{"id":10057,"date":"2021-07-05T16:13:49","date_gmt":"2021-07-05T16:13:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mytutor.co.uk\/blog\/?p=10057"},"modified":"2024-08-05T10:00:02","modified_gmt":"2024-08-05T10:00:02","slug":"the-parents-guide-to-summer-learning-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mytutor.co.uk\/blog\/parents\/the-parents-guide-to-summer-learning-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"The parent’s guide to Summer Learning Loss"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The summer holidays, a chance for teens to unwind after weeks of intense learning. It\u2019s also a chance for parents to take a much-needed break from stressful school runs, helping with homework and all the efforts that come with supporting your child through school (and through a pandemic – frankly you deserve a medal).<\/p>\n

After exploring new hobbies, unwinding and hanging out with their mates for days on end, learning may be (understandably) the last thing on teens\u2019 minds. However, evidence has shown that the long weeks off in the summer can set them back a few steps when they return to school in September.<\/p>\n

This phenomenon has been referred to as the \u201cback slide\u201d, \u201csummer slide\u201d and it’s best known as \u201csummer learning loss\u201d. Because of the pandemic, some are even referring to this as the \u201ccovid slide\u201d.<\/p>\n

Let’s take a deeper dive into what this is, before we take a look at how it’s approached around the world, and what you can do as a parent to keep your child’s learning on track – without them spending the summer holidays with their head in a textbook.<\/p>\n