[blparent] summer activities

[Veronica Smith]

You know what is a load of fun for kids during the summer.  When we were
young, we paper mache something.  One time My uncle put chicken wire around
a barrel, shaped it like a dog and us kids went to town and  paper mached
it.  then when it was done, dried we all got together and painted it.  It
was a ton of fun and just think that was when I was about  8 and I am now
over 50.  I had so much fun and it really left wonderful memories.

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From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of jan wright
Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2012 11:16 AM
To: blparent
Subject: [blparent] summer activities

Check out your fair grounds, sometimes they have activities before and after
your county fair.
We did 4h projects which were fun.
You can also have older children put together a kind of Newspaper. My
children always wondered what it would be like to:
1. own a studio,
2. own a horse and carriage company,
3. ??? etc
So, we called up people and did some interviews. One child was responsible
for asking the questions (collectively manufactured) and one was responsible
for taking a few pictures.
These were fun interviews for us.
sometimes public schools put on programs for children in the summer, also.
You can also do a bit of research about other countries and have a themed
day: (ever friday is international day) or something like that.
Expanding our horizons to visit an Amish store for example, give us a lot of
fun experiences: or going to a flea market or a cultural event, or even
visiting a new restaurant.
 If  your child develops a fettish for one activity start reading stories on
it also.

I love all of the suggestions that were mentioned so far.

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