Summer Learning Day hits the news!

The San Francisco Chronicle featured the June 21 Summer Learning Day celebration in a June 22 article by Jill Tucker, "Summer Learning Day Gives Kids Lessons in Fun."

"This, said organizers of the city's Summer Learning Day at the plaza, is what summer is supposed to be about: playing, thinking, creating, and ultimately learning outside the classroom in active, fun ways.

That's not the experience for too many children, particularly low-income kids, who spend their 10 or so weeks of summer vacation doing nothing, said Sheryl Davis, director of Mo' Magic, which helped organize Tuesday's event.

"Without structured activities that stretch their minds, they 'tend to gain weight and fall behind,' she said. 'They lose the summer. They come back to school two months behind.'

"Researchers call it the summer brain drain. ...

"There didn't appear to be a single child at the event who, given a choice, would have picked a couch over the petting zoo, art project or bouncy houses."

 

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