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    Getting Our Kids Brain Healthy Over Summer

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    Keeping Our Kids Learning over Summer

    By: Dr. Karla Hylton

    Summer is finally here and our kids are all excited about doing absolutely nothing. This is their
    time to have fun, laze around, binge-watch TV, sleep late, eat junk food and forget about
    school.

    Summer is also a time when kids forget information that they learnt during the school year.
    Children learn by forming pathways between their cells. These pathways are referred to as
    neural pathways or neural circuits. At school, they practice and go over information and build
    on information already learnt. This practice strengthens these neural connections making them
    strong and so easier to access, thus improving those memories. If these circuits are not used,
    these pathways eventually wither and disappear altogether.

    As educators and parents, this is unacceptable. It means that when our children return to
    school in September, teachers have to spend between 1-2 months re-teaching material.

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