1 | Make a scrapbook of everything you do this summer The Basics of Scrapbooking 42explore.com/scrapbk.htm |
2 | Have a picnicPlanning a Picnic www.recipeamerica.com/picnic.htm |
3 | Write a letter to your best friend English Works! Writing Letters depts.gallaudet.edu/englishworks/writing/letter/writingletters.html |
4 | Visit another country Lonely Planet Destination Guides www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/ |
5 | Go to a ballgame Major League Baseball Team Schedules mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/schedule/index.jsp |
6 | Get a job (parent permission) Teens 4 Hire www.teens4hire.org/ |
7 | Become a photographer BetterPhoto for Kids and Teens www.betterphoto.com/photography-for-kids.asp |
8 | Make dinner for your family Do-It-Yourself Dinner Party Project (PDF) www.reynoldskitchens.com/ReynoldsKitchens/KitchenConnection/ special/dinner_party/DinnerParty.pdf |
9 | Compare a book to a movie Compare and Contrast Essay (PDF) www.csudh.edu/CLASS/services/studyskills/english/ webpageworksheets/comparecontrastessay.htm |
10 | Write a poem 30 Days of Poetry www.msrogers.com/English2/poetry/30_days_of_poetry.htm |
11 | Learn about fireworks How Stuff Works: Fireworks people.howstuffworks.com/fireworks.htm |
12 | Bake some cookies Science of Cookies www.bakingandbakingscience.com/cookies.htm |
13 | Take a boat ride Boat Safe Kids! www.boatsafe.com/kids/index.htm |
14 | Sketch a picture of your house from the outside Perspective Drawing www.artyfactory.com/perspective_drawing/perspective_1.htm |
15 | Go to camp Virtual Summer Camp www.homeschoollearning.com/summer/summer.shtml |
16 | Visit a farm 4-H Virtual Farms www.ext.vt.edu/resources/4h/virtualfarm/main.html |
17 | Take a walk and record the sounds Listening to Nature www.museumca.org/naturalsounds/ |
18 | Make your own soccer camp Soccer Drills, Skills, Rules, and Tips www.soccerhelp.com/ |
19 | Keep a journal of what you do during the Summer Summer Journal Writing Prompts www.astoria.fulton.k12.il.us/JuniorHigh/JrHiEnglish/summerhelp/ journal%20prompts.html |
20 | Cut up an old greeting card picture and make a puzzle (parent help) How to make your own jigsaw puzzle tn.essortment.com/howtomakeyour_rgzx.htm |
21 | Start a band Make Music! Start a Band www.mustcreate.org/kid_home/kids3_1.shtml |
22 | Make a new kind of sandwich Who Cooked That Up? – The Sandwich members.cox.net/jjschnebel/sandwich.html |
23 | Blow up balloons, put notes inside and hand them out to friends Message in a Balloon www.nmhct.nhs.uk/pharmacy/nmha-activities.html |
24 | Go backpacking The Beginning Backpacker www.backpacking.net/beginner.html |
25 | Go outside and find 10 different kinds of flowers Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center www.wildflower2.org/ |
26 | Create a web site Lissa Explains HTML for Kids www.lissaexplains.com/ |
27 | Go camping Go Camping America Kids Pages www.gocampingamerica.com/kidspages/ |
28 | Invent a new dance Elements of Dance artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/2338/ |
29 | Help an elderly person with house or yard work (parent permission) 20 Great Reasons to Volunteer www.volunteermatch.org/volunteers/resources/tipstricks.jsp |
30 | Visit the zoo National Zoo Animal Web cams nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/default.cfm |
31 | Learn a foreign language Free Online Language Courses www.word2word.com/coursead.html |
32 | Make an obstacle course in your back yard How To Set Up An Obstacle Course www.ehow.com/how_3113_set-obstacle-course.html |
33 | Make a treasure hunt The Ultimate Treasure Hunt www.allthatstuff.net/treasurehunt.htm |
34 | Read a story to someone Read Aloud Tips www.myscschools.com/tracks/parents/readtips.htm |
