Can you believe we only have one week left before the kids go back to school? We’ve been cleaning and shopping and gearing up to start back to the regular routine of the school year. I don’t know about you but we still have some things on our Summer Bucket List that we need to do but haven’t had a chance. While some of those adventures will not get done in time, we have recreated some fun ideas for our family to enjoy the last week of summer before school starts! Here are 10 ideas for your family!
1. Get nominated for an Ice Bucket Challenge, talk to your kids about ALS and make a donation to ALS Canada.
2. Go on an ice cream adventure! Visit your favourite ice cream shop and try a flavour you’ve never tried before (we love to visit Slices and Scoops in Fenelon Falls and order Moose Tracks or Peanut Butter and Chocolate!).
3. Make a photo book or journal about your summer adventures and have the kids do the writing or dictating. This is a great idea to get them back into creative writing mode for school!
4. Go Park-Hopping and try a park you have never gone to before! Drive around to new neighbourhoods and stop at parks that look like fun. We love to check out the ones with fitness equipment!
5. Use your season’s passes or coupons to visit your favourite summer places just one more time! We can’t wait to have one of our last visits to Wonderland.
6. Book a playdate with a school friend to get your child reacquainted with a buddy before they start back next week.
7. Have one of these summer dessert recipes for dinner at least ONE night this week!
8. Take a bike ride to the kids’ school and do a “dry run” of the first day back. Play some of their favourite recess games on the field or tarmac. Do they know what door they will go through when the bell rings? How fast can they run to line up there? Can they guess who their teacher will be? It’s great to start talking about school and classroom rules too!
9. Try one of these 5 ways to give back to kids who are in need of school supplies for this September.
10. Host a Netflix movie night inside or under the stars with popcorn and some retro candy! With the sudden and sad passing of Robin Williams, it’s the best time to reminisce and introduce your kids to the adventure movies we love from one of the best comedic actors ever. These titles are all on Netflix; Jumanji and RV.
Check out these other adventure titles for Big Kids from Netflix Canada;
Journey 2 The Mysterious Island (with The Rock)!
The Adventures of Tintin
Tad: The Lost Explorer
The Adventures of Mickey Matson and the Copperhead Treasure
National Treasure
Labou and the Quest for the Lost Treasure
Little Kids
Dora The Explorer
Wild Animal Baby Explorers
Tree Fu Tom
Rubbadubbers: Tubb’s Pirate Treasure
A Turtle’s Tale: Sammy’s Adventures
The Hive
Disclosure: Yay! I am part of the Netflix stream team (#StreamTeam) and have received product and a subscription to Netflix in exchange for writing monthly posts. Already a huge Netflix fan, this is a pretty sweet deal!