Our schedule is similar to yours, but my girls are also doing a summer project that they picked out. We do field trips around that, and they write scripts and edit video to make a documentary for their project. Last summer, for instance, we toured a cheese factory, and they made a cooking show. This year is about churches and cathedrals.
That's awesome! I'd love to hear more about that! How did they pick the topic of churches and cathedrals? It sounds like such an intentional way to dive deeper in an area of interest.
We're in Spain for the summer to see my wife's family (She's from Spain, and we live in Texas.). Christian history is everywhere in Spain. Even when they were 5, our girls could spend hours wandering around in cathedrals.
What a great experience! Have you ever written about these projects with your girls? I love unit studies and incorporating real world learning into life.
For sure, we swim regularly in friend's and neighbors pools, but that's not something we included in our bucket list as we tried to just keep those ideas to "out of the ordinary" ones. My kids love swimming and we're in water several times a week : )
Mollie, what a great post! I’m sure this is going to be very helpful for many families! 💕 I’m even going to incorporate some of your ideas here when I have my grandchildren two days a week!
Yes it definitely works for grandkids too! That’s so great you have the opportunity to watch them, my parents do the same with my kids one afternoon a week and it’s a blessing for all of us 😊
Our schedule is similar to yours, but my girls are also doing a summer project that they picked out. We do field trips around that, and they write scripts and edit video to make a documentary for their project. Last summer, for instance, we toured a cheese factory, and they made a cooking show. This year is about churches and cathedrals.
That's awesome! I'd love to hear more about that! How did they pick the topic of churches and cathedrals? It sounds like such an intentional way to dive deeper in an area of interest.
We're in Spain for the summer to see my wife's family (She's from Spain, and we live in Texas.). Christian history is everywhere in Spain. Even when they were 5, our girls could spend hours wandering around in cathedrals.
What a great experience! Have you ever written about these projects with your girls? I love unit studies and incorporating real world learning into life.
Last summer, I posted about it to TikTok, but I wasn't on Substack then. I'll add a section about it to my summer Substacks. Thank you!
That would be great, thanks!
We do something similar for sure but where’s the swimming??? Swimming is essential!
For sure, we swim regularly in friend's and neighbors pools, but that's not something we included in our bucket list as we tried to just keep those ideas to "out of the ordinary" ones. My kids love swimming and we're in water several times a week : )
Mollie, what a great post! I’m sure this is going to be very helpful for many families! 💕 I’m even going to incorporate some of your ideas here when I have my grandchildren two days a week!
Yes it definitely works for grandkids too! That’s so great you have the opportunity to watch them, my parents do the same with my kids one afternoon a week and it’s a blessing for all of us 😊