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On our SUPER SUMMER SCHEDULE we are having THINKING THURSDAYS. On this day, we are going to the library and also working on researching things from our wondering list.
A wondering list is a place kids can write down all the things they are wondering about so they can remember them until they get a chance to find the answers.
I decided to make a cute printable for a wondering list!
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So, I’ve got a plan for our mornings with our SUPER SUMMER SCHEDULE. I’ve got a fun READING PROGRAM ready. Now for our afternoons. I have A LOT to do to get ready to move. I have to be able to devote a good chunk of time to packing and organizing and fixing things in our house. I can’t be constantly entertaining bored kids. Nor do I think that its good for kids to be constantly entertained. Kids need to have some self directed time. It is important to me that my kids work on some educational things during the summer. We haven’t really done this in past summers and I wish we would have.
So, I have come up with the STUPENDOUS SIX, which are six tasks for my kids to do on their own each afternoon while I am working on other things. My oldest is off on his own now, but my next two sons can do these all on their own. My five year old will need a little help and my youngest will be napping during this time.
Here they are:
(A life book is like a journal made from a composition book that the kids get to decorate)
Somehow I have to link these tasks to earning screen time but I’m not exactly sure what I want to do yet. I am thinking like they can earn ten minutes of screen time per task so they could earn 5 hours for the weekend. What would you do??
One of the BIGGEST, most IMPORTANT things I want to implement this summer is A LOT of daily reading for my kids! I am soooo tired of TV I can’t even tell you. I think the effect of TV, especially TODAY’S programming, on kids is absolutely awful. When we move, I am thinking of not getting TV hooked up, at least for a good, long while!
Have you heard of How Does She? It is a site packed full of fun ideas. If you sign up for their email list they will send you passwords to be able to download some of their fun printables.
I recently got an email from them containing a password for printables for a
Summer Reading Program!
It is super cute and I think it will be so fun for my kids! You can read all about the program HERE
I am hoping they will add a blank bingo board so we can fill in our own ideas for places for our kids to read. If you like that idea, I hope you will ask them to do it for us!
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I’ve been working hard trying to figure out how to make this summer work. With all the packing and things I need to do to prepare for our move, I don’t want my kids sitting in front of the TV all day, bored out of their minds. I REALLY want them to get to have a fun summer, despite the move.
I’ve been looking for ideas and will be compiling some different things to make a fun summer for my kids. I came across this
“Do It Yourself Summer Camp” from Power of Moms.
I loved some of their ideas. I am up in the mountains at my sister’s cabin and I decided to work out our summer plans while I am up here. Today I came up with theme days for our week days. I made this cute printable to share with my readers. I haven’t printed it yet, so if you print it and the colors are awful, please tell me. I have no printer up here to try it out on.
To get this FREE PRINTABLE click HERE.
I’ll keep you posted on what else I come up with for our summer plans!
