Summer Fun 4

A few handy ideas for making a road trip a little more fun for everyone...  If you have any, we'd love to hear them!  Tips Record yourself or your children reading family favourite books or songs and...

This activity is great for restaurants and road trips!  It gives your sketch book a little twist... Materials Blank sketch book Circular stickers/ coloured reinforcements (you can purchase these at...

There are many fun commercial magnet boards for travel.  Ones where you can set up furniture in a house, a construction site, farm etc.  Why not make your own before you go on a trip and then you will have...

An activity and a snack all in one! Materials Laces Circular cereal TIP: We use these flexible "desks" that have a strap that attaches to your child's seat if you do this in the car.  They...

Print these postcards our before your trip and then send one to yourself!  What a fun surprise when you get home! Alternatively, if you are a teacher have your students tell you about their summers using...

An inexpensive way to develop one's fine motor skills and make something simple, yet beautiful.  This would great activity to explore patterning with different attributes- colour, type of bead...

Can't get away this summer?  Want to get in a little "practice" before the big trip?  Why not try camping in your backyard or have a family sleepover in your home.  A great memory maker.  (Truth be told-...

Every summer my grandma would take out her special fort blankets for us and clothes pins to make forts in her back yard with her patio furniture.  Have your children make their very own fort sheet (and...

Our eldest has quite distinct, intense interests that last for a certain period of time- whether it be trains, cooking, mermaids etc.  His latest obsession- brown bears.  Thus, we have all been learning...