Summer Learning

  • Mom Spotlight: Going BIG with Summer Points

    Jennisse and I have been friends since our early days in MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) with little ones.  She’s been doing points for 2 summers.  She figured out early that her kids love to earn a lot of points.  So, she’s setting their sites on 30,000 points this summer.  You read that right: Whoa!  Love it! […]

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  • $$ BIG Money $$ {Summer Points}

    This Summer we decided to “pay” our kids with play money for their points.  I thought I was going to make a graph or nice poster like Ann did, but it just didn’t happen. Reasons why I like it:1.  When do they ever get to handle $20 and $50 bills?2.  They swap out money with […]

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  • Mom Spotlight: Writing with your child – Summer Journal

    Kerry and I have been friends since high school, we went to the same college, and now just live a few streets apart!  I’m always inspired by the things she does with her children.  She is always coming up with new and fun things to do.  Two years ago she started a Summer Journal with […]

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  • Lessons Learned for Future Summer Points

    For the past 3 years we’ve had “Read 1000 pages” on the Summer Points chart.  All was great, until this summer.  Good books were tossed aside for fast reads, books with many pictures were chosen over chapter books – all in the name of 1000 pages.  My two finished all of their reading in a […]

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  • Mom Spotlight: Summer Points for You!

    Mom Spotlight!Ann liked points so much for her kids that she made a list for herself!  I am encouraged by her discipline and the way she’s modeling good behaviors for her 2 boys.1 Point* Morning Routine (get dressed, clothes in hamper, brush teeth, make bed, morning chore)* Put all dishes away that are dry* Journaling […]

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