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Welcome to “On the Horizon”
Issue 157: Beating the Summer Blues
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 A Note from Nicole: Summer Camp Off to a Great Start
Idea of the Week: Outdoor Canvas
Feature Article: Beating the Summer Blues, Part 1
The Horizons Team Recommends: Do Something Daily Calendar
Upcoming Events: Workshops/Conferences
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Hi Everyone,
It’s a busy week around here as our first week of summer camp is in full swing. We are enjoying seeing the campers we already know, and meeting new campers as well. The periodic thunderstorms have provided lots of great opportunities for being flexible thinkers and problem solvers! We will get some photos up on the website soon so you can all share in the fun with us.
Summer can be fun, but it’s easy for kids to become restless and bored (or at least to complain about being bored). Courtney’s article this week provides some great ideas for making variations to common routines and activities. Have some fun putting new twists on familiar things and build flexibility at the same time.
Enjoy your week!
Looking to the horizon,
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Outdoor Canvas
 Hang an old sheet on the clothesline or tape a large sheet of paper to a fence to paint on. Try painting with different objects that you might find outdoors like a stick, leaves, grass, etc. See what kind of painting you can come up with when you are inspired from being outdoors.
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 Beating the Summer Blues, Part 1: Simple Variations to Summer Routines
By: Courtney Kowalczyk, M.Ed.
School has been dismissed now for a couple of weeks, and families may start becoming restless with the lackadaisical days of summer. For many families, this is the time of year to unwind from the business of the school year and enjoy each other’s company. But for other families this time of the year can become very stressful, not knowing what to do with the kids while they are home from school.
Some of you may be feeling overwhelmed by what you can do with your children each and every day during the summer months. Here are a few simple strategies and variations that you can add to your day to make it fresh and new for everyone at home.
Switch your daily meals around. You could have lunch foods during breakfast time, dinner foods for lunch, and breakfast foods for dinner. This would be a fun variation on the typical meals of the day that everyone can enjoy. Be sure to have your kids help with the planning and preparation!
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Do Something
Daily Calendar
Do you dread hearing your child complain, “I’m bored”?
Struggle to
think of something fun you can do together?
Have trouble squeezing one-on-one time with her into your
day?
That’s why we
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The Calendar offers a daily dose of inspiration and ideas
for spending time together–whether you have 60 seconds or 60
minutes.
In addition, $1.00 from every calendar sold goes toward research to improve the quality of life for those with autism, through a donation to the Foundation for Autism Research and Remediation.
For more
information, click here.
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