Each summer, the kid and I sit down and write a list of what we would like to do over the 9 weeks that they are home. Some of the ideas are quick and easy, and others are more time consuming.
The kids are at home with me all summer, except for 1-2 weeks of day camp. This summer they will do 1 week (mornings only) of vacation bible school in July, and 1 week of Pedalheads camp in August.
Since they are home with me, but most of their friends are in care over the summer, it doesn't leave many kids for them to play with. I try and plan one activity per week, and then leave the rest mostly unstructured.
Our summers involve lots of bike rides, park time, sprinkler play, video games and freezies normally.
This is our list for the upcoming summer - I will be updating periodically as we cross items off the list.
- Cookie baking
- Sleepover at grandparents
- Swimming
- Water Fight
- Playing soccer
- Upper Canada Village
- Valley View Farm
- Saunders Farm
- Agriculture Museum
- Strawberry picking
- Reading 1 chapter book/week
- Movie theater
- Visit the Diefenbunker
- Lunch at the Cheshire Cat
- Ice Cream from Carp Custom Creamery
- Visit a splash pad
- Driving range
- Mini golf
- Museum of Nature
- Picnic in the park
Great list, today we visited a local farm. Some of these things we can cross off our list and do again and again. Like the water fights, good times!
ReplyDeleteGreat list! Hope you have lots of fun! (Judy Cowan)
ReplyDeletewe crossed a few more things off our list over the weekend, but we added a couple too!
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