Category Archives: Summertime
Free Printable: Educational Screen Time Ideas
Sick of screen time battles? Surprise them and tell them yes! They can pick from any one of these excellent educational activities using screens. You can also easily edit this list to make it just right for your family. Print this … Continue reading
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Free Printable: Creative Screen Time Ideas
Tired of fighting screen time battles? Then tell them yes! They can pick from any one of these excellent creative activities using screens. You can also easily edit this list to make it just right for your family. Print this … Continue reading
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Step 4: Summer Reading
A summer reading plan is so important that I made this topic separate from Summer Learning. Of course ideally reading is a year-round activity, but summer offers a great opportunity to get into a reading habit or accomplish new reading … Continue reading
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Step 2: Summer Chores
I find that summertime is a great time to help my kids learn new chores and add them to their regular chore list. During the school year, they’re often super busy with homework, sports, music lessons, etc., and they push … Continue reading
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Step 1: Summer Bucket Lists
Now that summer is here, my kids’ minds are swirling with ideas about all the fun things we’re going to do. I’ve learned that it’s important to capture all those plans and all that excitement early on in the summer and write … Continue reading
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Summer Fun
As I look forwards to summer with the kids, I feel a little overwhelmed wondering how I’m going to fill all those days. Although we love to keep it casual and unscheduled, sometimes a little structure can be helpful. Here’s … Continue reading
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Week 22: Summer Reading List
Week 22: Summer Reading List Our local library has a wonderful summer reading program and my kids have participated for many years. It’s great motivation to get the kids to keep reading over the summer. Now that they’re older, though, (9 … Continue reading
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Week 20: Summertime Bored Board
Week 20: Summertime Bored Boards It never fails. After 9 months of wishing for summer to come, and complaining about all the things they can’t do because they’re stuck in school all day, when summer finally arrives it usually takes less than a … Continue reading
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Week 19: Learning Balance with a Summer Schedule
Week 19: Learning Balance with a Summer Schedule I saw this idea on Pinterest recently, and it stuck with me. I love summer with the kids, and we do tons of fun things, but I find that at times I really crave … Continue reading
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