Summer Vacation – When Kids get Bored - Continued

Make it a weekly activity to do something nice for someone else. This teaches the children to have fun while cheering someone else up that needs a little help in life at the same time. Walk someone’s dog, baby-sit other children, or even just take another person to the park with you that would not otherwise get out of the house for the summer.

Where else can you go to have a little fun during the summer without having to spend an arm and a leg to have fun? Try visiting arts and crafts fairs where children often get faces painted and balloons free. Make a listing of all the parades that are going to happen during the summer and make sure that you see all of them. Go to little league baseball games and watch the game, does not cost anything!

During the summer there are often programs run by the school that don’t cost anything. Sometimes it could be fun in reading, fun in math or fun for friends types of programs, but your children will gladly go because they will get to see their friends during the summer! Use your imagination and take the bikes for a five mile ride to a different location each week. Everyone will love the exercise and getting out of the house at the same time.