Education

School Breaks Offer Learning Opportunities

Posted: 6/8/2011

Vacation offers personalized learning opportunities that can nurture a child’s critical thinking and comprehension skills.

(NAPSI)—One of the best times to help your child reach his or her full learning potential may be during school vacation.

“Whether your children find schoolwork too challenging or not challenging enough, vacation offers opportunities that parents can use to help them nurture their critical thinking and comprehension skills,” said Dr. Mary Mokris, education specialist at Kumon Math and ReadingCenters.

She offers the following tips to help parents boost their children’s learning during school breaks:

• Expand their horizons. Day trips to zoos and museums offer the opportunity for kids to learn more about the world around them and to discover and cultivate new interests. There’s a museum for every kind of interest-whether it’s trains, planes, art or dinosaurs.

• Interact with nature. Take children for a walk in the woods or on a trip to the beach. Point out flora and fauna along the way. Take pictures of plants and animals you see and later identify them and learn about their habits. Collect seashells at the shore and research their origins. Nature walks also provide an opportunity to learn to use a compass and calculate distance.

• Visit the library. Vacation is a great time for reading, whether your child likes to read alone or be read to.

Reading helps even the youngest children develop a sense of the rhythm and pattern of language. Reading aloud builds listening skills. Be sure to talk about what you are reading and answer any questions your child may have.

• Enroll your child in an enrichment program. For example, Kumon’s academic enrichment program individually tailors the curriculum to help children reach their full potential. Students develop at their own pace, progressing according to their achievement and not by age or grade. Once solid math and reading skills are mastered, students begin to advance and solve materials above their grade level in school. Even 30 minutes of this type of work every day allows children to nurture their critical thinking and comprehension skills.

For more information, visit www.kumon.com or call (800) ABC-MATH.

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