Free Printables – Summer Journaling

Confessions of a homeschooler.com shares this free printable for your aspiring writer. They are brightly colored with a summer theme to inspire your writer to jot down their thoughts , dreams and activities. My 5 year old is obsessed with writing at the moment, she has written her birthday guest list out 100 times (it’s not till September). I will be tapping into more journaling and writing ideas as I explore activities for her to try out.

Here are some of their ideas to get your child writing.

What is your favorite summer thing to do and why?
What is your favorite summer food and why?
If you could cook your favorite meal, what would you cook? Describe how you would make and serve your meal.
Write about your home and why you like it there.
Go on a walk, then journal about your walk or what you encountered.
What is your favorite outdoor game to play?
Write about a new planet you’ve traveled to. What did you find there? Describe the environment.
Think of a business you can start. Tell what you would name it, what the business is, how you would run it, etc.

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As if Diwali weren’t colorful and fun enough, The Festival of Lights: A Lift-the-flap Diwali Celebration by Namita Moolani Mehra, illustrated by Darshika Varm, makes it even more fun to read about with flaps and things to lift and pull to see more information or details in the illustrations.

The book is a story about a family getting ready for Diwali and what happens on the different days of the five-day celebration. There’s cleaning, shopping, crafting, food preparation and getting the home altar ready for the big day.

It covers decorating the outside of the house with rangoli, diyas and lanterns, buying sweets to share with family and friends, the sights and scents of the mandir (home temple), getting dressed up in new fancy clothes, the story of Diwali and celebrations with relatives.

Flaps (there are more than 140 in all) give you vocabulary words for different foods and definitions, as well as fun things like what’s inside the shopping basket or where the cat is hanging out. They also help illuminate the story of Diwali, which is the triumph of good over evil as Lord Ram defeated the demon Ravana to save his wife, Sita.

This pretty and colorful book helps kids understand what Diwali is and how it is celebrated, regardless of whether they practice it at home. This would be a nice book to keep in a classroom (it’s rated for kids ages 3-7) or to have at home to teach kids about Diwali even if it’s not something you celebrate. Where I live there are a lot of people from India so we are probably exposed to Diwali more than some other regions of America, but it’s a nice holiday to know about wherever you live.

Combine with the book Diwali and check out some fun lantern crafts and printables for kids to round out your experience.

About the book: 24 pages, hardcover, published 2025 by Wide Eyed Editions. Suggested retail prices $22.99.

Comments

Detroit says
April 8, 2020 at 1:29 pm
Hello! Where is the link to download the pdf?
Sarah White says
April 9, 2020 at 6:00 pm
Looks like the link updated since this was first published in 2013. You can find it here: https://www.confessionsofahomeschooler.com/blog/2017/06/free-my-journaling-printables.html

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