With only three days of school left, things are finally winding down around here. I have started to look at what I want to accomplish this summer. A few weeks ago a friend of mine gave a great presentation on how she tackles each summer. Her motto is : "The key to a great summer is planning." For her family, each day is planned out in to a regular weekly schedule. For example: Monday= cleaning day, Tuesday= craft day, Wednesday= field trip day, Thursday= weeding/projects day, Friday= swim & friends day (kids day off), Saturday= family day.Most of these days last only a half day except field trip day. I think this is a great idea!
Tonight we are going to sit down as a family and talk about all the things we would like to do and places we want to go. We are going to write them down in a special calendar so that we can have a plan of when to do them. A lot of areas offer free days at local museums, etc, during the summer. We plan on taking advantage of as many of these as possible.
Chocolate on my Cranium has a cute summer boredom buster chart you can check out
here. I also plan on having just some lazy days too. To me, it just wouldn't be summer without them.
