Probably more than anything else, students love the summer time because of one main reason. No, it’s not the sun, sleeping in, or staying up late — it’s the lack of school work. (It’s the best thing teachers love too, but don’t tell our students that.)
As mentioned in a previous article, summer doesn’t mean that learning has to stop. Yet, even more important than that – it doesn’t mean that the learning has to be grueling, hard work, or boring.
For me, I love to read. Always have, probably always will. Even more than that, I love it when I can read silly summer beachy books. And that’s exactly what I’ve been doing. In less than two weeks, I’ve read the entire series of ‘Sookie Stackhouse Novels’ by Charlaine Harris. (www.charlaineharris.com) These books are light and breezy, fun stories that keep me turning the page – rather than picking up the remote. Plus, some aspects of the book get me to do some research to learn more, or I read a word that I didn’t previously know. Actually, even as I am writing this, I am sitting next to the last book of the series, wanting to desperately finish it.
All of these reasons, are great reasons to pick up a book this summer. It doesn’t have to be Shakespeare or a biography of David Bowie — although both of those would be high ranking picks for me. Read ‘The Death of Superman’ or the Captain Underpants series or the Shopaholic series; it doesn’t really matter. What does matter is spend some of your free time reading a book you enjoy. It does make a big impact on your ability to learn in the future.
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