Combine fun, learning to keep kids' minds active during summer

Yipee! It's almost summer vacation. But even when school is out, learning still will be very much in. Summer vacation, educators say, is no time for parents to let their kids forget about academics.

Research has shown that if you don't keep your child's brain working during this interlude, she could lose, on average, 2.6 months of grade-level equivalency in math skills and as much as a year's reading level. Read more...