[blparent] Fun Summer Vacation Activities

[Jo Elizabeth Pinto]

Wow, not bad for just off the top of your head.  I'll have to read the list 
more slowly and see what I can come up with.

Jo Elizabeth

"A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a 
song."  Maya Angelou

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From: "Erin Rumer" <erinrumer at gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2012 6:22 PM
To: "'Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] Fun Summer Vacation Activities

> Some fun summer activities that I can think of include the following:
>
> Summer camps provided by church or community parks
> Having a family pick nick
> Playing outside on a rainy day in the mud puddles for a mucky good time
> Going swimming at the local YMCA
> Getting together with friends for a BBQ with some games for the kids
> Going on a nature hike-bird watch exploration
> Send the kids out on a scavenger hunt
> Have coffee with a friend while your kids and their kids play
> Volunteer at the local humane society or nursing home to expose kids to
> charity and new things
> Do some creative hands-on crafts
> Put some food coloring in the children's bath water so they can swim in 
> the
> ocean as a treat
> Make up songs together
> Attend a local kid friendly play or musical performance
> Help out an elderly  neighbor by walking their dog, helping them around 
> the
> house or by simply spending some time with them
> Read a book from the library about something new and then do an activity
> based on that newly learned thing
> Have your child pick out some toys that they don't play with any more but
> are in good shape and bring your child to donate them
> Fly a kite
> Create sculptures with Plato
> Let your kids dress you up and put makeup on you for a laughing good time
> Cook a feast together or bake a treat
> Write letters together to relatives and-or good friends. Have your 
> children
> make pictures to add to the letters
> Draw outside with chalk
> Help your kids prepare a lemonade stand
> Older kids could knock on neighbors doors and provide dog-walking or lawn
> mowing services for a low fee
> Go on a bug hunt outside and talk about how the bugs help the earth
> Blow bubbles outside
> Have a water balloon fight
> Treat kids to a vanilla bean lotae at Starbucks to share some grown-up 
> time
> with you
> Bring kids to the mall to play around on the play structures for kids
> Go to the zoo
> Go to a local theme park
> Go to a local fair
> Play in the sprinklers
> Make a circus of your own at home using stuffed animals, makeup and 
> whatever
> clothes you can put together.
> Have the kids make a play to perform for the adults of the house after
> dinner
> Go to a museum
> Make a play band with whatever you have around the house for instruments
> Do a Christmas in July celebration just within your home for the family.
> Have kids help you decorate, cook and sing songs together.
>
> This is all I can come up with for now.  Must run off and make dinner.
>
> Erin
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
> Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2012 4:19 PM
> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: [blparent] Fun Summer Vacation Activities
>
> Summer vacation has just started, and I'm already beginning to see boredom
> creeping up on my kids.  I have a few big events planned, such as a zoo 
> trip
> tomorrow and a full day out at one of our local amusement parks.  But I'm
> wondering what fun activities you all have come up with for your kids of 
> any
> age.  If we stick together and share ideas, maybe we can all fight off the
> "I'm bored" blues.
>
> Jo Elizabeth
>
> "A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a
> song."  Maya Angelou _______________________________________________
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