Keeping personal journals of daily events is one way to ensure your children have simple practice in handwriting, spelling and composition everyday. Setting aside a few minutes each evening after dinner to add a few paragraphs to your journals can be a fun family activity. The example set by parents who also keep a personal journal is invaluable.
By recording each entry’s date, time and outdoor temperature your children will quickly become adept at using a calendar, a clock and a thermometer. Notations about the weather can also include barometric readings. It’s often fun to try and predict local weather patterns, seeing if you can “out predict” your favorite television weather reporter.
Get creative … and have fun!
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You are awesome!!! Love all your ideas. I’m not a homeschooling mom – but I was sick of driving kids around all summer for “camps” and decided to plan stuff for them all summer – like having a “homesummercamp” – so I’ve been searching the net for ideas and I’m really looking forward to this summer. Your website is so much fun and I bet you are a cool mom. Thanks!
Lori
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Excellent plan. Too often in this world of computers, children don’t get the chance to work on their writing. Which is as much an art form as a basic skill.
This is so simple and so clever. Thanks!
My youngest has started to keep his own journal but it seems to be more of an outlet for his creativity which is also very positive.
On a different tack, I’m really glad that I regularly wrote down funny stories about my boys in my own journal. It means I’ve been able to recall them years later, to my amusement and to my boys’ delight.
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