Summer School Holiday Vibes
Welcome to my newsletter!Hey there! How are you managing with the school holidays - hit reply and let me know! We try to stick to routines through the school holidays. Harder to stick to when everyone is off work and school, but this week will start to get easier with the resumption of school holiday programmes. As a child, the school holidays would enticingly begin with the anticipation of Christmas and then last for what seemed like forever on holiday - enjoying the sun kissed days at the beach, in and out of the water. Now as a parent those same summer holidays still remain long, hot and kissed but for slightly different reasons. There’s certainly more balls to juggle, kid’s expectations, work vs home life balance high among those balls. Have you had a chance to download our Boredom Buster ideas? 10 non-screen time ideas and 1 using a device/screen time. I hope it gave you a few minutes of sanity. Other suggestions include keeping up with their reading, writing and maths. Need to keep the focus on fun though! |
Serenity Lane
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