Summer learning

Why children need more time in nature

Why your kids need time in nature

Are your children spending too much time inside? Learn the high cost of nature deficit disorder - and how easily you can avoid it by getting your kids outdoors.

8 ways to keep your child's reading skills sharp this summer

Keep reading skills strong over the summer

Keep your child's reading skills from getting rusty over the break with these activities.

Embracing my son’s video game obsession

Mom turns son's video game obsession into a learning tool

This summer, instead of fighting my son's video game obsession, I'm turning it into a learning opportunity. Here's my plan.

Make it a perfect learning summer

Finding the perfect camp when your child has LD

The hidden benefits of reading aloud — even for older kids

Educator Jim Trelease explains why reading aloud to your child, no matter what her age, is the magic bullet for creating a lifelong reader.

How to roll fun and learning into summer

28 easy activities to build on preschool skills and get your child ready for kindergarten

Free summer survival guide

Free Summer Survival Guide

If you're heading out on family vacation, take along our Summer Survival Guide, packed with puzzles, games, and learning fun. A first aid kit for boredom on wheels!

Summer programs take pressure off moms

They want it all: seeking safe, supervised, educational, and fun things for youth to do when school’s out.

Should kids get summer homework?

Summer homework: Yes or no?

Pointless busywork or essential academic upkeep? The experts weigh in on the hot debate.

Summer camp horror story

One parent's harrowing tale of a camping idyll gone awry.

Is summer lowering your child's IQ?

Caution: while your kids are having fun in the sun, their brains may be at risk. Learn which summertime mind-melting hazards to avoid and get brain-boosting alternatives.

Summer won’t addle my kids’ brains

With creative thinking, this mom of multiples shares her strategies for keeping her boys active and learning all summer long.

6 signs of a quality summer program

Summer planning for kids is tricky: how's a parent to find top-notch camps and classes sight unseen? These expert tips help separate the best summer programs from the rest.

What would your child do? | Caught being kind

Kids are learning emotional intelligence skills at school. But how will they act when no adults are around? It's not always easy to do the kind thing.

Empathy's poster child

Touched by an image of child slaves, a little girl pledges to do something about it — and turns her family upside down.

Is spanking discipline or abuse?

It's cultural and legal in all states, but is spanking discipline or abuse?

It's common, it's cultural, it's legal in all states in the nation. But does spanking work?