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School Breaks Offer
Learning Opportunities
(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 Reading
Centers.
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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