We are at the kick off point of summer vacation in my house. Do you know what that means? Sun, fun and activities for everyone. It also means everyone is home in my house. The upside to this is we are free to travel as a family. The downside is my usual routine gets lost. Apparently I am a creature of habit. When we are off schedule I get a bit antsy.
I feel like I spend the day saying, "Please clean up your room. Please clear your dishes from the table. Please get ready so I can drive you to XYZ."
Instead of living moment to moment I am being proactive. We are going to have "camp at home". This is what I have so far. The children will come up with a name for their room and earn clean cabin awards for keeping it picked up. The living room will be the park and they will check it for litter. This can also be applied to towels left on the bathroom floor. Instead of nagging them to help out, they will receive prizes or outings for their effort.
Monday will be our arts and crafts morning. My daughter has been wanting to get into the Melty Beads, stamps and butterfly garden that she received for her birthday. Tuesday will be art. Wednesday is P.E. time. Thursday will be a field trip and Friday we will have music time. This is not set in stone, but is a reminder for me to stop cleaning the house and make time for their interests.
I will not map out every minute of vacation. There will be plenty of time for swimming, visiting friends, lounging with a good book and just good old fashioned play. What ideas do you use for avoiding the "I'm bored" days and keeping the peace over vacation?
I feel like I spend the day saying, "Please clean up your room. Please clear your dishes from the table. Please get ready so I can drive you to XYZ."
Instead of living moment to moment I am being proactive. We are going to have "camp at home". This is what I have so far. The children will come up with a name for their room and earn clean cabin awards for keeping it picked up. The living room will be the park and they will check it for litter. This can also be applied to towels left on the bathroom floor. Instead of nagging them to help out, they will receive prizes or outings for their effort.
Monday will be our arts and crafts morning. My daughter has been wanting to get into the Melty Beads, stamps and butterfly garden that she received for her birthday. Tuesday will be art. Wednesday is P.E. time. Thursday will be a field trip and Friday we will have music time. This is not set in stone, but is a reminder for me to stop cleaning the house and make time for their interests.
I will not map out every minute of vacation. There will be plenty of time for swimming, visiting friends, lounging with a good book and just good old fashioned play. What ideas do you use for avoiding the "I'm bored" days and keeping the peace over vacation?
For rainy days we plan to go bowling or build a tent or fortress depending on who is building. Don't forget summer reading and picnics at the plaza by the museum. We are earning points for using manners, helping our siblings and using kind words. For every 5 points earned they get two tokens to be used at Chuck E Cheese at the end of summer.
ReplyDeleteThose are great ideas. We must have back up ideas planned for those rainy days!
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