Give Your Kids a Slow Summer this Year (And Watch Them Flourish) [Greatest Hits]

About this episode

The episode discusses how to create a meaningful summer for children through slow, faith-centered activities.

→ Prayer Calendar Summer offers a unique opportunity to slow down, connect, and refocus on what really matters. But for many parents, it quickly becomes a season of hustle, pressure, and endless activity. In this episode, we share practical, faith-centered ideas for engaging your children from backyard discovery and theme days to pointing your kids to God through nature and Scripture. This episode reminds parents that summer doesn’t need to be full of structure to be full of meaning. Scripture mentioned Matthew 13:3-9 Matthew 13:18-33 Ephesians 5:19-20 Episode Highlights [00:00:00] Introduction [00:03:30] 3 Strategies for Laying a Foundation this Summer [00:15:30] Four-part Garden framework: Prepare, Weed, Tend, Irrigate Please send us your questions if you'd like to have them discussed on the podcast: themindofachildpodcast@gmail.com

People in this episode

Hosts: Leslie Dudley Corbell, Diane Doucet Matthews

Topics covered

• slow summer
• parenting
• faith-centered activities
• nature
• Scripture

Keywords

• slow summer
• parenting
• faith
• nature
• Scripture
• engagement
• children

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Matthew 13:3-9, Matthew 13:18-33, Ephesians 5:19-20

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