Home » Entertainment » Kirsten misguided herself on vacation: ‘We are demolished every day’

Kirsten misguided herself on vacation: ‘We are demolished every day’

Although Kirsten is determined at the start of ‘the big holiday’ – even now that they are free – to let her children do schoolwork, she has now reversed her decision. “Although they both had a great report, I planned to read, calculate and practice the tables with Nikki every day during the holidays,” she writes in her column. ‘The main reason for this was an article I read at the beginning of July about math skills of students moving from grade four to grade five. It was about their ‘summer dip’. Something that I secretly knew as a (former) teacher and parent, but that I really could not ignore now. ‘


‘Even before the school bell ended the last day of school, I had practice materials for an entire school year at home and a whole bunch of AVI books from the library (…) Summer dip? No way! This year we only stuck to the well-known winter dip, ‘says Kirsten. Yet after a week and a half she came to the conclusion that her organizational side was on holiday. Kirsten: ‘I took my motto’ it is a holiday after all ‘as a souvenir of our week in Ibiza. I’ve been using it as an excuse for late bedtime for weeks now. ‘ For the children, Nick and Kirsten are completely demolished at the end of the day and are on time.


In the meantime, the holiday is almost over and the Volendam still has two weeks to prepare her children. Would that be enough to minimize the summer dip? No, just kidding, after all, it is and will remain a holiday for a while, ‘she concludes her message with a big wink.

For the time being it is a bit quieter in Volendam, because colleague and good friend Jan Smit is busy with the recordings for The voice of Holland. The singer replaces Lil ‘Kleine next season and tells all about it in this video:


Leave a Comment

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.