Wouldn't you LOVE to have the best summer EVER with your kids? ... If your answer is, "Yes!" keep reading:
To start this summer on the right track with your kids keep an even playing field (or at least make it seem as though you are! :) by giving them the opportunity to help design your summer plans.
Everyone's input counts here ~
- Set goals for things you'd like to achieve this summer
- Be somewhat flexible so that this is more fun and not a pressure-cooker item
- Perhaps the goal can be for a certain week rather than a specific day to help ease the urgency
- Let your kids set goals, too
- Is there theme park close by that they'd like to visit?
- Have you been wanting to eat at a restaurant that is further than you'd typically drive for dinner?
- What would you like to do that is out of the family 'norm?'
- Would you like your child to read a certain book?
- Ask every family member to make their own 'wish list'
- Each person should write down 10 different things (depending on how many family members are participating)
- Pass your lists around and vote on 5 items from each person's list (again this number can change depending on family size)
- Assuming there are 2 parents and 2 children, you might have 20 goals to hit, and you can spread them out accordingly
- When summer comes to an end, make a family night out of reviewing your list and reminiscing about each goal ... Perhaps each family could come to the table with something they wrote about each goal, or simply one specific 'fave' ... this is also a great time to put together a scrapbook of photos and mementos you collected ... and include what each person wrote, too!
- You've not only had the best summer, you've got it documented so you can relive it for a lifetime of memories!
Meanwhile,
Enjoy the magic~
;-Deb
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