Summer 2014 Recap

Before summer vacation began (my first with two kids) I put lots of effort into devising a plan that would ensure we had something to do or at least a plan every day. I assigned different themes to each day (e.g., Monday’s were field trip days) and then came up with a list of different activities that we could do for that day. Then on Sunday, all I had to do as look at the list and my week was planned. I also wanted to make sure Charlie was keeping up on everything and building on what he had learned in during the school year, so I put together some school activities to do during Evy’s nap in the morning. All in all, I think we had a successful summer. It went by a little too fast for me, but we had tons of fun as evident by what everything we did! I cannot wait for next year! 

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           Trampoline Park

·         North Park scavenger hunt

·         Lego land

·         Field Museum

·         Lincoln Park Zoo (several times)

·         Wildwood Nature Center

·         Geotracking in the neighborhood

·         Fire Station tour  

·         Jonquil Water Park

·         Adams Water Park

·         Target practice with the squirter

·         Lots of water balloons

·         Sprinkler action

·         Pool time

·         Dino excavation

·         Dino dig in the sand

·         Tracing pictures/objects

·         Frozen toys

·         Making rocket ship and other art projects

·         Painting

·         Polka Dot slime

·         Practice tying shoes

·         Sandpaper letters and numbers

·         Tracing letters and numbers

·         Ordering numbers

·         Writing name and new room number

·         Letter sound obstacle course