Week 31 Free Printable: Back To School Checklist

I find it hard this time of year when I'm still trying to enjoy fun summer activities with the kids, but I can feel the need to get ready for the return to school starting to lurk in the back of my head.  Often, writing down the list helps it feel more manageable. Once I … Continue reading Week 31 Free Printable: Back To School Checklist

Week 23 Free Printables: 9 BINGO Bored Boards

These Summer Bored Boards offer 9 free printable BINGO boards with ideas sure to inspire creative play. Have your kids try to get a BINGO, or black out the whole board.  You can print these boards as is for free, or easily generate your own at http://www.thetripclip.com. There are over 500 images to choose from to … Continue reading Week 23 Free Printables: 9 BINGO Bored Boards

Week 22 Free Printable: Reading Bingo

This is a super fun way to encourage your kids to read this summer! Challenge your child to get a BINGO in any direction, or even wipe out the whole board! You can also easily edit this board with your own challenges.  If you come up with good ones, share them with me at molly@thetripclip.com … Continue reading Week 22 Free Printable: Reading Bingo

Week 21 Free Printable: Summer Reading Challenge

Broaden your kids' horizons this summer by encouraging them to read outside of their comfort zone. This list uses genres, but you can create any kind of list you want that helps challenge your kids to read new things.  Maybe you'd choose to have them read a  newspaper or an article online? You can easily … Continue reading Week 21 Free Printable: Summer Reading Challenge

Week 19 Free Printable: Summer Schedule

Feeling overwhelmed by long summer days stretching out ahead of you that all need to be filled? A simple trick is to create a framework for each day. You might not always need it, but sometimes it's nice to have a little structure to help you and the kids know what's coming. Print this for … Continue reading Week 19 Free Printable: Summer Schedule

Week 18 Free Printable: Summer Vacation Rules

Setting up house rules for screen time is a great way to help make sure your kids don't spend their entire summer in front of a screen - or worse, spend it arguing with you about how much screen time is too much. Try setting up Summer Vacation Rules and then posting them someplace visible … Continue reading Week 18 Free Printable: Summer Vacation Rules