Summer 2021 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 5/30 5/31 6/1 6/2 6/3 6/4 6/5 Week AISD Student Last Day of 1/12 Holiday AISD School 6/6 6/7 6/8 6/9 6/10 6/11 6/12 Week MOMS 2/12 Orientation 6/13 6/14 6/15 6/16 6/17 6/18 6/19 Week 3/12 6/20 6/21 6/22 6/23 6/24 6/25 6/26 Week Father's Day 4/12 6/27 6/28 6/29 6/30 7/1 7/2 7/3 Week 5/12 7/4 7/5 7/6 7/7 7/8 7/9 7/10 Week 4th of July 6/12 7/11 7/12 7/13 7/14 7/15 7/16 7/17 Week 7/12 7/18 7/19 7/20 7/21 7/22 7/23 7/24 Week 8/12 7/25 7/26 7/27 7/28 7/29 7/30 7/31 Week 9/12 8/1 8/2 8/3 8/4 8/5 8/6 8/7 Week MOMS Sales Tax Sales Tax 10/12 Celebration Holiday Holiday 8/8 8/9 8/10 8/11 8/12 8/13 8/14 Week Sales Tax 11/12 Holiday 8/15 8/16 8/17 8/18 8/19 8/20 8/21 Week 12/12 8/22 8/23 8/24 8/25 8/26 8/27 8/28 WEEKLY SCHEDULE sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday M o r n i n g A f t e r n o o n E v e n i n g DAILY SCHEDULE Breakfast Time: Morning Snack Time: Morning Lunch Time: Afternoon Snack Time: Afternoon Dinner Time: Evening Bedtime Time: GETTING READY FOR SUMMER GUIDED NOTES Part A. An Opportunity to Plan ● Thrive vs. Survive ● Avoid confusion and regret ● Goal: Use the Time Well Part B. Goal: Use the Time Well Objective 1: "Big Picture" plan ● Fill the time and use it productively (3-GR Summer Calendar) ● Spend time on those things you don’t have time for during the year ● Discuss your priorities (2-Parenting in the Digital Age) Objective 2: Structure the time ● 74 days/12 weeks of summer ● Weekly Schedule & Daily Schedule [at the end of this PDF] ● Address basic needs and tasks of the household and of the children Objective 3: Thriving! ● Discern Values: What is important to you? ● Make Choices with Intention ● Use screen time for good & with rules (6-No Screen Time Until) ○ Online learning modules from their school ○ How-To videos on YouTube Part C. Multiple Intelligences 1. Soul Smart: the knowing which comes from introspection, self-reflection, and raising questions about life's meaning and purpose ❏ Streaming Mass ❏ Build emotional intelligence ❏ Morning offering ❏ Utilize a pro & con list to make a ❏ Journaling decision ❏ Meditation ❏ Roleplay hypothetical ethical dilemmas ❏ Calming skills / calming basket ❏ Gratitude lists ❏ Divine Mercy Chaplet at 3pm ❏ Differentiate between needs and wants ❏ Resurrection Eggs ❏ Learn about Saints (8-Saints with ❏ Make a gratitude list Summer Feast Days) 2. Other Smart: using person-to-person relating, communication, teamwork, and collaboration with others ❏ Formal meal to practice manners ❏ Put on a puppet show (9-Manners) ❏ Play 'Guess the Feeling' game ❏ When You Say Thank You, Mean It (also ❏ Practice descriptive praise on St. Catherine website) ❏ End-of-day affirmations ❏ Play a board game ❏ Practice taking turns ❏ Share toys ❏ Practice I-messages ❏ Make a team project ❏ Role-play ❏ Teach someone a new skill ❏ Practice active listening 3. Word Smart: occurs through written and spoken words, such as in essays, speeches, books, informal conversation, debates, and jokes ❏ Read-Aloud Handbook by Jim Trelease ❏ Create a family mission statement ❏ Read a book (Texas 2x2 Book List) ❏ Play Scrabble Jr. or Boggle ❏ Mad Libs ❏ Book-making ❏ Write a newspaper article ❏ Do a crossword puzzle ❏ Write/read a play or skit ❏ Write instructions ❏ Write a letter ❏ Thank-you note or video ❏ Tell jokes, puns, riddles ❏ Summer Journal 4. Body Smart: using physical movement and performance (a.k.a. learning by doing) to understand things ❏ American Sign Language ❏ Juggling (Handouts 10a & 10b) ❏ Play Simon Says ❏ Choreograph or perform a dance ❏ Hacky Sack / Frisbee ❏ Play charades / pantomime ❏ Nutrition & cooking ❏ Use tools ❏ Summer safety ❏ Work out, jump rope ❏ Learn to jump rope ❏ Stretch (Cosmic Kids Yoga on YouTube) ❏ Learn to catch a hard ball ❏ Build a model 5. Sound Smart: learning through