Saturday 17 May 2008

FREE Summer Activities to Do With the Children

  • Family Games

On a nice sunny day, go to your local park with the kids and have different games such as 3-legged races, potato sack races, small ball on a spoon races, relay races, obstacle courses, or better still make up some games with the children. Also, this is great exercise for everyone and loads of fun.
  • Go to the Local Library
You will find out that, children love to read in the library. Also, reading books is much better for your children than television. I try to go to the library with my children on Thursdays every week. They get the opportunity to read different books, borrow books, videos and use the internet. Library Membership is free for everyone.
  • Watching the Clouds
Late at night, in your garden or your local park, spread out a blanket, have some popcorn or other snack and a cold drink and lay on the blanket with everyone’s head touching each other on the floor. Try and form different shapes with your bodies and watch the clouds. Ask the children to name what shape or animal they can see in the clouds. Or count the stars.

  • Have a Yard Sale with Drink Stand

I am sure that, you will like to get rid of those unwanted, un-needed and unnecessary items that you have in your garage or loft.

You can make money with those things, and don't you just love making money? Also, children love making money, so allow them to set up a drink stand.

Tell them that, from the sale they make, they can tithe on 10%, Invest 50% and spend 40% on whatever they want. They can put the money to be invested in their piggy bank and save for that special toy they want to buy.

This will teach your children marketing, money management, and responsibility. Allow your children to make their own drink, their own stand, set their own price and to run their entire drink sale on their own.
  • Water Fight

You can start your day by going to different place and then end the day with a water fight. You can use water guns, water balloons, squirt guns, cups of water or anything you can get your hands on. Attack each other with the water guns.


Other Games


o Jumping on the trampoline with the children.
o Riding bikes,
o Playing Tag
o playing catch
o Throwing Frisbee or flying disc
o Walking together around the neighbourhood.

  • Swimming

Most children love to swim, and the most important benefit is that swimming is fantastic exercise! Some parents may be shocked to learn that children as young as 10 months old can learn to swim. All you have to do if you have a toddler is to buy a water proof diaper from http://www.swimpoolstore.com/.


You can visit your local swimming pool or a lake and swim. Teach your children as young as possible to swim, to dive, and to not be afraid of the water. There are several stages to learn when it comes to swimming from getting in the water period, to swimming underwater, to treading water and swimming in deep water and the sooner your child learns the easier, the experience will be for them. Some educational experiences can be fun and this is certainly one of them.

Fee will be for the entrance.

Ask at your leisure centre/swimming pool for the reduced price day for swimming. Normally called “Swim for 50pence” or something like that. If you don’t ask, you don’t know.

  • Hiking and Camping

The great outdoors always offers unlimited entertainment, for everybody. It may sound like a nightmare to go walking through the woods with children, but once you get those children outside where they are actually able to exert their energy in a healthy way... you'll be quite impressed at how much fun your whole family is having. Read more about Hiking & Camping with Children for some tips.

FOR OTHER ACTIVITIES – INVOLVING MONEY

  • Aquariums

Children love to go to aquariums. You can watch out for coupons in the newspapers or in retail shops that, offer KIDS GO FREE TO ATTRACTIONS. All you have to do is pay for the adult and the child goes free. If you are in the United Kingdom, it is always in the local paper in the month of May. Cut the coupons out and save a lot of money on entrance tickets.

Take your digital camera and take lots of pictures of the different fishes. It is an educative trip for the children and you. Save some more money by making your sandwich and drinks from home and taking them with you.


Amusement Parks and Zoos

Amusement parks and Zoos can be very expensive. But, you can save money on the FREE KID ENTRANCE TICKET. Remember that, your children are only children for a short period of time, and it is good to take advantage of these experiences.

Even if you are on a budget, you can still save some money for months just to be able to spend one day at an amusement park with the family and they children will thank you for it.

Consider that day you're family vacation. Make a big deal of it, look forward to it and enjoy yourselves while you're there.

  • Fishing

If you decide to swim in a lake with the children. Then you can throw some poles out there as well and teach your children how to fish. Fishing fis a lot of fun, and it is great fun for the whole family. Try and read up on safety tips for teaching children to fish.


In conclusion,

You don’t have to spend thousands of money to have fun with the children. It can be free and fun. You can then repeat this every year with the children. And your children can do this with their own children as well.


Olubola Adeleye

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4 Reasons Why Children Should Take Swimming Lessons

Our main reasons for enrolling our children for swimming lessons are:

1. Safety -

This is the principal reason for taking our children swimming. While they are swimming, the children are taught about water safety on the first lesson. They also learn that, it is not safe for them to go into the pool if an adult is not present. In addition, they learn what to do if someone is downing and they should not run around the pool area in case they fall into the pool.

2. Fun -

So that, they can have fun while we go on holiday and they can go swimming with their friends. Children love the water, the splashing, the kicking and everything about it.

3. Promotes Confidence -

The look on a child's face when they learn a swimming skill is priceless. Our daughter can swim with her friends now.

4. Qualified Teachers -

The swimming teachers are qualified and they are able to teach our children more.
Definitely, swimming lessons helped boost confidence around our house we are so proud of our children.In conclusion, look in the Yellow Pages for qualified swimming teachers who have the swimming certificate. Better still, speak to other parents in your children’s school for the names and telephone nos of their leisure center.

To Children’s Your Swimming,


Olubola Adeleye

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Olubola Adeleye