WICHITA FALLS, Texas (KAUZ) – Sometimes, students experience a decline in academic skills over the course of a summer. This “summer slide” can be traced back to an obvious culprit: kids aren’t in class, nor – for the most part – do they want to be.
However, the phenomenon is preventable. One of the best ways to keep kids active and engaged in learning is with hands-on activities.
Erika Mitchell, education director of River Bend Nature Center, said said such activities help kids keep the knowledge of the last school year, making the start of the next one a little easier.
“So that they retain everything that they learned through the school year. And so they can keep learning and bridging over into the next school year,” Mitchell said.
She added that it’s also easier for kids to learn over the summer if the information is presented in a way that doesn’t feel like a school or classroom setting.
“It’s a fun, interactive, hands-on learning experience that they might not have during school, and while they’re here, they’re looking at rocks, looking at animals, but they’re not really conscious of the fact that they’re taking in new information,” Mitchell said.
Summer fun doesn’t have to mean an academic slide.
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