Summer is here! Enjoy the sunshine. Grab your sunscreen and a pitcher of lemonade. Here are some fun activities to do around the house or neighborhood.
For preschool children:
- Become shape finders. Pick one shape for each walk. Explore around the house or your neighborhood for shapes. Circles, squares, stars, pentagons, rectangles, ovals – you’ll be amazed at what you and your child(ren) can find.
- Make windsocks out of a paper plate and colored streamers. Cut the plate into a crescent and then attach the colored streamers to the bottom of the crescent with tape.
- Look for creepy crawling creatures. Grab a magnifying glass, go outside, turn over a rock or part the grass. You’ll be amazed what you can find.
- Catch lightning bugs in a jar (don’t forget to punch holes in the top). Then when it gets late, let them go.
For school age children:
- Look for creepy crawling creatures just like I mentioned above, but then expand from there. Have your child(ren) collect the creatures then go online or visit your local library to find out the names of the insects, etc. Make the learning fun!
- Have your child(ren) make a scrapbook about his/her summer. If they don’t have a phone and you don’t want them to use yours, buy a disposable camera and let them have fun with their project.
- Camp out in the backyard on a nice clear night. Become star gazers. Have a book handy so you and your child(ren) can learn the constellations.
Check out more ideas for summer fun on our Summer Activities board on Pinterest!
