Check Out Your Library’s Summer Activities
Posted by: Christina / Category: Reading with the Kids, Themed ActivitiesWhen creating a game plan for keeping your children busy during the summer months, don’t be fooled into paying outrageous prices for specialty summer camps. Instead, I like to look for fun activities that require minimal or no cost and put those on my calendar first.
Your local library is a fabulous resource. Many will host a summer reading program or contest for school-age children and they usually have suggested summer reading lists for different age groups. This is a great way to encourage your student to continue reading and to also challenge himself with harder books or different genres.
Our library continues their storytime hours during the summer and there’s usually a waiting list because those sessions are so popular. Among their other varied activities are: craft classes, magic shows, Meet the Author nights, and American Girl activities, just to name a few. I wouldn’t be surprised if they have a Harry Potter event planned for when the new book comes out.
If your library has limited or no programs planned, why not suggest a few? Or volunteer to organize a particular activity that you believe in. It’s a wonderful way to delve into community service, you would provide a service to others in your town, and you would teach your children a valuable lesson about helping others.
