The Summer Activities Challenge is Heating Up!

Posted: Monday, July 20th, 2009

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It’s been just over a month since we kicked off our first annual Summer Activities Challenge and I’m so excited about all the progress families have made so far!  We have over 1,300 families participating and 43 families have finished (and are therefore entered to win a Dell Latitude 2100 Netbook or one of 100 Lego Creator Mini Sets).  Here are some of my favorite stories so far from the Challenge:

  • One mom let us know her daughter’s day camp is participating in the Challenge together - and check out the awesome 4th of July streamers they made!

A summer day camp works together on the Challenge!

  • A soldier told us she’s participating in the Challenge with her kids even though she’s currently deployed far from home.   She prints out and mails activities she thinks her kids will like, they complete the activities with the dad and grandma, and then they talk about their experiences doing the activities when she calls home.
  • My kids got so excited about the duct tape wallets they made that they’ve now moved on to more elaborate creations.  Last week I went on a fancy night out on the town and Whiz made me an oh-so-elegant duct tape evening bag to carry.  (photo to come!)
  • Another mom let us know that she was having so much fun doing the Challenge with her five year old daughter that she posted a note about it in her Mom’s Club newsletter and now a bunch of those moms are doing the Challenge together.
There are 43 days left in this year’s Challenge.  Plenty of time left for those who aren’t yet participating to get off the couch and join in the fun!  And if you have a fun story to share about your family’s experience so far – post a comment or send me an email…I’d love to hear about it!  keden@education.com.
Good Luck!
Kat

I’m mom to two boys - Whiz (9) who's very likely to be a lawyer some day and Speed (6 "and 3/4") who's very likely to need a lawyer some day. We have an Australian Shepherd (Tucker) who tends to tip the scales of our life closer to crazy than calm. I’ll share their antics here. I also work part time for Education.com and feel so lucky to have a job that gives me a chance to make a difference in the world, challenges my brain, and still gives me time with my boys. I'm new to the blogging world (my boss "asked" me to do it) so thanks for reading. But please don’t just read. Comment comment comment!
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