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Make Summer Vacation Plans NOW! S ummer vacation is a time when students can relax and enjoy their free time. It is a time to catch up on rest, spend time with family and friends, and explore new hobbies or interests. For many students, summer vacation is also a time to continue learning. How will you spend yours?
After the past couple of unprecedented years, kids across the nation are ready for a summer vacation spent playing with friends, participating in sports, and going on family vacations. But the learning loss these kids experienced during the pandemic is still looming over their educational future, and parents are looking for
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ways to help their kids enjoy a summer vacation they deserve, while helping them catch up on subjects like science and math. What many parents don’t realize is that taking their child on vacation opens up new learning opportunities. Camping trips, visiting the beach, an amusement park, going on a road trip and more can teach kids a lot about the world of science around them.
Collum, MPH, explain fun ways to turn a family vacation into an educational trip.
“Science moms” and co-founders of Yellow Scope, Marcie Colledge, PhD and Kelly Mc-
Children can learn about objects in the solar system by bringing a map of the constellations
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Camping Campgrounds often offer campfire programs with naturalists where they teach kids about native animals and plants to the area that can help them identify regional differences.
May/June 2022