Suffering from the Summer Slide? LPPL’s Libraries Rock has the cure!
The last day of school. One of the best things about childhood. No more getting up early, no homework or after school practice. What more can a kid ask for? But along with all of the relaxation and fun, there is an important aspect of school that needs consideration during the summer months and it’s called the “summer slide.”
The summer slide, simply put, is the tendency of school children to lose some of the knowledge and skills they’ve gained from the previous school year over the summer.
Fortunately, there is a cure for the summer slide and it’s called the LPPL Summer Reading Program! The Lafourche Parish Library offers a summer reading program each summer designed with combating the summer slide in mind. And this year’s theme, Libraries Rock, with an emphasis on music, can help sustain skills in language, reasoning, coordination, spatial learning, and so much more.
Read on for more reasons why summer reading programs are so important and how they help with summer slide:
The benefits of summer reading are clear. National research… finds that students who participate in public library summer reading programs scored higher on reading achievement tests at the beginning of the next school year than those who did not participate.
Parents of children enrolled in the public library summer reading program reported that their children spent more time reading over the summer, read more books, were well prepared for school in the fall, and read more confidently.
Young people experience learning losses when they don’t engage in educational activities during the summer. Research spanning 100 years shows that students typically score lower on standardized tests at the end of summer vacation than they do on the same tests at the beginning of the summer. Libraries are part of the solution.
To succeed in school and life, children and young adults need ongoing opportunities to learn and practice essential skills. Summer Reading reminds kids that reading is for fun—as well as for learning.
There’s so much to see, so much to do at your library! There’s no better place to take your kids. The library is a place to learn, read, and have fun…a place the whole family can enjoy. In fact, more than 82 million children attend library programs every year.
Studies show that children who are read to in the home and who use the library perform better in school and are more likely to continue to use the library as a source of lifetime learning. ©2015iREAD
Please join us this summer! We’re looking forward to seeing you and are so excited to offer the activities and special programs for all ages that are coming your way.