sounds, rhythms, tones, beats, music produced by other people or present in the environment ❏ Imitate vehicle or animal/bird sounds ❏ Listen to music of different ❏ Sing songs (compose your own!) cultures/genres/eras ❏ Ear safety while using headphones ❏ March to college fight songs ❏ Listen to relaxation sounds ❏ Make up a rap song ❏ Homemade instruments ❏ Learn to read notes (sheet music) ❏ Riddle books ❏ Play with a piano or drum app 6. Nature Smart: knowing what occurs in encounters with animals, plants, physical features, and weather conditions of the natural world ❏ Weather station at home ❏ Texas Trail of Trees (link on page) ❏ Skipping rocks ❏ Family walks around neighborhood ❏ Star-gazing ❏ Foster a cat or dog ❏ Geocaching, latitude & longitude ❏ Plant a vegetable or flower garden ❏ Texas Nature Challenge (link on page) ❏ Pick up litter ❏ Zilker Trek (link on page) ❏ Capture nature with photographs 7. Logic Smart: using numbers, logic, scientific reasoning, and calculating to help solve problems and meet challenges ❏ Follow a recipe, use measuring cups ❏ Use a compass ❏ Tangrams (Handouts 13a-13e) ❏ Take a survey & make a graph ❏ Rubix cube ❏ Calculate probability ❏ Make or decipher codes ❏ Play HiHo Cherry-O, Battleship, Wits ❏ Solve a jigsaw puzzle and Wagers, Tic-Tac-Toe, Chess, ❏ Solve logic problems Checkers, Chinese Checkers, ❏ Conduct an experiment & make Parcheesi, or Sorry predictions 8. Image Smart: using the sense of sight and being able to imagine and visualize an object, including making mental images inside our head ❏ Origami (Handouts 14a-14d) ❏ Painting or drawing ❏ Illustrate a book ❏ Make puppets ❏ Decorate a t-shirt ❏ Make a collage ❏ Make a comic book ❏ Make leaf rubbings ❏ Follow along how-to-draw instructions ❏ Make a poster to welcome guests ❏ Sidewalk chalk ❏ Make a mobile ❏ Photo scavenger hunts ❏ Make a sculpture from recycled ❏ Make a friendship bracelet or Rainbow materials loom ❏ Color mandalas 9. Life Skills Smart: knowing how to take care of oneself in preparation for living on his/her own someday ❏ Plan a grocery list ❏ Wash & detail a car ❏ Menu planning ❏ Check car vitals (oil/tire pressure) ❏ Life Skills (Handouts 15a-15c) ❏ Family meeting ❏ Make a recipe ❏ Change lightbulbs ❏ How to make a spreadsheet ❏ Learn about nutrition labels ❏ Clean windows or mirrors ❏ Read a paper map 10. Money Smart: knowing how to budget, save and spend money wisely in preparation for leaving home some day and managing own income Suggested books for parents: "The Opposite of Spoiled" by Ron Lieber and “Capitate Your Kids: Give Your Kids a Financial Head” by John E. Whitcomb. ❏ Pay for items in a store ❏ Talk about values in spending money ❏ Budgeting for a goal (including sales (wants vs. needs and give/save/spend) tax) ❏ Research prices of a toy to purchase ❏ Effect of compound interest ❏ Compare the cost of restaurant vs. ❏ Trading up sheet (Handout 16a) homemade meal ❏ Spending flowchart (Handout 16b) ❏ Practice writing checks ❏ Keep list of future purchase wants ❏ Keep track of a savings account in a (Amazon Wish List) check register MY SUMMER GOALS: (Same as Handout 17) Examples include: I want my children to learn 3 prayers/about 2 saints (SoulSmart), I want my children to learn life skills appropriate for their ages (LifeSkills Smart), I want my children to be better money managers (MoneySmart), I want less “drama” in my household! 1. My goal is: I will accomplish this goal by: 2. My goal is: I will accomplish this goal by: 3. My goal is: I will accomplish this goal by: My Values that I want to express are: MY THEME IDEAS: (More ideas in Handouts 18a & 18b) Ideas Theme for a Day Theme for a Week Friendship Under the Sea Making/Building Outer Space Christmas in July Pioneers Dinosaurs Be Creative Sports Flowers/Nature US/Texas History Music Science Cooking Water New Skill Our/Another Culture.