Ideas for Hot Summer Days

 

1. Put juice into a paper cup, stick in a popsicle stick (or spoon)

and freeze until you can’t stand to wait any longer—Enjoy!

2. Borrow a good book.  Sit outside in a cool place and read it.

3. Spray each other with the hose (wear bathing suits, please)

4. Talk to older relatives about your family.  Make a family tree and write down the family stories you hear.

5. Fix a lunch complete with carrot sticks or “ants on a log” and eat in the back yard. (Clean up afterwards, of course.)

6. Go to http://www.creativekidsathome.com/summerkidsactivities.html or http://www.kidsturncentral.com/summer/summerfun.htm

for some creative summer ideas.  There are dozens of other sites as well.

Make sure you bring your “creative ideas” back to school in the fall.  I’d love to display them!

7. Cook with mom, dad, grandma, grandpa, or anyone else.  Make something to share.  Check out the fractions and measurements as you cook. 

8. Check out a book from the summer library, read it and tell Mrs. Butler all about it, draw a picture from the book, or write a quick book talk card to show your friends when we are back in school.

9. Read a book in the public library.  It’s cool there and there are soooo... many books to read.  If it’s OK with her, Mom can shop while you’re there or maybe Mom can relax and read, too.

10. Suggest a trip or picnic in a local park.  Franklin Creek, Skare, Cooper, Starved Rock, White Pines and Lowden are all free and beautiful in the summer.  These six are just tiny percentage of the parks in our area.  There are many. many more parks available to visit.  Try one or more and enjoy the trails and cool woodlands.  At Starved Rock you might be able to cool off under a waterfall, who knows?