THE SUMMER CHALLENGE IS BACK!
Registration for the 2026 ADSN Summer Challenge is officially open!
If you’ve joined us in previous years, you know how much fun it is watching your tracker fill with all the adventures, discoveries, and memories your dayhome creates throughout the summer. If this is your first year, welcome! The Summer Challenge is a simple, fun, and completely free way to celebrate all the incredible time you’re already spending outdoors with the children in your care.
From July 6 to August 28, you’ll colour in one space for every hour your dayhome spends outdoors. Every nature walk, playground visit, picnic, water play day, backyard adventure, and bug hunt counts!
Sunshine, Play, and Possibility: The 2026 Summer Challenge Is Here!
Summer in a dayhome is busy, especially once the school-aged kids arrive and your whole routine shifts. If you ever find yourself stuck for ideas or just need a reason to head outside, that is what this challenge is for.
Time outdoors does so much for the children in your care. It gets their bodies moving, helps them manage stress, lifts their mood, and gives them space to explore and imagine in ways that just do not happen the same way indoors. A patch of grass and a few bugs can turn into an hour of learning that no planned activity could replicate.
From July 6 until August 28, track every hour your dayhome spends outdoors. Each week, you will receive an activity, a craft, and a snack idea to try outside using materials you likely already have on hand. Log your hours, connect with other providers doing the same thing, and enter to win prizes for your dayhome.
Join the challenge for a chance to win an end of summer prize pack for your dayhome!
What is the Summer Challenge?
Each summer, ADSN invites dayhome providers across Alberta to get outside as much as possible with the children in your care. Participants download a Summer Hours Tracker, colour in one space for every hour spent outdoors, and submit their completed tracker at the end of the challenge for a chance to win.
It is simple, flexible, and completely free to join!
Dates: July 6 to August 28, 2026Â Â |Â Â Submission deadline: Friday, September 4, 2026
How It Works
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Sign up and your Summer Hours Tracker will be sent straight to your inbox.
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Spend time outside with the children in your care. Every hour counts!
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Track your hours by colouring in one space on your tracker for each hour spent outdoors.
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Check your inbox every Monday at 7:15 AM for an activity, craft, and snack idea.
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Submit your tracker by September 4 to be entered into our prize draws.
What You Could Win
Most Hours Tracked: The provider who logs the most outdoor hours wins an ice cream celebration for their whole dayhome!
Random Draw: Everyone who submits a tracker is entered into our Summer Prize Pack draw. For every 10 hours spent outside, you get an additional entry. The more time outside, the better your chances!
Winners will be announced after the long weekend in September.
Plan the Fun!
When you sign up, we will send you a free sample of our Summer Planner. It includes July and August calendar templates and a summer bucket list planner to help you map out the season.
Share Your Adventures
We love seeing what our community gets up to! Share your summer moments using the hashtag #SC2026 and tag ADSN on Facebook or Instagram. Your photos inspire other providers and we genuinely love cheering you on.
Join the challenge for a chance to win an end of summer prize pack for your dayhome!
