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Tip off the Day to Prevent Brain Drain this Summer

Betty - posted on 05/13/2010 ( 3 moms have responded )

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Researchers has proven that children can lose as much as six to eight weeks of school if children minds are not kept active and stimulated with new information each day. as a professional reading specialist, their is nothing more dear to my heart then literacy . I try to give helpful hints that will help prevent brain drain and keep your child mind sharp. I hope you can take advantage of these fun easy tips. Todays' tip is after your child reads a story have your child tell you orally what the story was about. Get as much details as you can. In that way you can check on their comprehension. I am an advocate for literacy as many of you are. Wouldn't be wonderful if we could all be advocates in little ways by helping children become successful in school and in life.

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Ruthy - posted on 05/14/2010

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Hi Karen- I've scoured the internet and libraries for subjects that interest my son, now 8. He LOVES superheroes, so when he first started reading in Kindergarten serveral years ago, I found every superhero beginning reading book there was which helped motivate him as he was very resistant. He's improved over the years, but continues to be resistant. My husband takes my two older, 8 and 6 to the library every weekend and gets books of interest for them both. My son is now into Horrible Harry books which are about his level and The Wimpy kid books which are above him, but he's motivated to read them. It's a constant struggle to get him to read, so sometimes we alter- we read, he reads etc. But we try everyday. We ask him questions as we go along, and he can answer them because it's of high interest. But when he has to do the same for homework, a subject less interesting, he'll read and not retain a thing he just read, so he's utterly lost when answering the questions about a story- very frustrating!

Karen - posted on 05/14/2010

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To help with reading comprehension, take a question he has asked you and find a book about it. Like he asks about snakes, check out a book about snakes. Find out what he is really interested in. My 6yr. old loves anything about science. Reptiles, Sea creatures, space, animals he may not be familiar with. They may be too long for him to read the whole thing, but there are some out there that are like encyclopedias with full page pictures and they have interesting facts all over the page in smaller paragraphs. You may learn a lot as well. We also go online too to find more info.

Ruthy - posted on 05/13/2010

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Thanks so much Betty. I'm a Speech Pathologist, also passionate about literacy, speech and language development and I have three kids, 8, 6 and almost 1 year. My 8 year old is Special Needs with ADHD, and we work with him tirelessly everyday, especially over summer and breaks. Reading and Comprehension are his weaknesses and you're right that kids need more focus on that. I see a lot of unprepared children in the public school system. I'll keep plugging away to help mine get ready for next year!

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