How do you prepare for the summer with kids being home, hotter weather, and family vacations?
DW: I did a Weekly Reader curriculum with the girls most summers. We would have school about 2 hours a day
in the morning. We had "adventures" either going somewhere or building/crafting something on a regular basis.
Before long road trips I hid their favorite toys 2 weeks before the trip. When they miraculously appeared in their
car bin, they were so happy and entertained. ES.) I found the most important thing for me to do in preparing for the kiddos being home was to just be ready,
mentally and prayerfully, for them to need to adjust to being home together all the time again! It was often a bit
stressful the first week or so, as we ALL got used to a different schedule, and spending more time together. A
good thing, but different, so it was best if I wasn't too surprised by the adjustment period! Also, it was important
(and fun!) to have some fun plans, some service plans, and some individual growth plans, so there was some
schedule to our weeks and days! (We all liked the schedule thing!) It wasn't as intense or busy as the school
year, but still, things went better with some structure to things. A great book I found in the 80's was "Sanity in the
Summertime," by Linda Dillow.
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so I guess I'm dumb or just clueless, but I hadn't really looked at the initials. As I read the advice here, I thought, "hey, that sounds a lot like what we used to do in the summer." then saw the ES initials....right. :) I've heard of that book before!!! Gosh, Mum---was that the 80s?? Remember, you also got that book "100 Day Trips From Houston" which for some reason we all hated and I hid under the couch. :) Sorry!!
There's a great site for Katy area families that has LOTS of family friendly ideas of things to do together. They also offer coupons to restaurants and kid-friendly places.
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