SUMMER STUFF TO DO

With summer fast approaching, many of you are will be looking for activities to share with your children.  Here are some ideas that will help you keep them busy and, even though it's summer, teach them a thing or two at the same time. Here is a list of activities that range from swimming to picking berries to looking at the stars in your own backyard.  Most of these activities could be listed under multiple columns but for simplicity they are in just one.  

FAMILY FUN

SWIMMING

MUSEUMS

​Picnics
Backyard camping
Build a fort/tent inside
Hide and seek in the dark
Puzzles

ARTS

SIDEWALK FOAM PAINT

SQUIRTGUN WATER PAINTING

MAKE A KALEIDOSCOPE

Bike Rides
​Sidewalk chalk murals
​Write in shaving cream
​Paint rocks​​

SCIENCE

WATER BLOB

BACKYARD STAR GAZING

DIY BIRDFEEDER

​Make milk carton boats

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

WATER BALLOON BASEBALL

BALLOON TENNIS

​Playgrounds
​Ride Bikes

research on summer reading