Avoid the summer slide with Teachers Notebook and OverDrive

Most parents and educators are familiar with the term "summer slide" or "summer slump." It is what happens to many school-aged children each summer when their brains are not kept active and they have to relearn things or they fall behind at the start of the school year. To combat the summer slide, it is important for parents and guardians to carve out some time every day for children to do educational activities or read. Teachers Notebook (TeachersNotebook.com) and OverDrive can help keep children's minds active over the summer months with free educational activities and eBooks. AvoidTheSummerSlide.com is packed with free educational games and activities for children. You can start your search by grade and subject and then browse for more at Teachers Notebook. These educational activities are available in a wide range of subjects from science to social studies, so you are sure to find an activity that is so fun it doesn't feel like learning! Reading is also important for children over the summer. Children can lose more than two months' worth of reading skills during summer break, and they struggle when they head back to school in the fall if they haven't picked up a book all summer. To make reading fun, why not check out an eBook from your local library through OverDrive? Several libraries are now equipped with a kids' or teens' eReading room, which is a custom version of the website filled with titles just for kids and teens.

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