Tag : summer fun list

Summer Schedule for Kids at Home

Summer Schedule for kids in grass
Scroll down to the summer schedule button to print your FREE copy.

School will be out in just a few days which means summer is right around the corner. All the hustle-bustle of May is coming to an end. We say goodbye with awards ceremonies, recitals, and graduations and look forward to bright summer days filled with popsicles and hammocks.

Now, what to do with all the unscheduled time in the summer? I’m home with my boys during the summer and on the days that we don’t have much planned we follow a simple schedule. It prevents me from having to answer the question, What’s next? They can follow the schedule pretty independently which gives me more freedom and time to do the things I need to do.

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5-21-2021 | 1

Gearing Up for Summer

I’m sharing a few things we do to set the stage for a great summer!

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Free Printable Summer Fun List

Our Summer Schedule

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5-20-2021 | Comments Off on Gearing Up for Summer

Create a Summer Fun List

Summer fun list attached to a clipboard outside with a child in hammock in background.
Find this free Summer Fun List (confetti version) template at the end of this post. Happy Summer!

Every year we create a summer fun list. We add things we want to do individually, ideas our kids suggest, and activities we like to do every summer to keep traditions going.

We go to at least one baseball game, hit up the local swimming pool, and take a family camping trip (we cabin camp because of the air conditioning). I like to list parks or shops that we have known about but haven’t had a chance to visit. We include festivals, new restaurants, and amusement parks. We also add low cost or free summer ideas such as picnics, kite flying, snowcones, and running through the yard with the sprinklers on.

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5-03-2019 | 5