For many parents, the end of the school year begins a long, challenging stretch of unstructured time when children need something to do. Social media personalities are rushing to fill the gap by suggesting activities to inspire parents and kids alike to make the most of their time off. ADVENTURE AWAITS Craft a Bucket List of Fun Activities for Your Kids
a Polaroid to camping on the beach, and included beautiful photos to illustrate each suggestion. Among her more creative suggestions are making Nutella pizza, cliff jumping, and a trampoline sleepover. To get your children involved, one resourceful mom, Amy Pettiford, shows on a TikTok video how she listed about 70 summer bucket list choices on a posterboard in various colorful markers and mounted it on the refrigerator. She suggests checking off activities as you do them and adding the date. Among her entries are making a leaf scrapbook, jumping over waves, painting outdoors, and building a blanket fort.
Making and using these lists can teach children some valuable lessons. For example, it can inspire parents and kids to think about how they spend their days. It encourages them to do things they might not otherwise pursue, such as Pettiford’s suggestions to dance in the rain, serve a neighbor, gaze at the stars, or perform a random act of kindness. Some items a parent might add, such as Pettiford’s “go garage sale hopping,” can create an opportunity to teach children how to earn money.
The term “bucket list” was popularized by a 2007 film of the same name. It originally denoted an inventory of experiences or achievements you hope to accomplish before you die. But the idea of figuring out what you want to do in the future is handy at other stages of life, too. Young adults and parents have embraced the term as a tool for planning summer activities.
Framing her suggestions as a “summer bucket list,” one YouTuber, Advice by Angel, suggested no less than 70 summer activities, from painting old shoes or taking pictures with
When fall arrives, your children can return to school with a sense of satisfaction that their summer vacation has been well spent!
AT THE ROCK HALL ROCKING CLEVELAND!
MNSOM MUSICIANS PERFORM
A strong delegation of MnSOM students took the stage last April at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland,
Our trip to Cleveland was the latest in MnSOM’s series of annual Showcase Concerts. In our inaugural event in 2022, MnSOM was selected as one of the top eight music schools in the country and invited to perform at Graceland. Last year, our students staged a live performance at Le Musique Room just outside the Twin Cities. Showcase Concerts require dedication, hours of practice, and considerable time and effort to make the trip. They also afford our young musicians
Ohio, and delivered a fantastic performance.
The iconic music venue welcomed a group of MnSOM students for our
annual Showcase Concert. Eighteen hardworking, young musicians, including some of our best and brightest guitar,
piano, voice, and drum students, participated in this challenging and exciting event. All of these performers and their parents invested considerable time, money, and effort to perform at this storied venue, creating memories for performers and audience members alike. Young MnSOM musicians also benefited from a priceless experience performing live on stage.
unmatched opportunities to prepare for public concerts and perform at iconic venues, enabling them to grow as performers
and people. Someday, our students will remember these performances as momentous occasions in their journeys as musicians. If you would like to learn more about these exciting opportunities, call or email us for more information about future Showcase events.
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