Summer Activities for Quilters’ Children
May 31, 2008 by Mary Emma Allen
Filed under Home & Living
Once the excitement of the first days of summer vacation from school are over, youngsters often bombard you with the comments, “I’m bored. I don’t know what to do.”
Check out the post, Activities for Your Youngsters This Summer – Reading & Others, over at my new blog One Book Two Book. There you’ll also find links to Karen’s post at our blog and Char’s at Weary Parent, with many, many ideas.
These may be activities you can enter into with your youngsters as you take a break from quilting and fabric art work. Also, you’ll find some you can set them playing while you get some time to do your work.
I always found that my daughter, an only child, kept very occupied when she had activities to become involved in, sometimes alone, other times with her dad and me, and often with her cousins and friends. When the young adults get together nowadays, they often reminisce about the fun activities at Aunt Mary’s home.
What are your plans for summer activities to keep the various generations in your home busy?
(c)2008 Mary Emma Allen
No activities planned, though I should come up with something to keep the cat out of my hair so I can work.
LOL!!! I am *so* with Peggy!
I guess it’s not considered good parenting to say what my mom used to say to us: “If you’re bored, I have some chores you can help me with.” LOL!
Wise woman. We all became very resourceful and independent about entertaining ourselves.
Yes, Eileen, my mom told us that, too. Also, on the farm there was never any opportunity to get bored. Any spare time we used our imagination and came up with something to do. Or Mother and Father found work. I don’t recall my daughter being bored either. We did something special each summer, but didn’t have time to entertain her and her cousins. Often they were involved in our home business or went along when I covered a newspaper story about local attractions in our area. My daughter became my photographer during her teen years.
I completely agree with you ladies more.
That is what I and my husband are trying to achieve as well, keeping the super kids busy most of the time.
If we let the kids’ wander off their little minds could be influenced by all the inappropriate exposure which is bombarded through the media.
We send them to any worthwhile activity camp. We plan to send them to
Mad Science camp this year. They have promised it to be a hands-on program for children ages 5-12 sends them on a quest for exploration. The kids will get a chance to learn about the four forces of flight, the challenges of space travel, and participate in a rocket launch!
I do hope that the boys will continue exploring the interest they would have developed from the camp.
Also I have a full package of activities now from your absolutely useful blog to keep them busy through the summer.