How to do a Spring & Summer Journal?

Making and keeping a spring and summer journal can be a wonderful way to remember vacation. Additionally, children can practice their writing and reading skills. As well as using a journal as a form of self-expression which helps you to feel self-confident. Nonetheless, it is also a useful tool for managing emotions. You can create a smile journal, a joy journal, or a weekly journal for making your spring and summer journal.

However, make your journal according to your budget and what topics you would like to include in your journal. Your journal does not need to be lengthy with all your secrets and things you would not discuss with anyone. But personalize your journal accordingly and what you would like to share in case your child finds your journal. Therefore, make sure you like what you put inside your journal through writing, art, or memorable items. Sometimes, you might want to make your journal as a mini scrapbook but with more written information about joyful events. 

Other times you might want to dedicate a page to someone in your family who has inspired you and motivated you to continue accomplishing your goals. Sometimes you might want to keep your journal simple but might want to include unforgettable events that occurred to you throughout the year. Use journal prompts for spring and summer especially if you begin your spring journal during spring break. Examples of spring journal prompts can have assorted topics such as self-reflection, self-love, gratitude, and self-expression. Here are journal topics that you might want to include in your spring and summer journal.

1. Recall a time when you had a smile that lasted the entire day. What made you smile? Draw or draft a poem describing that day. 
2. Recall a time when you received a telephone call from someone that made you smile. Who was it? Why did the telephone call make you smile?
3. Take a picture of your favorite flower in your garden, your friend's garden, or grandparents garden. Print out the flower picture and add it to your journal page. Why is it your favorite flower? How does it make you feel? Share your flowers with your friend, grandparents, or other relatives by making a paper craft, drawing, or taking a duplicate picture. 
4. The spring season is a time of change and a time of experiencing new adventures. What do you like to do in the spring? Make a list of what you like about the spring season. Write a story about your favorite spring animal or a poem about your favorite animal. 
5. Create a dance for the spring season. Take a picture or pictures of your spring dance. Add a picture or two pictures of the dance to your journal. Write down how you felt when you created the dance and how you felt after dancing. 
6. The summer season is a time of rejoicing and a time for relaxation before going back to school. Write a list of summer activities that you like to do. What is one of your favorite activities to do in the summer? 
7. What is your favorite summer animal? What behaviors or activities do your favorite summer animal do? Write a description about your favorite summer animal.
8. Recall a time you felt joyful in the summer and what made you smile during the summer season. After that write down your favorite summer meal. Draw or take a picture of your favorite summer meal. 
9. Add a ribbon to your journal. Select your favorite colors or one color that you like most to put in your journal. Why is it your favorite color for the summer? How do you feel when you see the color? How do you feel when you are wearing the color? 
10. Do you like to participate in summer camps, summer picnics, or carnival rides? Do you like to swim in the summer or go on hiking trails? Describe your vacation day and vacation activities.

These are just ten topics for beginning your spring and summer journal. However, you can add more journal prompt topics for yourself and for your child. If you are writing in a journal for the first time, you can write down the journal prompt question as the title of your journal page. Yet, if the question is too long, you can write down one or two words of the question and use it for your journal page or pages. Make a bullet list, number list, a shape, or a paragraph depending on the question of the journal prompt. 

Do not feel restricted to use one form of writing style for your journal. If your child does not understand the questions of the journal prompts; You can change the words to help them understand it. Look for journal prompts for their age or what grade they are in school. Use their poetry, artworks, and game pieces for their journal pages. Learn how to make pop up journal pages and use stickers, stencils, or other items to customize their journal or your journal. 

Journal prompts help with boosting creativity and with understanding yourself. Also, you might find answers to what you need to decide on career goals, changing jobs, or what you need to do to transform yourself into the person you want to be. Also, you might want to use it as a form of self-care and take your time to recover from negative feelings. Last, journals can help you with your self-esteem and to reduce stress. Here are websites with information for creating your spring and summer journal. 

  

Summer Journal Prompts-Thriving on Ordinary:

Summer Journal Prompts - Thriving On Ordinary

Craft a Sunshine Summer Journal-Make and Takes:

Craft a Sunshine Summer Journal - Make and Takes

45 Spring Journal Prompts to Inspire Reflection and Growth-Balance Through Simplicity: 

45 Spring Journal Prompts to Inspire Reflection and Growth (balancethroughsimplicity.com)

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