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Camp Mom: Days 41-45
Our ninth and final week of summer fun

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When my son was 14, instead of sending him to summer camp, I had a couple of his self-contained special-education classmates come to our house every day for crafts, science, academic work, play, and fun. Throw in some field trips, a bowling league, and free movies, and we had something I like to call Camp Mom. Use this list to follow the day-by-day blog entries that chronicled our activities, and consider it a template for organizing your own summer fun. Go back to Days 1-20 or Days 21-40.

Day 41

Photo by Terri Mauro
Monday was a hard day to keep kids busy. What we did:
  • Went to a playground
  • Played a money game
  • Did homework
  • Played Turbo Yahtzee
  • Read the "Choose Your Own Adventure" book The Abominable Snowman
  • Played with clay
  • Did paint-by-numbers
  • Wrote in journals
  • Had free-play time that ended in injury

Day 42

Cover image courtesy of Choose Your Own Adventure
Tuesday is bowling league day. What we did:
  • Bowled two games and had an end-of-league pizza party
  • Did homework
  • Read the "Choose Your Own Adventure" book The Abominable Snowman
  • Made play dough
  • Wrote in journals
  • Had a little supervised free play time

Day 43

Photo by Terri Mauro
Wednesday was a free-play day. What we did:
  • Went to a playground
  • Decorated frames
  • Played with cars and fake food
  • Played videogames
  • Did homework
  • Wrote about robots
  • Wrote in journals

Day 44

Photo by Terri Mauro
Thursday was playground day. What we did:
  • Went to two different playgrounds
  • Played with toy food and tricks
  • Made sticker pictures
  • Did homework
  • Wrote in journals

Day 45

Photo by Terri Mauro
Friday was our final day. What we did:
  • Took a last walk through the neighborhood
  • Played with shaving cream
  • Played videogames
  • Played with fake food and toy trucks
  • Made French bread and Boboli pizzas
  • Skipped homework and journals, for once
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