People function better with at least a minimal schedule. Children like to look forward to things to do and events in the near future. As summer approaches, bring your children into the planning sessions for your family’s vacation. Remember to keep dates and events which you and the children schedule together. Always keep the planning and the vacation a happy time for your whole family.
Plan each day of your summer vacation by placing a weekly calendar on the refrigerator
Pick days to go out to the park or nearby track at a local high school to skate and walk
Try to find a matinee movie each week to take your child to at a local theatre
Plan at least two days a week at a nearby pool or other water-oriented park
Try to plan at least one evening per week for Dad to take the kids out and give mom a break to catch up on laundry and other things that bog Moms down in the summer.
Let your children have the opportunity to research and plan your summer family vacation all on their own—give them a budget and encourage them to plan accommodations and entertainment in a summer vacation destination
Read to your young children and require three or more books to be read by your older children during the summer break
If your child is struggling in school, then take the time to help them catch up in the summer or send them to summer tutoring or summer school
Find time for one on one time for each of your children each day even if its just for ten minutes or so
Plan family time
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Enlist the help of a sitter if you are too busy to take the kids to a local pool or other activities
Play sports with your children and encourage them to join a local team of softball or baseball
Take the time to listen to what your child wants to do for the summer
Summer vacations are fun for children who are enabled by their parents to plan for a fun summer. Make time for your kids and offer tips and suggestions for their summer vacation to be full of fun summer activities while creating a lifetime of summertime memories.