CMP Review 2024-05-29
May 29, 2024
“A multiplicity of interests” — that’s what Ellen Parish suggests we give our children over summer break.
It’s not a checklist to be worked through—just some ideas to help children think and act constructively that still allows plenty of freedom. They also help keep kids from endless screen time or fighting with one other.
Here’s a list of ideas taken from Miss Parish’s Parents’ Review article, Holiday Amusements, which you can bookmark for reference.
- Sports & games
- Serving others: working for missions, the poor, or teaching something to someone
- Handicrafts (both new and familiar)
- Read aloud as a family
- Read a Shakespearean play with each family member taking roles
- Read a book in a foreign language
- Go on an excursion
- Classify and arrange collections in a home museum
Grow a botanical or vegetable garden - Cooking lessons
- Family Scientific Society: each to choose a subject to research and present on
- Part singing
- Learn new physical exercise
- Go on an expedition: archaeological, architectural, historical or literary; making a detailed study, producing rough maps or sketching what one likes
- Nature study: book free with outdoors providing the facts
- Keep bird or flower list
What would you add to the list?
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