http://www.slj.com/2013/06/curriculum-connections/the-summer-slide-and-the-richpoor-achievement-gap/ The world's largest reviewer of books, multimedia, and technology for children and teens Wed, 18 Sep 2013 01:33:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://www.slj.com/2013/06/curriculum-connections/the-summer-slide-and-the-richpoor-achievement-gap/#comment-49451 Diana Dull Akers Thu, 20 Jun 2013 18:12:16 +0000 http://www.slj.com/?p=47200#comment-49451 Thank you for this helpful discussion. This topic is of interest to me as a parent to a five year old reader who loves books but has ADHD challenges and reading struggles. Until recently, I was new to the "summer slide" issue; now I'm seeing the term is ubiquitous this time of year! Here are some reflections I wrote about the summer slide as a parent blogger for Bookboard, a children's ebook firm. http://bookboard.com/blog/2013/06/reflections-6-tips-on-avoiding-the-summer-slide/ Thank you for this helpful discussion. This topic is of interest to me as a parent to a five year old reader who loves books but has ADHD challenges and reading struggles. Until recently, I was new to the “summer slide” issue; now I’m seeing the term is ubiquitous this time of year! Here are some reflections I wrote about the summer slide as a parent blogger for Bookboard, a children’s ebook firm. http://bookboard.com/blog/2013/06/reflections-6-tips-on-avoiding-the-summer-slide/

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