According to some educationalists, a two-month vacation is a very long time! So in order to prevent children from forgetting what they have learnt during the year, we can help them improve their knowledge differently from the methods used in class. This could be done by introducing humor and imagination for instance, and especially by making studying, a time of complicity between parents and children. Thus, parents can really evaluate their children’s school level. It is also the right time for adults to enhance children’s self-confidence, by stressing the good job they are doing, and all other matters teachers didn’t necessarily have the time to do during the year.

Advice: work regularly with your child on vacation workbooks, for fifteen or twenty minutes a day, after lunch for instance, or when it is too hot to go to the beach. The most important is to take part in his vacation homework.