Journals

For the last little while in Kindergarten, Jonah had been keeping a journal. His teacher gave the entire class the start to a sentence and then let them write whatever they wanted. They also drew pictures to go along. Jonah has a story about falling off the top of Wal-mart with his dad coming to the rescue and also one that stated I was born in 1924. My favorite was "My house is... always dirty" with an accompanying diagram of our living room (Embarrassing!) Anyway, to keep up his writing and thinking skills I decided that he should keep a journal over the summer. I let him pick a notebook out at the store and he wrote his first entry. It was actually really good and grandma was impressed because he actually enjoyed doing it and didn't complain (she was thinking of Andrew and Jacob at that age). I got Ryanne a journal too, but it is more for doodling. What are YOU doing at your house this summer to ensure your children don't lose all the skills they picked up on at school this year?