NLU Professors Suggest ‘10 Ways to Prevent Summer Brain Drain’

CHICAGO, IL - Education professors at National Louis University in Chicago have compiled ten projects that sneak reading, science and math learning into fun activities aimed at students in grades 1-8.

Studies have shown students often forget some of what they learned during the course of the school year during the first month of summer vacations.

But NLU experts - Seema Imam, Ed.D., Sophie Degener, Ed.D. and Virginia Jagla, Ph.D - have offered both “high tech” and “no tech” options.

They take fun activities such as cooking, traveling, singing and movie making and incorporate math, reading and history education in them.

Here’s a look at the suggestions on how to keep your child’s brain active over summer break.