Planning your Weekly Activities
A Guide to 100 Things to do This Summer
How to Begin…
Children like to have input into planning out their days, weeks, and months. A child's confidence increases when they contribute to creating a plan for not only their time but for their family's time. When a child offers ideas that are valued, it gives them a greater sense of purpose. Further, it increases their motivation to complete the activities if they have had a choice in which ones are organized for the week.
1. with your family, list activities that you love to do – add to the list each week
2. build your own activity board for the week
Sample Activity Board
Weekly Activity Board
Monthly Activity Board
Things kids love to do in the summer...
3. make crafts
4. go fishing
5. read a book
6. play Lego
7. complete art activities
8. have a water balloon fight
9. pick things from the garden
10. make puppets
11. blow bubbles
12. decorate the driveway with chalk
13. fly a kite
14. camp in the backyard
15. play in the sprinkler
16. have a pillow fight
17. learn to skip rocks at the river
18. have a pajama day at home with the family
19. paint rocks
20. go stargazing
21. learn to throw a rugby ball
22. learn a few yo-yo tricks
23. learn to fold three different paper airplanes and see which flies best
Ways to get physical exercise...
24. run 1 km each day or week
25. go swimming
26. learn to climb a tree
27. learn to do a headstand
28. go rollerblading
29. go on a 5km bike ride
30. scooter around the neighbourhood
31. do a fitness activity with the family
32. play soccer
33. play on a pogo stick
34. go kayaking
35. learn how to hit a tennis ball
36. skip with a rope and create routines
37. learn to dribble and shoot a basketball
38. play ping-pong or table tennis
39. learn to skateboard
40. do yoga stretches for 30 minutes
41. design a yoga routine
42. play on a trampoline
43. build a hopscotch board on your driveway
44. go on a hike
45. go on a walk in the neighbourhood
46. design a workout routine
47. learn to hit a ball with a bat
48. learn to juggle
Ways to Stay in Touch with Friends and Relatives...
49. text a friend
50. have an online playdate
51. have a Zoom dinner with a relative
52. picnic in the park at a distance from a friend
53. have a physically distanced BBQ meal
54. go on a physically distanced bike ride
55. have a water gun fight with a 2 metre distance between the teams
56. send friends a letter in the mail
Things to do with a parent...
57. plant some flowers
58. have an online visit with a grandparent
59. go shopping online
60. learn to cook
61. make special breakfasts
Chores to help with around the house...
62. help clean up
63. do the dishes
64. water the plants
65. fill the bird feeder
66. learn to fold my clothes
67. sweep the kitchen floor
68. wash the dishes
69. feed the dog
70. dust the living room
71. clean your room
72. empty the dishwasher
73. set the table
74. take the trash out
75. wash the car
Special treats...
76. make cupcakes & decorate them
77. make ice-cream
78. make chocolate chip pancakes with whipped cream
79. eat popsicles
80. make smoothies
81. watch T.V. with mom or dad
82. have a family movie night and make a healthy snack
83. go to Dairy Queen
84. have take-out
85. bake cookies
Ways to get smarter...
86. get a book from Sora, Elmwood’s digital library and read a novel a week
87. play cards – either with a partner or a solitary game
88. play board games
89. play Sudoku
90. read a recipe and write the grocery list for a parent
91. bake
92. build a Tangram set out of paper and play
93. write a story or book
94. write poetry
95. design a cartoon character and write a cartoon
Try something new this summer...
96. finger knit a scarf with Loop-It yarn
97. catch fireflies
98. go technology free for a day or a week
99. build an obstacle course and ride your bike/pogo stick through it
100. make a list of challenges and complete them this summer