Evaluate Your Child's Summer Routine

Time is a precious resource. As a parent, you must decide what your children do on a regular basis. Your child’s habits reveal a combination of what you value and what your child enjoys doing.

Think about your children’s routines during the summer. They will have a lot of free time, about 1,208 hours worth! A routine will help establish a healthy balance of structured and unstructured time.

One week has 10,080 minutes. If your child sleeps ten hours of per night and spends an hour per day eating, that leaves thirteen hours a day (5,460 minutes per week) for other activities. A child who spends three hours a day watching TV, or playing video games, uses about twenty-three percent (about a fifth) of their waking hours on screen time.

Use this tool to see if your child’s routines and habits align with your values. Estimate how many minutes per week, and the percentage of time your child spends on various activities.

We are using minutes instead of hours per week because many of these activities may only take ten or fifteen minutes per day.  Use the charts below to aid your estimates. The percentages relate to thirteen hours per day, with the assumption that your child is eating and sleeping for eleven hours per day.

Percentage Guidelines

Common Activity Worksheet

Are you surprised when you assess your child’s time this way? Many parents realize their children are not spending the right amount of time on important tasks, like learning. Do your values align with how your children spend their time? Often small adjustments to routines bring big rewards.

If your child attends Mathnasium for just one hour per day, five days a week, that is only 300 minutes, or just over five percent of their waking hours in a week. Considering how much impact a Mathnasium summer session will have on their confidence and math skills, it is a fantastic return on investment! Call us to find out more 303-840-1184!

Read these articles more ideas about summer activities:

• Learning Math Should Include Time to Explore
• Go on a Fun Scavenger Hunt for Math in Nature
• Board Games Reinforce Math Skills and Keep Your Kid From Being Bored This Summer
• Summer Math

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