Letting Kids be Bored & Summer Ideas
Episode description
Summer is a great time for learning but parents sometimes feel the need to fill their kid's time. It's important to let them be bored and come up with their own ideas!
We also need be cautious not to turn everything into a "lesson" and kill the joy of it.
My daughter made a list of things to do this summer and posted it for the days she was bored and needed ideas. I added to this list and shared some of the ideas that we can share with our kids...but only after we encourage them to come up with their own ideas first!
Homemade popcicles
Summer scrapbook
Writing letters to friends and/or relatives or find a Pen Pal
Make a comic book
Paint Rocks or shells
Geocaching
Create a board game or make up a new game/rules with an existing game
Plant a fairy garden
Lego Challenges
Bike Rides
Plan and cook a family meal (make it a weekly thing)
Write book reviews of summer reads and share them at the library, with friends, or FB pages
Whittling/wood working
Scavenger hunts
Create a skit or dance routine to share with friends/family
Sidewalk art with chalk (decorate for the 4th of July)
FORTS! Blanket forts, box forts, and anything you can find forts!
Balloon animals
Learn to play the ukulele
Sewing with felt
Perler bead art
Painting day
Drawing challenges (how to draw books from the library)
Bowling
Library challenges: Let kids find books on certain topics
Visit a nursing home and play games, puzzles, or read a loud
Summer tools to have on hand:
bug catcher
binoculars
magnifying glass
Carson Microbrite Plus pocket microscope
notebook/nature journal
field guides for your area
tweezers/tongs
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