Family Organization & Checklists
Screen-Free Summer Plan Checklist
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37 itemsA practical plan for reducing screens this summer without the meltdowns. Boredom jar, bucket list, daily rituals, and age-by-age activities. This free screen-free summer plan checklist gives you a 37-item head start so nothing important slips through the cracks. it's been shaped by real families using it in real moments — the kind you don't get a second chance to prepare for. Use it as-is, or open it in Checkbloom to customise every item, share it with anyone by link (no account required on their end), and tick things off together in real time from any phone. When you're offline, changes queue and sync the moment you're back. Every Checkbloom template is free to preview and free to download as a PDF. Create a list from this template and share it with anyone by link — they can check items off in real time with no account or app download required.
What's on the list
- Before Summer Starts
- Decide your household screen rules together as a family
- Create a boredom jar with 20 activity ideas on slips of paper
- Stock up on outdoor supplies — sidewalk chalk, bubbles, water balloons
- Visit the library and get everyone a library card
- Sign up for the library summer reading program
- Research free local events — farmers markets, concerts, festivals
- Buy or borrow a board game your family has not played yet
- Set up a craft supplies box within kids reach
- Plan one screen-free day trip per month
- Write a family summer bucket list together
- Daily Screen-Free Rituals
- Morning outside time before any screens — even 15 minutes counts
- Read aloud together after lunch
- One outdoor activity before dinner every day
- Family walk or bike ride after dinner
- No phones at the dinner table — every night
- Charge all devices outside bedrooms overnight
- One creative project per week — drawing, building, cooking
- Weekly Activities by Age
- Ages 3-6: sensory play, water table, playdough, nature walks
- Ages 7-10: board games, bike rides, baking, fort building
- Ages 11-13: photography projects, journaling, cooking a full meal
- Ages 14 and up: learn a skill — instrument, language, sport, craft
- All ages: stargazing, campfire or candles, backyard camping
- Screen-Free Swap Ideas
- Instead of YouTube — audiobooks or podcasts for kids
- Instead of video games — card games, puzzles, LEGO
- Instead of scrolling — journaling or sketchbook
- Instead of streaming — family movie night once a week only
- Instead of tablets at restaurants — conversation cards
- End of Summer Reflection
- Ask each child what their favourite screen-free memory was
- Review the bucket list — celebrate what you did
- Note which activities to keep into the school year
- Decide your screen rules for the school year together
- Write down three things each person learned this summer
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