---
title: 'Summer learning: How to help your child keep skills strong'
description: How can you help your child keep learning over summer vacation without it feeling like a chore? Here are ideas to keep skills strong over summer break.
slug: preventing-summer-brain-drain
author: The Understood Team
reviewer: Bob Cunningham, EdM
published: '2019-10-16T11:46:30.685Z'
thumbnail: https://cdn-images.understood.org/p0qf7j048i0q/4TaQW1svqaq4noAqa4rmgH/7c7d767a4835aa32dbfb90b299674d2c/G947854276.jpg
source_url: https://www.understood.org/en/articles/preventing-summer-brain-drain
lang: en
---

# Summer learning: How to help your child keep skills strong

Lots of kids love summer vacation because they don’t have to worry about schoolwork. And that’s a good thing. When kids go back to school relaxed and well rested, they’re better equipped to learn.

But lots of families worry about their kids losing important skills over summer break. Some people call this the “summer slide.” 

Here are some ways to help your child keep learning over the summer — without sacrificing the fun.

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