35 | Have a winter theme party Children’s Winter Theme Party Ideas www.partyshelf.com/Childrens_Winter_Parties.htm |
36 | Recycle bottles and donate the money to a local charity The Internet Consumer Recycling Guide www.obviously.com/recycle/ |
37 | Clean up a nature trail Trail/Campground Maintenance www.volunteer.gov/gov/resultsZ.cfm?myPosition=trail&myTx=Trail/ Campground%20Maintenance |
38 | Build a tree house The Tree House Guide www.thetreehouseguide.com/ |
39 | Create a new world World Building teenwriting.about.com/library/weekly/aa071602a.htm |
40 | Set up a lemonade stand Lemonade Stand Game www.coolmath-games.com/lemonade/ |
41 | Learn or teach a new sport with someone Sports Illustrated for Kids www.sikids.com |
42 | Attend a concert Instruments of the Orchestra www.sfskids.org/templates/instorchframe.asp?pageid=3 |
43 | Have a family game night What Game Should We Play? www.hasbro.com/familygamenight/pl/page.games/dn/default.cfm |
44 | Make a movie Movie-Making for Kids www.town4kids.com/town4kids/kids/digitalmedia/moviemaking/ movie_main.htm |
45 | Make a collage from magazine words and pictures Collage pbskids.org/zoom/activities/do/collage.html |
46 | Create a terrarium How to Make a Terrarium www.ehow.com/how_9374_make-terrarium.html |
47 | Go canoeing US Kayak / Canoe Disciplines www.usack.org/disciplines/disciplines.asp |
48 | Discover a new favorite author or book series Children’s Literature Web Guide www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/ |
49 | Go to a museum Museums on the Web curry.edschool.virginia.edu/it/projects/Museums/ Teacher_Guide/Hotlist |
50 | Make a fire plan Home Fire Safety www.usfa.fema.gov/kids/flash.shtm |
51 | Make up bubble solution and have a contest Casey Carle's "Secret" Bubble Solutions www.bubblemania.com/faq/solution.html |
52 | Find a pen-pal (parent permission) Pen Pal Directories www.stonesoup.com/main2/penpal.html |
53 | Plant something Gardens for Beginners www.geocities.com/mastergardener2k/ |
54 | Visit a tourist spot near your home Tourist Information Directory www.touristinformationdirectory.com/ |
55 | Host a yard sale How to Plan a Yard Sale www.ehow.com/how_137461_yard-garage-sale.html |
56 | Build a sandcastle Sandcastle Tools www.sandcastlecentral.com/toolpages/ |
57 | Donate some of the toys and clothes you no longer use How To Donate Toys www.ehow.com/how_10124_donate-toys-children.html |
58 | Research your family tree Family Tree Online www.familytree-online.com/ |
59 | Fly a kite Professor Kite and the Secret of Kites www.gombergkites.com/howgen.html |
60 | Invent your own board game Design Your Own Board Game la.essortment.com/boardgamedesig_rxcu.htm |
61 | Use a compass or GPS to map your neighborhood Mapping your Neighborhood www.dnr.state.md.us/education/growfromhere/LESSON8/ LESSON8.HTM |
62 | Build a time capsule Making Time Capsules dlis.dos.state.fl.us/barm/preservation/conservation/time/ |
63 | Act in a play So You Want to Put On a Play? www.writewords.org.uk/articles/theatre1.asp |
64 | Throw a cultural heritage block party Block Party Basics www.canadianliving.com/CanadianLiving/client/en/Food/ DetailNewsPrint.asp?idNews=230226 |
65 | Make a bird feeder Plans for Building Bird Feeders birding.about.com/od/buildfeeders/ |
66 | Organize a bike safety clinic Bicycle Safety Command Center www.state.il.us/kids/isp/bikes/ |
67 | Spend time with your grandparents 10 Great Activities www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson136.shtml |
68 | Attend a first aid class Emergency First Aid Chart (PDF) www.ihsdesmoines.org/documents/Patient%20Education/ emergency_aid_guide.pdf |
69 | Dig for fossils Dinosaur Dig www.sdnhm.org/kids/fossils/ |
70 | Write a song Notes on Songwriting www.robinfrederick.com/write.html |
