Are you lucky enough to start the holidays in August? Are you worried about what to do with the children? We are going to give you 31 ideas for little ones to learn having fun in summer, because family free time offers many possibilities for enjoyment, because we have to look for activities so that children do not get bored and also stimulate them.
On the beach or in the mountains, at home or outdoors, we have an opportunity to spend more time with our children and there will be time for everything. So here we leave 31 proposals, one for each day of the month (surely you repeat) so that the children continue to learn, beyond their homework.
Oral and written language
Read stories, tell stories, make up stories, summarize your favorite movies ... Stop reading in summer is a bad idea.
Write a summer diary: more visual if the child is small, with more text if he already knows how to write, leaving the best moments of the holidays on paper is a great idea.
Make the shopping list together and go to the supermarket, which will not only make the children look at the writing but feel responsible and involved in family tasks, learn about healthy food ...
Tell how the day went, what we liked most about the weekend ... Talking, listening to understand, are "exercises" simple but indispensable.
Recognize letters on posters, labels, magazines, television ... It can be done anywhere, since we live surrounded by written language. The older ones will already read longer texts.
To learn the numbers
- Account, order and rank her toys, her clothes, the shells we collect on the beach, the items in the shopping cart ...
- Look at the license plate numbers, the prices on the labels ...
- We can use the meter to measure all members of her family, different objects at home, her toys ...
- Let's not rule out board games, from the most classic to the most innovative, for different ages.
Motor and senses
- Manipulate those new objects for kids: beach toys, fruits (new flavors)…
- Make castles in the sand and enjoy destroying them!
- Walk, run, jump barefoot through the sand.
- Make a beach sensory box, to stimulate the senses and imagination.
- The construction games to fit pieces help the development of visual and manual coordination of children.
- Make puzzles, there are many types and for any age.
- Relaxing with massages. The benefits of children's massages are multiple, but children can also give us a (more or less) relaxing massage for parents.
- Cook with the children, all an apprenticeship and not only for the palate. The little ones can help with simple tasks like mixing ingredients, dressing ... and the older ones will become the creators of their own original dishes.
- Take excursions when the heat does not squeeze: countryside, beach, mountains, villages ... the possibilities of our environment are endless and we can walk or bike. Write down what you like best: in sight, touch, smell, sounds ...
Do not stop the Music
- Listen and sing songs, from the most childish and classic to the latest hits.
- Dance the music that inspires you the most.
- Relaxing music is ideal for naps or at night. And how about accompanied by a gentle massage?
- What do you hear in a conch shell? How do the waves of the sea sound? Explore the sounds of summer.
- Play to recognize in the most suggestive classical music for children the birds, the sea, the animals ...
Body expression
- There are many motion games in which we exercise, we run, jump, imitate animals ...
- Dancing also exercises and there are many more reasons to move the skeleton with our children.
- Become actors, imitating animals and funny characters: an astronaut, a pirate, a superhero, a snake, a dinosaur ...
- Yoga for children and adults will make us relax in body and mind, exploring new body postures.
Plastic
- Make crafts of all kinds, with objects that we have at home, recycling, plasticine ... From paper airplanes to legumes, the possibilities are endless.
- Visit a museum (Or several!), Since these can be very fun with the kids. We can also look for the most famous paintings online.
- It allows the child to be a photographer artist, if he does not have his own children's camera we can leave him ours, with help he can take his first photographs.
- Draw your best moments of summer to create an unforgettable album.
We hope you are 31 ideas to learn having fun in summer Make you have a great time with your family, every day of the month and several times each day, as you can see they are perfectly combinable activities. Happy August!
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