Free-Range Parenting During the Summer

Even if you can't cut the majority of organized activities from your child's Summer routine, you can help to ensure that the free time he or she does have is spent in imaginative play that can enhance learning. By removing that electronic crutch during their "free" time, you're encouraging them to get out and explore. "High levels of learning are reached through play, because it is in this relaxed and creative state that many 'Ah-ha' moments and leaps in learning occur can occur," Gross wrote.