71 | Tie-dye some t-shirts How to Tie-Dye iaia.essortment.com/tiedyedyefa_rmel.htm |
72 | Take a dog for a walk Tips for a Better Walk with Your Dog rubyglen.com/pets/dogwalk.htm |
73 | Have a paper airplane contest Paper Airplane Contest Rules www.frankenmuth.k12.mi.us/fhs/science/PA.html |
74 | Go without TV for a day TV Turn off Network www.tvturnoff.org/ |
75 | Sign up at your local library for their Summer Reading Program Summer Reading and Learning www.ala.org/ala/alsc/alscresources/summerreading/ summerreading.htm |
76 | Learn some new outdoor games Games Kids Play www.gameskidsplay.net/ |
77 | Make something from recyclables Crafts from Recycled Products www.makingfriends.com/recycle.htm |
78 | Share your favorite movie with a friend Movie Mom movies.yahoo.com/mv/moviemom/ |
79 | Make home made ice cream Kitchen Theater Science in a Scoop www.carnegiemuseums.org/cmag/bk_issue/1996/julaug/ dept4.htm |
80 | Jump on a trampoline Trampoline Safety Rules www.outdoorfunstore.com/trampoline-safety.asp |
81 | Get a magazine subscription (parent permission) Magazine Listing www.magsonthenet.com/chilmag.html |
82 | Organize a scavenger hunt Outdoor Scavenger Hunts www.lovetheoutdoors.com/camping/kids/scavengerhunt.htm |
83 | Go swimming Video Clips of the Swimming Strokes wellness.lattc.cc.ca.us/real/strokes.html |
84 | Paint a portrait of your best friend Draw Your Friend www.arts.ufl.edu/art/rt_room/sparkers/friend_portrait/ portrait_friend.html |
85 | Start a collection How to Start a Collection www.ehow.com/how_10563_start-collection.html |
86 | Write a fairy tale Fractured Fairy Tales and Fables teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/mff/fractured_fairy.htm |
87 | Travel in time Odyssey Online carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/MidElem_Home.html |
88 | Stargaze and track the moon phases Astronomy for Kids www.dustbunny.com/afk/index.html |
89 | Learn how to sew Learn to Sew www.sewing.org/enthusiast/html/e_learntosew.html |
90 | Visit a National Park National Park Service Guide www.nps.gov/parks.html |
91 | Rent a video of a ballet Easy to Read Profiles of the Histories of Ballets classicalmusic.about.com/od/historyofballet/ |
92 | Roast marshmallows How to Roast a Marshmallow www.ehow.com/how_1164_roast-marshmallow.html |
93 | Watch the birds Tips on Getting Started with Bird Watching www.birdwatching.com/tips/kids_birding.html |
94 | Arrange a bouquet of flowers Virtual Ikebana web-japan.org/kidsweb/virtual/ikebana/virtual-ikebana.html |
95 | Learn to blog (parents permission) How Blogs Work www.learnthenet.com/english/html/20how.htm |
96 | Re-decorate your room Decorating Gallery www.bhg.com/bhg/decoratinggallery/ |
97 | Learn to play chess Chess is Fun www.princeton.edu/~jedwards/cif/intro.html |
98 | Adopt a pet (parent permission) ASPCA Adoption Tips www.aspca.org/site/PageServer?pagename=adopt_tips |
99 | Keep your brain going Brain Teasers www.brainconnection.com/teasers/ |
100 | Teach someone to use email How eMail Works www.learnthenet.com/english/html/20how.htm |
101 | Create your own holiday A Month With No Holidays? Make Up Your Own! www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson018.shtml |
4 comments:
This is a GREAT post!!
Kudos!!! {to you!}
wow, thanks.
awesome resource.
The 'find 10 different flowers' idea got me counting...I think I have over 20 in my own yard! What a great idea to have my kids go around counting them!
Thanks for your great post. I am definitely a fan of the camping idea. I think that is definitely a must. I just hate gathering all the camping essentials but it is definitely worth it. Thanks for sharing!
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