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Once May hit the kids were already asking “Are we doing the summer schedule thing again?”

In a very whiny voice.

To which I answered a resounding “YES!”

I’ve had several friends ask about it so I’m copying it again below. We’ve tweaked it a bit from last year.

The first week Luke asked if he could do a particular activity during the quiet time after lunch.

“Yes. As long as it’s quiet and you’re NOT doing it in here.”

To which he said, “Soooooo, the summer schedule is REALLY for you and dad.”

BINGO!

7:30-8:30	Breakfast (including clean up), Bible reading/journaling, get dressed
8:30 – 10:00	Free Play (outdoors while cool); possible outside chores
10:00	Snack
10:00 – 10:30	Bible Memorization
10:30 – 11:30	Electronics time available
11:30 – 12:30	Lunch/Clean Up/Free Play
12:30 – 1:30	QUIET ACTIVITIES – Read/Write/Draw
1:30 – 2:30	Remainder of electronic time; free play if its gone
2:30 – 4:30	Free Play
4:30 – 5:00	Clean-up, chores, help with dinner

Last summer we instituted a scripture memorization program with the kiddos. We’re back at it again this summer.

I was kind of unprepared the first week so I just took I Cor 13 and broke it down into 3-4 verse chunks.

Predictably this brought some whining and “it’s too hard” pleas from one particular child. I gently reminded her that last summer they did this exact thing and she was perfectly capable.

On the other hand, one of the other kids asked, “What happens if we memorize the whole thing?”

So I promised an extra hour of electronics time to anyone who had the whole chapter memorized by Friday at dinner.

Three out of the four (including the aforementioned whiner) had it down.

I put Mark to work on the schedule for the rest of the summer. We’ve coordinated it with I John since that’s what our small group is studying and the adults are going to memorize it to. I’ll put our list down below as well as a few other passages Mark selected in case anyone wants to use them.

But first you have to see this cutie…(watch til the end)

I John 1:8-10 I John 2:15-17 I John 3:16-18 I John 4:7-12	Ephesians 1:3-8 Ephesians 4:25-28 Ephesians 4:29-32 Ephesians 5:1-4 Ephesians 5:15-21 Ephesians 6:1-8 Ephesians 6:10-18	Philippians 2:14 Philippians 2:5-11 Philippians 2:12-16 Philippians 3:7-11 Philippians 4:4-8 Philippians 4:10-13
James 1:2-8 James 1:13-17 James 1:19-22 James 1: 26-27 James 2:14-18, 26 James 3:13-18 James 4:6b-10 James 4:13-17 James 5:13-16	Psalms 8 Psalms 24 Psalm 37:1-8 Proverbs 31:10-31 (for girls)	Psalm 1 Psalm 23 I Corinthians 13 Romans 12:1-3 Romans 12:4-8 Romans 12:9-13 Romans 12:14-16 Romans 12:17-21

Mom’s Summer Schedule Plan

Summer Scripture Memorization