As I continue with my blog being centered around parent communication I began to think about the words I hear during the summer far more than during the school year. "I'm BORED." These words make me cringe... My stepdaughters are with us every other week from Friday evening to the following Friday morning. As parents we try to make sure they have camps to attend, sports to participate in and the occasional sleep over here and there. All while keeping a strict budget of a teacher/grad student and a Physical Therapist Assistant. Often there are days that are wide open. I love the wide open days... they hate them. They want to go-go-go! While I admire their energy and hope it will rub off on me somedays, it's difficult to keep these kiddos entertained day in and day out without having excess screen time. I've compiled a list of things we have been doing, or started this summer. I would love suggestions to add to my list!
-Library
-Zoo
-Water Park
-Pool
-Cooking Class
-Writers Camp
-Bike Rides
-Fort creations
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Thank you in advance for your welcomes suggestions!
* Park
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*Tent in the yard day
* book club day
* beach (lake)
* games outside-chalk, frisbee, etc
* board games
* dance lessons
Hope this helps some. I am a very spontaneous person. So I base a lot of my activities around the weather. Where I live has a weekly activities webpage so sometimes I check that out for crafts fairs or farmers markets, fairs, etc.
Thanks for the great ideas! I'll have to add these to my idea bank. I'm a planner so I usually try and have a rough outline of what our week will look like when I get the girls on Friday! I love the book club day, great idea!
DeleteWe go to the library weekly and I've encouraged my 7 year olds to check out arts & crafts books to keep themselves entertained on the "stay home" days. They have recently gotten interested in origami and while we're going through tons of paper, at least they're entertained and being creative. :)
ReplyDeleteI like the craft books! Great idea, I'll have to remember that on our next library trip!
DeleteI'm a bit of a history guy, so I always look for historical landmarks and buildings, and little library research projects around that history. Essentially creating a history walk. Well, there are always educational apps on the tablets and phones that we all have. Beyond that, I can't think of anything that hasn't already been mentioned.
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