Founding partner of ‘I love To Learn,’ the go-to after school tuition centres for children (and parents alike), Linda Jones see’s the importance of keeping children in the momentum of learning during term holidays.
Here, Linda shares with Luxury Living some of her expert tips on how to maintain an upbeat educational structure at home during the holidays, with everyone feeling happy.

For most children, summer is a time to leave classes and homework behind. While summer is a holiday from school, it does not have to be a holiday from learning. The summer holiday is great for recharging your children’s batteries, because if they are not using the skills and knowledge that was learned in the classroom, they will find themselves lagging behind when school starts up again.
When they return to school in September after the long summer break, students can find themselves struggling to catch up. Skills and knowledge gained throughout the school year fade during the summer months.
At I Love to Learn, we have found that loss of content retention begins within 24 to 48 hours of learning unless the new information is reinforced or applied immediately. That is why, during summer holidays, even the best students forget some of the lessons they had learned during the school year. After a month without reinforcement, approximately 80 percent of what a student has recently learned can be lost.
For children who have struggled in school, summer is an invaluable opportunity to catch-up on key skills and feel more confident when they return to class. For students who do well, it is an opportunity to keep their enthusiasm for learning high.
Linda Jones 7 Summer Learning Tips!
We never stop learning, so here are some ideas to help encourage children’s learning and have some fun this summer.
1. Learn about time: Refer to the clock throughout the day at important times such as mealtimes and trips. If you are brave, allow children to be the family timekeeper and get them to wear a watch every day.
2. Learn about money: do a car boot sale with your children or they could start their own business (e.g. making and selling lemonade).
3. Learn about measurement: read recipes, use scales and cook delicious food together. Go for long walks discuss metres and kilometres. Look at the temperature each day. Finding maths in every day life makes it interesting and relevant.
4. Learn about the past: Try Zooming or visiting grandparents, elderly neighbours or friends to interview them about their childhood. The stories that can be told from decades ago can be fascinating for children. This can really bring ‘history’ to life.
5. Improve your writing: by encouraging them to keep a diary every day. Children can maintain their writing skills and capture many memories for the future. Writing postcard to relatives and friends keeps it short and sweet! Have a go at calligraphy together and create beautiful lettering to display.
6. Practice your reading: Join the local library and take part in the Library Service Summer Reading Challenge which rewards children for reading a minimum number of books.
7. Also, as the new school year approaches it may be useful to discuss routines and agree how to organise time, work and anything else which need to be done. Drawing up tables and writing on Family Calendars together can really help communicate expectations. Planning in the fun stuff will be important too!
Finally, if they still complain about being bored, try saying, “Well I guess I haven’t given you enough chores yet!” and see what happens.

For all enquiries education-related, call ‘I Love To Learn’ today on: Portsmouth 023 93 968 626 Fareham 01329 738 100