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Summer Activities For Kids with Felice Gerwitz

Podcast #206

Summer is here and these summer activities are for kids no matter what the time of the year – with these ideas and suggestions you can enjoy hours of fun, create memories and best of all learn. (What else would a homeschool mom say?) Enjoy!

Show Notes: Summer Activites For Kids

Baking

Teach children basic cooking skills
Eat food from different countries
Make homemade ice-cream or yogurt
Make homemade smoothies
Homemade pizza – start with bagels or English Muffins
Popsicles with fruit juice and paper cups
Smore’s

Nature

Start collections, shells from the beach, rocks, bugs, etc.
Drawing – use paper and crayons to make crayon relief drawing
Take pictures and make a digital photo album – label photos
Canoeing, Kyakking
Swimming or

Learn to swim

Arts and Crafts

Outdoor crafts that are messy!
Sculpture with soap, or sand
Use recyclable items
Create a mural – hang a large sheet of paper and do a group art project

Backyard Parties or Festivals

Campfire Party
Set up a circus
Fourth of July Party
Mexican Fiesta
Seafood Festival
Renaissance Festival
Hawaiian Luau
Make up your own festival – ice-cream festival with candy toppings and games
Scavenger Hunts (I love these for birthday parties)

Sports

Learn how to play a new sport
Set up mini-golf in your yard or a friend’s yard
Play badminton or yard tennis
Tennis
Bowling
Roller skating, skate boarding
Handball,

Fun Activities

Water sports – slip and slide
Water balloons
Lemonade stand
Game night – once a week
De-junk room – yard sale – or give to charity
Study the night sky! Learn the summer constellations and identify specific stars (you may need to go to a local park with less light)
Camp in the backyard

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