Educational Summer? Yes, please!
As an educator the end of the school year can be a thrilling and sad moment. As I look at the students I have had the honor to spend the school year with I am saddened by how much knowledge they will lose over the summer break. They have made so much progress this year! As a teacher I know the beginning of the year is going to be rough. The beginning of the year will be filled with reteaching about 2.5 months’ worth of mathematics curriculum. While I am working with students at Mathnasium I am encouraging them to continue in the summer. Even if they are excelling in mathematics there is still mathematical concepts that will be lost over the summer months. Learning is a yearlong process. In the summer many students gain more life and real world knowledge then conceptual knowledge. These experiences are great! How can students be able to gain both; life and conceptual knowledge over the summer and why are mathematical concepts being lost when math is everywh