be the perfect time to address it with a customized tutoring program.

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