Summer Schedule?

My kid is 9.
Here is what I have learned about plans and schedules.
They don't work.
Loose "idea" of an idea of what's happening for the week? Sure.
But who wants to drag a kid or two to an activity when they are either tired, or crabby, or interested in doing something else.

When I work at home (now & in the past) it's best done either before he's up, while he's watching a movie or gaming, or after he's in bed....but once in a great while...the planets will line up!

Summer at home doesn't have to be a daycare. And serendipity is a wonderful thing! ENJOY your summer. And your kids!

They are old enough to realize the difference between "you" being an entertainment center for them ALL the time, and that there are daily things and responsibilities in the home, and work.

My kids are 5 and 9.
They are also self-reliant and self-directed.
They know we have our time and their time and when I have to do things around the house.
You need to TALK TO the children... sit them down, and explain that.
So they have a head's up about it.

Have a certain time for doing chores/household things/errands, a certain time for entertaining them or taking them out, certain times for outings and visits and/or play dates.

At no time, do my kids "expect" me to be their constant playmate or entertainment center. They play together too.
I also have them do "studying" and keeping up with what they learned in school.
They also have a summer program they are attending now for 1/2 days.

Teach your kids, how to do things around the house too. They are old enough.

And YES, a quiet time or nap time, daily.
My son is 5, and he still naps.
No battles.

My kids are 2 and 4 and we don't have a rigid schedule but we do more or less have a schedule, it looks sorta like this...

wake up until lunch time...we eat breakfast and then sometimes I go and work out and they go to the daycare. This is also the time we see our friends, go to activities around town, libraries, hit the park, etc. It's basically the meat of our day. Sometimes if we are out and about it leaks into lunchtime and we have a picnic or eat out.

This is also the time I use to go to the grocery store and run errands. I don't do that every day of course, so on those days I try to do something for them and something for me.

Lunchtime +
After lunch my kids rest. My 2 y/o still naps but my 4 y/o doesn't. Regardless they both go to their rooms for at least an hour and play quietly, read, lay in their bed, etc. Usually my 4 y/o gets so wrapped up in what she's doing she'll stay in there for over an hour and sometimes make it to 2 hours! Woo hoo!

During this time I do laundry, clean, catch up on emails and sometimes I just sit down for an hour and watch a little TV.

Afternoon-evening
Usually we just hang out. This is the time my kids are allowed to watch a little TV so they usually do. We also play outside in our yard or take a walk. They have time to play while I make dinner. We eat kinda late so after dinner we usually wrap up and get ready for bed.

Since it's summer we usually go to the pool in the late afternoon and stay for a couple of hours. I take all our shower stuff and give my kids a bath. For dinner that night I make sure it's something that is already mostly cooked so that we can eat right when we get home. We usually do this at least 2-3 times per week during the summer.

we tend to get up around 7.. breakfast.. get dressed.. I plan on doing a bit of schoolwork with them every morning. maybe 30 minutes. (I bought a summer homework pack from school).. then we will be outside.. in the pool.. to the park.. if it is really hot we do crafts in the shade of the garage. lunch and then a short 30 minute quiet time.

daddy comes home then dinner and more outside time.. bedtime shoudl be 730 or 800

buy a swim pass to an indoor or outdoor pool...that's always something nice to fall back on if you don't have anything to do. Sometimes you can by a 10 visit pass for less than the regular admission.