Is Summer Over?
The weather in the Philippines has been somewhat unpredictable. One day, we were under the terribly hot summer sun and then the next day, it was raining and with forecast of typhoons. During the last weeks, I attempted to put color in my summer mood by writing articles about dream vacations and summer travels. I was hoping to be in one of those this year but the summer is almost over and I still haven’t been to beaches or out of town.
Last week, I got an invite from a balikbayan friend to Puerto Galera, the beach hub in Mindoro. To my dismay (again), my schedule was a havoc and I wasn’t able to go with them. In order to pacify my self from my ruined summer gimmick, I have decided to write about bora bora, one of the ultimate summer destinations in the world.
Summer Activity For The Family
There’s one thing summer is good for aside from planning and going on vacations: putting House Plans into action. This is specially so if you have a lot of grown-up kids on their vacation, this is the time to give them a project that would make them busy and productive as well as would work on enhancing camaraderie for the whole family
Making Home Plans are very important in order to organize and ensure that what your kids will be doing are correct as well as with aesthetic value so you will have no doubt displaying it or showcasing it which in turn would make the kids feel proud of their accomplishments.
One good project also that is surely a hit for children is Log home plans which would work best if you have a spacious lawn. Making a log house (bahay kubo in Filipino) is definitely fun and would be finish easily since each member of the project team would look forward how the log house would look as well as spending time in it. You may check out the website www.houseplansandmore.com for ideas in designs, furniture and other needs in improving homes.
Below are some tips on how to make this home project truly special:
- Make sure there’s a plan. It need not be a detailed one. It should describe the plans for renovation as well as the task of every member of the family.
- Ensure the safety of the working members. A home project will be a zilch if someone would get hurt.
- Don’t be too pressured and output-oriented that you would yell at the kids and the kids would fight each other in ensuring quality and productivity. Remember, one of the goals of this project is to develop relationship, not wreck it.
- Recognize the effort of each child. Congratulate and give them praises for working hard so they would be motivated to finish the project. It would not harm also to prepare prizes or any sort of rewards to further motivate them. Examples of these are preparing good meals, ice cream or dessert treats.
- Make the experience really memorable by creating games that would motivate them more to work hard. For example, you may buy inexpensive toys or educational materials that you would display in some corner of the house or the working stations which can be redeemed by points. Points will be gathered by finishing or accomplishing some tasks.
- Whether or not they have created a masterpiece, display it, flaunt it. Do not leave unattractive work behind because you are not proud to show it to others. It would hurt your child’s feelings.
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