Does a 'Summer Slide' Cause Kids to Forget What They've Learned?
by Meghan Moravcik Walbert on Offspring, shared by Me from Lifehacker on (#4HX9S)
The idea is so engrained we hardly even question it anymore-while our kids spend their summer vacation sleeping in, watching TV, swimming and playing freeze tag at camp, all that precious knowledge they learned throughout the school year is melting away.