Some ideas of things to do with your child over the summer months

1. Draw Picture of a suitcase: Use catalog to cut out clothing for the trip.

2. Put a PUZZLE together.

3. How many doors do you have inside your house?

4. Eat a vegetable you have never tried.

5. Practice your escape in case of a fire.

6. Yellow day, find things that are YELLOW!

7 Green day, find things that are GREEN and eat a green vegetable.

8. Have fun with water balloons.

9. Purple day, have GRAPE Jelly on toast.

10 Friendship day, pick a flower and give it to a friend.

11. Orange day, find objects that are ORANGE.

12. Exercise day, do ten jumping jacks.

13 Count the number of windows inside your house.

14 Clean your closet.

15 Sit outside and close your eyes, listen to the sounds.

16. Make Finger JELL-O:
         Follow directions on a box of Jell-O and add knox gelatin packet

17. Make a kitchen band by using lids for cymbals, oatmeal box for drums, and spoons
         for drum sticks.

18. Read a story to MOM.

19. Play dress up with Mom or a friend.

20. Name several body parts: toes, fingers, elbow, etc.

21. Make play dough
        3 cups flour
        1 1/2 cup of salt
         3 Tablespoon cream of tartar
         3 cups water
         Mix and cook over low heat until sticky to the touch. Add food coloring if you wish.

22. Make space masks and pretend to be an astronaut.
          Use a large paper bag and a large paper plate. Cut rectangle out of the plate. Glue
           to front of bag and cut out part of the bag that shows through and decorate.

23. Make a sculpture out of toothpicks.

24. Mix colors
       Use 6 glasses. Fill three glasses 1/2 full. Add food coloring and stir. In the other         
        glasses, stir two colors together to make a new color.

25. Sort toys by color and size.

26. Make a color wheel
       Use a paper plate and draw 8 wedge shaped sections on the plate.
        Color each section different. Cut out an arrow shape and attach it to the center
         with a brass fastener.

27. Color Wheel Game
        Spin the arrow and find the object that matches that color and name the color.

28. Go for a ride in the country with your family.

29. Go shopping.

30. Write a story about what you did this summer and add drawings.

We hope you enjoy some of the activities. There will be different ones each month.