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Improve Summer Reading with a Growth Mindset

School might be out, but your child’s reading journey doesn’t have to hit pause! After all, the summer is not only a great time to keep skills sharp, but also to cultivate a positive mindset towards reading.As a teacher, I always cringe when I hear a child say, “I’m just not good at that,” or, “I’ll never get this.” These mindsets treat learning to read as an ability we either have, or we don’t. What we’re able to learn or not learn is already set in stone, and we just have to accept it. This is what we call a fixed mindset. Having a fixed mindset stifles your child’s potential to learn anything, which is why at Sylvan we recommend something far better: growth mindset.

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