Willa Spicer, Deputy Commissioner of the State Department of Education, says studies have shown that children who do not work on the skills they learned during the previous school year over the summer are more likely to loose them in the fall.
“Anything that you can do that helps children to use the skills, not to learn new ones, not to drill and practice, to use them, will be of great help to them as they get older,” says Spicer.
She suggests making your child sit for 10 minutes a day and read a book. She says after a while they will get so into it that it won’t seem like a chore and they’ll finish it.
Also, Spicer suggests you find the math around you and ask your child to help with it.
Spicer says its okay to use rewards and punishment but you have to set it up in advance and be consistent.
By: Janet Fried
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