Ahhhhh summer is the best time for all of these things. We will fish and hike, grow things in the garden, collect and identify insects and amphibians, travel and let kids help plan and map, go swimming, visit relatives. This year we are doing summer journals and kids can draw or paint pictures, write fiction or poetry or a days narrative, or jot down notes from research on something that is interesting them at the moment. Both DS 8 and DD 6 love this and it makes for a great keepsake. We also add pages like Favorite Parks or Favorite Lakes or Ice Cream Parlors(and list what we like or don't at each. They are so fun to look at at the end of the summer and then again the following year.
