Summer Fun Activities!

Warm weather is here  and its time to go outside and enjoy the world around us! Some fun summer activities:

• Dig for “treasure” (small toys or play jewelry) in the sandbox: bury toy dinosaurs/shells/rocks/box of play jewelry or coins and pretend to be paleontologists or archaeologists. Provide small brushes to dust off the items.
• Study the clouds. Pull out a blanket and lay down in the grass. Point out the clouds to your child and guess what they look like. Ask your child what he thinks they look like. This is a great way to stretch your child's imagination and get in some cuddles.
• Have a pretend car wash where you get out your child’s ride on toys and let them clean
  all their “cars.”
• Use sidewalk chalk to work on numbers and letters
• Have a sensory play station outside with salt, flour or beans and let them pour, sift and feel all the different textures
• Go bowling in the driveway with empty 2 liter bottles and a beach ball.
• Go to your local farmers market and talk about all the colors, smells, and sounds.