Fall Break Activities
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Let’s set ourselves, our families, and our children up to enjoy all the goodness autumn brings. After the long summer months, we often need to intentionally hit the reset button - for our minds, our hearts, and our homes. Fall break provides the perfect opportunity to properly welcome the new season before it creeps in quietly and quickly, allowing the year to end in a blur. Autumn is time for purging and big exhales; a type of Fall “reset”, if you will. We can begin with our minds then our physical spaces. Let’s relish in the reward of ridding these places of unhealthy or unnecessary clutter and make room for something more worthy to take place. Involve your kids in decluttering or changing out spaces in their rooms or common rooms in the home. Let them take a look at what they can shed in order to make room for any growth this season may hold for them. Once we all breathe a little lighter, we welcome fresh perspective in this new season. Involve your children in making lists of things they want to feel or see and understand with renewed clarity.
“Autumn seemed to arrive suddenly that year. The morning of the first September was crisp and golden as an apple.”
As fall approaches, instead of bracing ourselves for the chaos, let’s prepare to fully embrace its goodness. Because even more than the rushed mornings and hectic schedules that this season promises, what it offers us in even greater measure is growth, gratitude and wonder. Here’s to celebrating this new season!
(TIP: When creating activities and spaces for children, inside or outside the home, consider all five senses; the things we are smelling, hearing, touching, tasting, and seeing.)