Stacey Julian is DA BOMB!

If you don't know who Stacey Julian is....well you should!   She comes out of the Scrapbook world and I met her once at one of the Anaheim Conventions...she is the sweetest lady....and she is a MOM genius, she calls herself a "Life Enthusiast"I so what to be her...I want her creativity and her energy.   Really I do!!   Her Blog is one of my favorites {she is on my Blogroll to the right}...not because of the Scrap-booking aspect of it....but because she has the greatest finds in the Internet world.  She does a Christmas countdown of fun affordable gifts in December and she has ingenious ways on how to keep your kids happy and busy during the long summer months!!   Now...I'm a scheduled kind of gal, always have been.  Most summers I have a schedule for my girls to follow so they don't laze away the days...  Last year our  schedule went something like this:

8:00- Breakfast

10:00-  Shut off all electronics {D.S. or T.V.} and begin Daily Chores

11:30- Lunch

12:00-  Read for 30 minutes {which helps to keep girls on track for the Local Library Summer Fun Reading club} and doing One page in their Language Arts and Math workbooks {leftovers from school which had lots of pages unfinished, don't like to waste the districts $}

1:30ish- Wyn Club.....which is the local City Park Program, where you can drop of your children {ages 7-12} to do board games, crafts, water play etc.    They get to see their friends at the club and they love it, when not going to WYN club..we do excursion days....

Wed was our Beach Day

Friday was the pool day

 

Keeping your children busy during the summer helps...but does not eliminate the whining and fighting.....

Now...you may ask...why is this post coming so late into the summer, you needed this information a month ago?   Glad you asked...well it seems like our summer just got started due to Madison's All Star Softball season just ending and they girls were helping the Kindergarten Teachers with summer school every day except Friday and that just ended last week.  So over here at the Mader Household...summer is now in full force!!  So I'm getting to the reason for my post title...Stacey Julian...my wannabe alter-ego....has come up with a plan in the Julian Household to keep kids in check and starve off boredom {which is a precursor for sibling fighting}....here is her plan....SUMMER BINGO!!  There is even a face-book group  you can join..

 

Our Rules are simple before they can Play Bingo, they have to do their chores, do a page in the Language Arts and Math Workbooks and Read for 20 minutes.....then Let the games begin...

I got the Sponge Bob stickers from Target, they are just the perfect size to fit in the squares.  I could of used a rubber stamp if I wanted but we love Sponge Bob so we went with that.  After you get BINGO you earn a ticket {I'm still on the lookout for some cute tickets}   I really liked Jenny Bowlin's tickets  cause I can reuse them for a scrapbook page...double duty..but you can get the tickets at Smart and Final or Staples.  Tickets are redeemable for the following.....

1 ticket.................ice cream, fruit bar or treat or can of soda pop

2 tickets.............Extra T.V. or DS Time  {we don't have a Wii}

3 tickets............Movie rental, play-date with a friend,

4 tickets..........movie at the mall, sleepover, fast food lunch

5 tickets..........Date with one of your parents    

I'm sure as time goes on we can add to the list....

Now...we have just finished the first week...and my youngest was on  a mission to earn blackout.....which she finally did at 9 o'clock last night {making play-dough was the last square to be filled in} My eldest...has taken her time...and just earned 4 Bingos in the squares in a weeks time. Li'l One...at the halfway point....  

 

Here is a closup of the Bingo Card...

 

The bingo card will change every week, they will get a new one on Sunday.  They have a week in which to get as many squares covered and if they should get Blackout, they earn $5.00.   My girls get an allowance so this extra.  At this point they really have enjoyed doing Summer Bingo, at first they where quite hesitant doing it..but now....they are loving it!  

 

  

Comments

[shelley e]

great idea! I wish I was home with the kids so I could do this type of stuff with them....

[Michelle]

Such a cute idea! Also, very darling gals you have :) I used to make chore charts for my boys that are grown now......can't wait to make one for Jake when he's a little older. Oh, but he's very good at watering the flowers, he sometimes even hits the flowers :) Happy Summer! ps....I'm jealous of you guys swimming all the time, I really need to go before the summers over :(

[down pillow]

I love this idea and I'm stealing some of your "squares" to add to my sons. He's 5, so maybe for starters I'll do it like a tic-tac-toe kind of thing. Beautiful- THANKS!