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Placed right next to summer novels, the vacation notebook has been a must-have purchase for parents for many years.
Leader in this flourishing market, Hachette education has already sold no less than 60 million copies in thirty years! A success above all linked to the very playful presentation of the works.
But don’t be fooled! Behind the crossword puzzles, dot matrixes and other funny exercises are hidden “real revisions”, in accordance with the school curricula.
Holiday notebooks: for whom?
In general, good students, like the means, are encouraged to revise to maintain their level and thus get the start of the new school year on the right foot. A point of view shared by Christelle Achaintre, speech therapist. “It is an aberration to do two months of total blank at the level of learning”.
The ideal being of course that the initiative comes from the child himself. “Work is always a good thing with those who are asking”, specifies the pro.
As for children in difficulty, Mum and Dad tend to impose homework to fill in the gaps. “I am against it because the holidays are precious to get off the hook. It is also an opportunity to learn other equally useful things from one’s parents, grandparents, etc. ”, says Anne-Lise, teacher in CE2 in Puteaux.
More than anyone else, a failing child needs help, and vacation books can be of great help to him as long as he approaches them in a confident and peaceful manner.
Attentive to the doubts of the most recalcitrant, Hachette editions do not hesitate to put forward, to parents, the reassuring side of their books, designed to “approach the start of the new school year more calmly. Anxiety is less when you have worked, whether you are a good or bad student. “
Vacation books: do all children have to work?
No ! The specialists are unanimous!
Holiday notebooks: the “pros”
“I’m for it, but I won’t force my children if they don’t want to. My 8 and a half year old daughter, who is finishing her CE2, loves doing it. This allows her to stay in the “bath” and to deepen the notions that she did not grasp well during the year. ”
Eugenia
“It allows you to revise quietly in a fairly fun way. The notebooks offered today are well done and my daughters are delighted to make a page almost every day… ”
Grima
“The holidays are long, and if some children keep the level, the notebooks can help less brilliant students. It’s up to us, parents, to show the playful aspect! ”
Kelk
“For my big one, who is 5 years old, I bought her a notebook from the small section, not because I absolutely wanted her to“ work ”, but because it was a request on her part. When my daughters are older, it will be imposed so that they do not have a two-month break, much too long in my opinion. Especially since when you look at a vacation notebook, if you do it for an hour every day, in 3 weeks it is finished. This allows you to spread over all the holidays without forcing. ”
Lolobebe
“Every year, once school is over, I go to the supermarket and have Marine (10 1/2 years old) and Anthony (7 1/2 years old) choose their favorite vacation book. They immediately know which level to choose. The only thing is that they devour them whole for the first two days! So I go back and buy them, from another publisher, if they ask me.
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Vacation books: “the cons”
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