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Is holiday homework really necessary?

Green holidays, the 1st eco-responsible holiday book © Editions Magnard

By: Amélie Beaucour

1 min

In France in 2021, 5 million copies of holiday notebooks were sold.

Children love to buy them but for some, when it comes time to revise, it's a real chore.

For others, it is a formality and from July 15, the notebooks are completed and stored in the bottom of a drawer.

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Are vacation notebooks useful?

Can a student catch up?

Wouldn't the holidays rather be the time to learn differently by reading or going for a walk? 

With :

- Carole Cavaggio

, editorial manager for extracurricular activities at nursery and elementary levels at

- Isabelle Collioud

, school teacher, school author, para-school and youth and in particular of the

- Anne Daroux

, director of the Education unit at

. 

And a report by

: The holiday notebooks, some studious children like that... But in small doses!

Most still prefer to have fun and put the books aside during the summer.

Margot Hemmerich went to a primary school in Lyon, to ask the question to children and their parents.   

Musical programming:

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– Lunis 

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– Oriane Lacaille 

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