Summer Schedule - 2017

I knew I was going to need some type of routine for Georgia during the summer so I wouldn't hear, "I'm bored" every 5 seconds.  I thought it over for awhile to figure out what would suit us best and this is what I was able to come up with.

On a simple piece of paper, simple is better for the summer, I have what she needs to do every day and what "school" work we need to work on.  The dot next to a school work items means we just need to work in one a week.  If she does every thing in the first group (not the school items) then she can earn some iPad time.  If she gets all her checks through out the week and gets an A on her spelling test then she gets to pick where to go out for dessert on Friday night.  She's really excited about it.

The chore jar goes with the "chores x 3" line.  There are 15 chores in the jar and she randomly picks three a day, does the chore, puts it in the "done" jar, and at the end of 5 days we put them all back in the chore jar and start over on Monday.

For the chores I wanted something that she could actually do on her own and that would help me out during the day/week.  So, I didn't put vacuuming or anything that required a large piece of equipment.  I showed her how to do each thing once (as well as her daily list above - I showed her how the first time)

The chores are:

Empty bathroom trash cans

Empty Milam's diaper pale (it's only pee diapers in there)

Empty playroom trash

Clean door knobs

Wipe coffee table

Scrub toilets

Wipe hall baseboards

Wipe kitchen/dining counters

Dust TV stand

Pull weeds

Wipe kitchen counters

Collect the eggs

Water plants

Wipe the bathroom counters-sinks-faucets

Tidy up the living room

The Bored Jar.  If she utters the word, "bored" she has to pick something from the jar and she has to do what it says.  They're all fun things so it is no biggie for her.  It is when she's at a loss for what to do.

The fun things are:

Create a field guide and go explore

Kinetic sand

Listen to a podcast

Play dolls

Make a card for someone

Draw something

Pick something under your bed (she had a several boxes of learning games)

Watercolor

Roller skates

Sprinkler

Sidewalk chalk

Puzzle

Lite Brite

Sculpture

Legos

Read

Explore the backyard

Play-doh

Puppet show

Trampoline

Scooter

Bike

The first half day that we tried it she wasn't too keen on all of the ideas.  The first full day she did pretty good with some complaining.  Her second full day she did really well.  She actually asked to help me clean things that were not assigned to her and once she earned her iPad she didn't even want it.

Nothing Pinterest worthy and no fancy pictures but I just wanted simple and quick and to the point.  Something that we would actually stick to.  The first day it did feel a bit cumbersome but the next day was simple and it went well from there.