EARLY LEARNING IN THE SUMMER
CARE For Children realizes that Early Learning never stops.
Fun Summer Activities You Can Enjoy With Your Child:
- Pick your own fruit or vegetables… Find a farm with blueberries, strawberries, tomatoes, flowers, etc., and get picking.
- Play outside in the rain. Smell the rain on the pavement; splash in puddles; make mud pies.
- Run through sprinklers. Or spray each other with the hose.
- Go to the Library. The library is not just books! Story-time; learning activities; and technology.
- Cook out. Go beyond the burgers. Try veggies or fish. The kids might like them!
- Make s’mores. Chocolate + marshmallow + graham cracker
- Camp out. First-timers, try backyard camping.
- Camp in. Put the sleeping bags on the floor and have a family slumber party.
- Build a fort. Try pillows in the living room or cardboard boxes in the yard.
- Catch lightning bugs. And then watch them flicker away into the night.
- Stop to smell the flowers.
- Talk to the animals. Take a trip to the zoo or local petting zoo.
- Take advantage of local state parks.
- Pack a picnic. And plop down to eat it just about anywhere, at a free concert, in a state park or in your own backyard.
- Dig in the sand. Dig at the lake, beach or a sandbox. Create different types of sand castles.
- Go to a nearby museum that you’ve never been to before. Remember we have the Zippo museum and the oil museum nearby.
- Decorate your sidewalks or driveway with chalk.
- Take a hike. Choose a route near your house or take a drive to a more distant park.
- Make fresh lemonade.
- Go to the drive-in. Every kid should go to the drive-in at least once!
- Teach the kids a game you haven’t played since you were a kid.
- Meet friends at the playground.
- Take bike rides for fun. Either leave from your own house or drive to biking trails.
- Blow bubbles. You can make your own bubble mixture: 1 cup water -2 tablespoons light karo syrup or 2 tablespoons glycerin -4 tablespoons dishwashing liquid.
- Play miniature golf.
- Fly a kite.
- Run in the yard. Kickball, T-ball, Frisbee and tag will keep you moving.
- Visit a local farmers market. And feast on the fruits and veggies of the season.
- Make play dough creations. Then rip them up and do it again.
- Teach the kids to skip stones.
- Play HORSE. With little ones, set up a mini basketball net next to the real one.
- Create a treasure hunt for the kids.
- Put up a bird feeder. And watch the show from your window.
- Make music. Either make your own instruments or play traditional ones.