The following is a list of project ideas for the summer-the boys must choose at least 5, and they must include exercise and at least 1-2 ongoing projects or projects that need planning and research. This list is not exhaustive-it's just a list of items I found online from other kids to give my boys inspiration to come up with a summer plan-to do things besides sitting on their duffs playing video games~
o MANDATORY: Personal
Fitness plan for at least 3 days per week
o write a novel or short story
o Write in a journal. Write down words that you like, poems, song lyrics, what
happened during an event, anything you want! Write in it everyday.
o Create blog and write in it 3 times per week
o Read a book series.
o
Take online classes
o
Go to the water
park
o
Watch meteor shower
(August 12, 10:30pm)
o
Try something I've
never done before
o
Learn sign language
o
Do yoga each
morning
o
Break a world
record
o
Create an
experiment
o
Write a song
o
Create a life
playlist or bucket list
o
Build and fly a
kite
o
Be vegetarian for a
week
o
Plan a menu
o
Record everything I
eat in a journal
o
Solve a rubix cube
o
Practice algebra
problems (help dad with math!)
o Run a mile in 10 minutes (train
each week)
o
Go running early in the morning
o
Go an entire day without technology (or maybe even a week, or summer)
o Do something that scary
o
Make a scavenger hunt
o
Make a time capsule
o
Invent something new
o
Complete 1,000-piece puzzle
o
Cook a full meal
o
Read 5 books
o
Interview someone you don’t know and learn their life story. Write it up
and give it to them.
o
Make pizza from scratch
o
Learn as many words or phrases you can in a foreign language
o
Research 5 colleges
o
Collect your family’s history
o
Stand up for something you believe in
o
Create, direct, and produce a mini film
o
Write a letter and send it, snail-mail style
o
Eat 5 things you haven’t eaten before
o
Plan out a road trip (every aspect: location, route, finances, logistics, etc)
o
Bake a cake from scratch
o
Watch a black-and-white classic movie
o
Play classic board games (like Monopoly or Chinese Checkers) on a rainy
day
o
Make a giant chocolate chip cookie
o
Create a new recipe that can be passed down for generations
o
Find an astronomy pattern in the sky (like the zodiac signs in the stars via telescope)
o
Draw a chalk masterpiece on your sidewalk or driveway or in a playground
o
Send a message in a bottle
o
Put your deepest worry into a balloon and let it go
o Dedicate a day to
someone important in your life
o Create a YouTube
channel
o Drawing masterpiece
o Explore real life
heroes
o Learn about yourself
thru your zodiac sign
o Learn to read
hieroglyphics
I am also having my boys create a daily routine schedule-with flexibility to allow for impromptu things, but they need to have some sort of routine for the summer-here's an example of what they're creating for themselves:
idea for the oldest:
7:00am -eat and take medicines, feed the dog & give fresh water
8:00am to 9:00am - Wake up, shower, etc
9:00am to 10:00am - Go for a walk
10:00am to 11:00am - check email, Facebook, chat with friends
11:00am to 11:30am - do required daily reading (a real book, digital or hard copy-but a real book)
11:30am to 12:00pm - Scrape up something for lunch
12:00pm to 2:00pm - work on personal project #1
2:00pm to 3:00pm - check email, Facebook, chat with friends
3:00pm to 5:30pm - hang out with friends
5:30pm to 6:30pm - feed dog, Dinner
9:00am to 10:00am - Go for a walk
10:00am to 11:00am - check email, Facebook, chat with friends
11:00am to 11:30am - do required daily reading (a real book, digital or hard copy-but a real book)
11:30am to 12:00pm - Scrape up something for lunch
12:00pm to 2:00pm - work on personal project #1
2:00pm to 3:00pm - check email, Facebook, chat with friends
3:00pm to 5:30pm - hang out with friends
5:30pm to 6:30pm - feed dog, Dinner
6:30pm to 7:00pm - personal fitness plan
7:00pm to 11:00pm - take evening meds, Watch TV, hang out with friends, Browse the internet, work on my story, personal project #2.
11:00pm to 12:00am - Hang out in my room
12:00am to 8:00am - Attempt to Sleep.
7:00pm to 11:00pm - take evening meds, Watch TV, hang out with friends, Browse the internet, work on my story, personal project #2.
11:00pm to 12:00am - Hang out in my room
12:00am to 8:00am - Attempt to Sleep.
10pm weekday Curfew
12pm bed time over the summer
