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Keep Their Minds Agile This Summer

Where ever did we get the idea that summer should mean a total abandonment of learning? Imagine if for almost two months of every year we stopped using our legs, or arms, or fingers.Our muscles would deteriorate and seize up, and we would find movement difficult when the time came for us to start using them again.

Yet that is what happens to many of our children’s brains every summer. They stop using them in the same way and they seize up. Research consistently shows that children who do not engage in any type of mental activity during the summer tend to lose up to a third of what they have learnt during the academic year. Find out how to keep your child's mind mentally active by making the most of summer learning with our article, How Avoid Brain Seizure This Summer: Six Dos and Don'ts.

Some parents love them; others hate them, but whatever your feelings on the summer holidays, this time of the year is all about coming up with ideas to keep our children occupied and safe. Visit the Summer Learning section to find more new ideas and inspiration to ensure your child avoids ‘summer brain drain’: check out the different summer learning programmes available or, especially if you fancy learning something new too, check out the range of e-workshops currently running.

Say No to Summer Sloth!

If you want to avoid your child sitting in front of a games console all summer and would rather they get some fresh air and get active the new initiative devised by ThinQFitness and the Department for Health’s ‘Change4Life’ may hold the answer.

As part of the Change4Life campaign to ‘eat well, move more and live longer’, ThinQFitness are providing a series of online family fitness videos called ’60 Active Minutes’ to support the Change4Life message. The videos are aimed at helping families get children ‘up and about’ and doing their ’60 Active Minutes’... read more

Competition – win great educational resources to use with your children

Each month there is a chance to win an educational resource to help aid your child’s learning and development in a fun and accessible way! This month’s prize is: Kidspiration 3 Resources! Click here to enter.

Updates from Tutors Directory

Your child’s education: What every parent needs to know

This week we look at: How to identify and encourage a reluctant reader

Sometimes children can stuggle with reading, or simply show a lack of interest. Parental encouragement is a necessity, but in these cases a little creativity is often needed to develop kids' enthusiasm for reading. Guest writer and former primary school teacher Gill Budgell is here to lend a hand, with a number of tips and hints on how to help your children maximise their reading skills.

Tell us what you want to hear!

We are planning our autumn podcast interview programme and we would like to know what topics you would most like to learn or know more about. The programme will feature a range of audio and video interviews of personal coaches, authors, writers and other key personalities, which you will be able to listen to for free.

So whether it’s a learning issue for your child or a personal development interest for yourself, please take some time to fill out the Autumn Programmes Survey to tell us what you want to know, and we will do the rest.

The Workshop Directory

A new directory will be launched in September putting workshop leaders and workshop participants in touch with each other. The directory, a sister service to Tutors Directory, is ideal for those who either run or want to start running workshops and those who like their learn short, practical and fun.

The Workshop Directory will feature workshops in every subject and field for children and adults, as well as guides and opportunities related to every aspect of running a workshop – from concept and preparation to delivery and review. Find out more about the Workshop Directory here.

Tutors Wanted Forum - a convenient way to find your ideal tutor!

If you're looking for a personal or online tutor and can't find one in the Directory, simply send us a Tutors Wanted message via any one of the Live Help operators on the site (or using this form) and we will find one for you. We've hundreds more tutors registered to our weekly Tutor Bulletin plus a number of partnerships with our tutor agencies and services members. We'll post your request to the Tutors Wanted forum as well as send out an alert to our tutor company members and have you paired up with the right tutor in no time at all. This is all completely free so make the most of it!

Your post will appear in the Tutors Wanted forum until your request has been met...read more.

You can also visit Tutor Agencies to find a tutor through one of those listed, or Tutor Centres and Virtual Tutorial Programmes for tutoring alternatives.

Thank you for reading!

Tutors Directory team

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