Children learn best when education is continuous. Longer breaks tend to cause students to lose information they learned over the past school year. On average, students lose “about a month of instruction during summer vacation.” (Luzer) For low-income students, this loss is even greater. There is a gap between low and high income students and this is due to the options available to students. Summer programs can be used to “keep kids from falling behind and narrow the achievement gap.” (Smink) For this reason, it is important that the government provides adequate programs during the summer for children who hope to continue learning throughout the summer. Regardless of the magnitude of the loss of materials caused by summer vacation, it affects all students in one way or another. Even though they don't learn typical school lessons during the summer, they learn life skills and make connections that they don't learn in school. The school generally emphasizes math and writing, but does not focus on art or innovation. Therefore, it is important to have summer vacations because it is a time that allows children to develop and learn different things outside..