| Explore Together—
You and your child can research local museums, zoos,
Rhody Gardens, mini golf, Hopscotch, or any other cool stuff our community has to offer.
Research a unique animal in the zoo or a food ingredient they can use to help plan dinner or have France Day or India Day.
Have each child in your family pick a different topic to share. | Head to the Library—
Your local public library offers a summer reading program that encourages children, teens, and adults to read over the summer. Educational, fun enrichment activities throughout the summer are often an important feature of the programs.
| Keep Them Active—
Model and Encourage playing outside.
Take trips to the park or school playground; ride their bikes, skateboards, or scooters; or participate in an organized sport like Little League or gymnastics.
They are engaging their bodies and minds. | Learn a New Skill—
Find an age-appropriate interest for your child that he or she hasn’t tried before.
It could be building a model rocket ship, learning to paint portraits, taking a pottery class, or discovering how to knit and crochet.
| Borrow from the library—
or buy a cookbook geared for children.
Cooking requires math and reading and contributes to knowledge about nutrition, teamwork, and sequencing.
Throw a tea party, research and prepare an ethnic-oriented meal, or make it an April Fool’s Day menu in July. |
| This is a sneaky way to help them practice their research, reading, and organization skills. | Your public library has summer reading incentives like prizes or tickets to sporting events. | A child sitting on the couch watching a screen is not engaging their minds and bodies.
Physical activity stimulates mental activity and improves blood flow to the brain, so get your child up and moving. | When the brain is learning new skills, it is also staying sharp. | Make it fun while creating good memories of the summer of 2025! |
