Although the traditional summer vacation getaways give us a formal time to reconnect, I'm curious about the day to day interactions that keep families connected. Share your stories.
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Towards the end of the school year, my husband, son and I started a jigsaw puzzle. We've since finished that one, and started and finished another. Jigsaw puzzles do take patience, and definitely and eye to detail, but my son really enjoys doing them, and he's good at it (must be from my side of the family - LOL). It's a great way to spend family time together, without the TV.
Love that on a number of different levels. Great activity to bring the family together and talk about a common interest. The school's strategy is brilliant. You all connect as a family and then form a deeper connection with the school. Now, if you can schedule the President to come and speak. Wow what a conclusion. I would love to throw my book into the mix for the next school book group.
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Joe Bruzzese
Best,
Joe Bruzzese
My son's middle school is requiring the faculty, parents, and students to read DREAMS from MY FATHER by Barack Obama, so my husband, my son, and I are reading for 30 min a night and we are calling it a "book group".
Wow! Sounds like a wonderful summer filled with learning opportunities. Do your kids generate the learning ideas?
I took the summer off after graduating from college to spend time with my children. I am tutoring a neighbor boy along with my children in multiplication, spelling words, and the summer theme is space camp. There are days that we learn about space and there are days that we just do math or language arts. My children are having fun this summer learning about outer space. We also planted a garden by recycling a plastic swimming pool and putting potting soil and dirt in the pool along with leaves and manure for the plants.
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