Help Your Kids Avoid the #SummerSlide

My kids are officially on Summer Vacation, as of last Tuesday. Summer time is both a blessing and a curse. I love letting my body wake up when it wants to. I love spending time at my neighborhood pool and playing games with my kids. I love taking day trips to see my sister in Pennsylvania. But I don’t love that the kids often want to let their brains veg for 2 months.

Figuring out how to avoid the “Summer Slide” is something most parents with kids in public schools struggle with every June through August. I love this infographic from Target and some of their ideas for avoiding losing everything that the kids have gained throughout the school year.

how to avoid the summer slide

I came across this infographic on Target’s blog, A Bullseye View, after I had the opportunity to interview Soleil Moon Frye (the former Punky Brewster). She was a delight to interview, and she made a great impression on me by starting our conversation calling ME her hero. Check out our conversation:

My post on 5 Minutes for Mom includes a $50 Target gift card and 10 age-appropriate books for you kids, so I highly recommend that you go check that out now…

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Lolli has written 2182 posts on this blog.

I became a mom in 1996, and in 2005 I had my fifth. Yes, 5 kids. In 2007, this blog was born (my 6th baby that will never grow up) and I've been sharing recipes, photography tricks, parenting tips, and everything in between. You can also find me writing at Home Made Simple, Famous Footwear blog and P&G Everyday. *Add my posts to your Google Reader today!*

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