182. Top 5 Tips for Structuring Your Summer With Kids

Teaching to the TOP

Teaching on the Double

Parenting, Education, Self-improvement, Kids & Family

4.8 • 667 Ratings

🗓️ 22 June 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

We’ve got a new episode on a topic that we have never covered before on Teaching on the Double, but we recognize that many of our TOP Teachers are also moms. While we love spending time with our kids over the summer, there comes a time when we need a little bit of down time to do the things we love. So in this episode we wanted to share our TOP 5 tips for structuring time with your kids this summer. We give you our best tips that will keep you sane this summer season, allow you to work on projects and get ahead for the upcoming school year, and keep you feeling productive. Here’s what you will hear in this episode: Keep a Routine with Times Clipboard Checklist Have a set time for Quiet Time Go-to activities Keep a calendar for BIG events and leisure activities BE SURE TO CHECK OUT THESE LINKS: https://funcheaporfree.com/3-summer-systems-to-save-your-sanity-free-printables-included/ SUBMIT YOUR TIME SUCKING HURDLE! We want to know what is sucking up all of your time either as a teacher or just a person. Head over to our website and submit your TSH so that you can have a chance to be featured on the podcast! SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW Are you subscribed to our podcast? If you’re not, I want to encourage you to do that today. I don’t want you to miss an episode. Click here to subscribe to iTunes! Now if you’re feeling extra loving, We would be really grateful if you left us a review over on iTunes, too. Those reviews help other people find our podcast and they’re also fun for us to go in and read. Just click here to review, select “Ratings and Reviews” and “Write a Review” and let us know what your favorite part of the podcast is. Thank you!

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0:00.0	Well, hello there, top teachers.
0:02.0	We are your host, Michelle Emerson.
0:04.0	And Bridget Spackman, and we are here to make your life easier by helping you master your time, organization, and productivity as a teacher.
0:12.0	As you know, Bridget and I have a baby together.
0:15.0	Yes.
0:16.0	And that baby is our digital planner.
0:19.0	But all jokes aside, this episode is going to focus on kids,
0:24.0	but specifically real kids, which I have zero of unless you want to count Billy or my pets,
0:29.6	which sometimes feels like having kids. But Bridget is really going to share her wisdom for
0:35.1	structuring, no pressure, structuring your summer with kids.
0:40.2	But first, let's see if we can drag this out as long as possible. We're going to listen to a
0:45.0	TSA from Caitlin. Caitlin says, this may sound so ridiculous, but my TSAH is laundry. I hate it.
0:53.2	I don't mind the actual washing part, but the folding and putting away.
0:57.8	I'll put it off until I can't anymore and the whole task takes up so much time to accomplish.
1:03.8	Oh, so I struggle to relate to this because I actually enjoy putting away laundry, but I think it's because of the way that I do it. I never let
1:12.4	it pile up. I have a very strict laundry routine where once a week I'm washing all of the laundry
1:18.6	and I know it typically takes like two loads in the washing machine. And I put it away as soon as it
1:24.8	comes out of the dryer because I don't want things to get wrinkly.
1:27.8	But what I do is I carry that laundry basket up to our bedroom and I will have a show playing
1:34.2	either on the TV or a lot of times it's on my phone.
1:37.2	So it makes it more enjoyable.
1:39.2	I will put on like a YouTube video or something on Netflix.
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