• Home
  • About
  • Firstbook.org
  • Contact Us
  • Donate

Posts tagged David Von Drehle

Could Lazy Summer Days Be a Thing of the Past?

Jul28
2010
Written by Nisha T.

Photo by Saverio Truglia for TIME

During the lazy, hazy days of summer, between the pool, video games and everything in the middle, children risk losing a significant portion of what they learned during the previous school year.  While some children have access to resources to curb their summer reading loss, many, unfortunately do not.  Without activities to keep these children’s minds sharp, they risk falling behind in school and beyond.

In Time Magazine’s “The Case Against Summer Vacation,” author David Von Drehle argues that students should have access to a school’s resources all year long so that children who cannot attend summer camps or educational field trips retain their knowledge. If the school year were extended over the READ MORE »

Posted in Literacy - Tagged "The Case Against Summer Vacation", First Book, Summer Learning, Time Magazine

Recent Tweets

  • Our pleasure. Truly. @DreamsExpounded @mGiveFoundation @TimesDaily @WalmartGiving @thewarford @GiveNGo3 @razoo 1 hour ago
  • Inspired to get involved with #literacy for #kids? Want to get your hands dirty being awesome? Volunteer: bit.ly/13If3wS 15 hours ago
  • 5 Secrets Adults Won’t Tell You – Kyle Zimmer’s Speech at St Mary’s College bit.ly/11csqtm #commencement 18 hours ago
  • “Children can’t read without books. They need books everywhere in their lives” bit.ly/12THJV1 … RT @AFTunion 1 day ago
  • Text REDCROSS to 90999 to donate – we did bit.ly/10KlFJm #oklahoma Moore #tornado #disaster 2 days ago

Follow Me on Twitter

Powered by Twitter Tools

Categories

  • Advisory Boards
  • Around the First Book Office
  • Authors & Illustrators
  • BEA 2006
  • Blogger Book Club
  • Book Distributions
  • Book of the Month
  • Book Recipients
  • Book Relief
  • Book Structures
  • Books & Reading
  • Education
  • First Book Canada
  • First Book Events
  • First Book Friday
  • First Book Partners
  • First Book Supporters
  • General
  • Guest Blog Posts
  • KPMG
  • Kyle Zimmer
  • Literacy
  • Literacy Links and Articles
  • Marketplace
  • Movies
  • National Book Bank
  • Nonprofit Technology
  • Philanthropy
  • Podcast
  • Poetry Month
  • Social Entrepreneurship
  • STEM
  • Stories For All Project
  • Success Stories
  • Teachers
  • Video
  • Virtual Book Drives
  • Volunteers

EvoLve theme by Blogatize  •  Powered by WordPress First Book Blog
Access to new books for children in need
2012 © First Book. All Rights Reserved