I think that one long summer vacation is much better than a lot of short vacations. There are a few reasons why I thought like this.
First of all, the children have to learn outside of school. If they are at the outside, they could learn fishing or helping their parents. At school, they have only weekend holiday per a week. So they don’t know what they could do outside of school. I think they could study by their own pace on the school vacation. They could find their hobby. I think it takes long time.
More over especially for children, in the summer vacation, a lot of creatures are born. This is good for children to know the importance of one’s life. For example, the cicada, that is born into the soil. On their larval periods, they are living only into the soil. It takes 7 or 8 years. However, after coming out of the soil, they will come out to the ground. But they could live only 2 weeks. This is one of a few examples, in which children can observe the nature and their creatures.
Last, one long summer vacation give the children that to spend time with their family. On usually, the children could eat breakfast and dinner with their family at family table. But only on weekends. However, if they have a long summer vacation, they could spend all the time with their family. What’s the more, they could travel to far away with their family like abroad.
For these reason, I think the children need one long summer vacation.