Are you staying home during your vacation this year? Make your staycation memorable with these 7 Fun-Filled Staycation Ideas for Families. Your children are sure to love these fun and adventurous day trips to local attractions. From the zoo to the water park, look for entertaining activities for kids in your area. Day Trip Ideas: Zoo- A lot of zoos offer many entertaining activities including feeding the animals, overnight camps, and animal shows. Your children can also go on a Zoo … [Read more...]
How To Teach Children To Garden
Gardening is one of my favorite outdoor activities for kids. If you Teach Children To Garden, they will learn how to be responsible for things, how to care for the environment, how plants grow, and why they should grow plants. Young children can help dig the holes in the ground and plant seeds. They can also help water the plants and care for them throughout the summer. As your child gets older they can start their own herb garden. You can begin with seed starters and create a herb … [Read more...]
How To Create A Nature Walk Counting Graph
One of our favorite summer activities for kids is go on nature walks. It's a great way to spend time outdoors and explore the world around us. My children love to take their binoculars on our walks and search for living things. We often make crafts based on the animals and insects that find in nature such as our Watercolor Butterfly and Handprint Dragonfly Craft. We also like to count the things that we find in nature and record the information on a graph. Creating a Nature Walk Counting … [Read more...]
Let’s Go On A Zoo Scavenger Hunt!
One of our favorite things to do during the summer is go to the zoo. There are so many fun activities for kids to do at the zoo. Children can visit the exhibits, watch the shows, and learn all about the animals and their habitats. One way for kids to learn about the animals is to go on a Zoo Scavenger Hunt. For younger children... Print the Zoo Scavenger Hunt, have your children search for the animals in the zoo, and write the names of the animals on the blanks under the pictures. On … [Read more...]
3 Fun Camping Activities For Kids
Camping can be a fun, summertime activity for the entire family. You can go swimming, have campfires, and ride bikes. But, there are many other entertaining outdoor activities for kids that your children can do while camping. Here are 3 Fun Camping Activities for Kids: Cooking Typical camping foods include things that are pre-packaged and grilled unless you have a camper or a RV with a stove. Try using just the fire and see what you can cook with your kids. (This will only work for … [Read more...]