It's that time of the year again!! When the kid is home for 2 straight months and you wonder what you can do to keep him away from the TV. Well, TV watching is not banned completely but definitely not for long straight hours. Most the time the kid is out playing with his friends and doesn't hassle me too much. He is outdoors early in the morning till evening and the kids play lots of games together - which is good and kind of how our holidays used to be. But this holidays I also want him to do a couple of additional stuff just to get exposure to various sports and mediums. So here's the rough plan (tentative and subject to change as usual)
1. Debated between these summer camps and sports (kid is willing to try anything - even hockey!! dont know where hockey's come from!) - football in his school, football at SPT, cricket with IACA. Finally narrowed down to cricket with IACA because of the proximity and the timing. For the other two, he would have to leave home early in the morning and I wanted him to have a break from early morning during the holidays. So its going to be 2 months of cricket for 2 hours 6 days a week. We paid the fees and bought the cricket kit yesterday and the kid is counting down hours to start his summer camp.
2. Spend the first days of holidays cleaning his room (with my help) and sort through all the books, toys and clothes and give away what he doesn't need or use anymore.
3. Follow the complete IPL series and note down the wins and loses every day. We plan to make a chart together so that he can track it easily. Will also get him to get the details from the newspaper everyday (atleast our newspaper will get opened this way!!).
4. Play lots of monopoly - we bought this game yesterday :)
5. Read one book all by himself - just to improve his reading, have given up on the thought of him being a bookie
6. Kids been telling me to teach him cooking - so maybe one dish a week (not cakes and muffins) which he can remember easily
7. Get him to write in a notebook about what he did everyday - maybe just a line or two - again just to improve his writing and spellings and also to get into the habit of writing.
This is what I would like him to do regularly apart from the usual playing, playing, playing and of course, the TV!!
We have no big holidays planned for the summer - just 3 days in Ooty along with our friends. I know already that the kid's going to enjoy these three days as his best friends are going to be with him and also the place where we are staying has lots of new activities for them to try. Looking forward to the summer!! :)
1. Debated between these summer camps and sports (kid is willing to try anything - even hockey!! dont know where hockey's come from!) - football in his school, football at SPT, cricket with IACA. Finally narrowed down to cricket with IACA because of the proximity and the timing. For the other two, he would have to leave home early in the morning and I wanted him to have a break from early morning during the holidays. So its going to be 2 months of cricket for 2 hours 6 days a week. We paid the fees and bought the cricket kit yesterday and the kid is counting down hours to start his summer camp.
2. Spend the first days of holidays cleaning his room (with my help) and sort through all the books, toys and clothes and give away what he doesn't need or use anymore.
3. Follow the complete IPL series and note down the wins and loses every day. We plan to make a chart together so that he can track it easily. Will also get him to get the details from the newspaper everyday (atleast our newspaper will get opened this way!!).
4. Play lots of monopoly - we bought this game yesterday :)
5. Read one book all by himself - just to improve his reading, have given up on the thought of him being a bookie
6. Kids been telling me to teach him cooking - so maybe one dish a week (not cakes and muffins) which he can remember easily
7. Get him to write in a notebook about what he did everyday - maybe just a line or two - again just to improve his writing and spellings and also to get into the habit of writing.
This is what I would like him to do regularly apart from the usual playing, playing, playing and of course, the TV!!
We have no big holidays planned for the summer - just 3 days in Ooty along with our friends. I know already that the kid's going to enjoy these three days as his best friends are going to be with him and also the place where we are staying has lots of new activities for them to try. Looking forward to the summer!! :)
1 comment:
Huh! Where did my comment go? Anyways here it is again. This sounds like a fun and great plan for te holidays :) We are also looking forward to the trip. I have realized that as the kid is growing up the holidays are getting easier because of the new found independence! Amen to that!
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