Let’s face it, once the heat and humidity settle in, and the novelty of being home for the summer wears off, it doesn’t take long to hear those dreaded words I’M BORED Here are some of my go-to SUMMER BOREDOM BUSTERS: Jump roping Bubbles Sidewalk chalk Water balloons Backyard sprinklers Balloons Sketchbooks & colored pencils…
Category: Parenting
SAND PLAY
Sand play has so many benefits for children, and what better season to get out and take advantage of these benefits than in summer!? The excitement when I tell the children we’re heading to the beach for the day is palpable. When my children were very young, these little outings proved extremely stressful. The need…
FIREFLIES
Fireflies are fascinating little creatures. Growing up in Chicago suburbs, catching fireflies(or lightning bugs as we called them) was a summer tradition. We’d often collect jars during the days and spend our evenings catching fireflies and filling the jars with them. We’d go about playing our nightly games.Here’s my blog post that talks about a…
SUMMER READING CHALLENGE
I love books!I always have and I suspect I always will. While I was pregnant with my first child, I scoured garage sales, thrift stores, and used bookstores to build a library for her.I collected classics, books that I’d loved as a child, silly books, beautiful picture books, you name it, I had collected some.I…
FAMILY MEALTIME
From the time my children were very young, I placed a high priority on having a daily family mealtime. Having a family mealtime is not always an easy task when you try to balance homeschool events and schedules, job schedules, and extra curriculur activities. However, because these family mealtimes were so important to me, my…
SUMMER GAMES
When I think back on my childhood summers, nothing makes me smile more than recollecting all the fun, neighborhood summer games we’d play. Summer games were what got me out of bed at the crack of dawn each morning and kept me going until all the other neighborhood children went indoors. Outdoor summer games can…
Summer Journals
In my last blog post, I talked about the summer activity that I most enjoy participating in with my children, and that was making Summer Bucket Lists. You can find it here:https://learningisawayoflife.com/summer-bucket-lists/ To piggyback on those summer bucket lists, I love to have the kids keep summer journals. Many, many years ago, I was introduced…
Summer Bucket Lists
Bring on summer! I like to begin each summer by all sitting down together and making SUMMER BUCKET LISTS. My desire to do this is two-fold. First off, I work well with lists. I love making little boxes next to each item and checking them off as we complete each item. Secondly, my ideas list…
FINGERPAINTING
When I was a younger, inexperienced, first-time mom, the thought of messy activities with my baby petrified me. Like many first-time moms(before the days of social media and readily available internet), I scoured parenting and baby magazines. My favorite was Family Fun. I have no idea which year or which exact magazine it was, but…
Gardening
Let’s start thinking about gardening. With the sun finally starting to shine through this time of year, temperatures slowly rising, and seeing the first buds and blooms of the season is the time to think about gardening. Now I have to be honest, growing up in the city, gardening wasn’t anything I’ve ever been familiar…
