Create a "Summer Fun Wish List" - by Wendy

The start of summer is the perfect time to create a Summer Fun Wish List with your family! Get a poster board or just a piece of paper, and list all of the things you want to do, the places you want to go to, the games you want to learn to play. Create them as a checklist and use this as you plan your summer calendar. Also, print out or create a summer calendar and fill in the days that you know are already scheduled so that you can see your entire summer schedule on one page. Here are a few ideas for your family wish list…

Plans for Summer
___Splish Splash (local water park)
___Adventureland (local amusement park)
___A day at the Ocean
___Train ride to NYC
___Aquarium
___A walk in the Rain
___Fly Kites
___Make tie dye shirts
___Pick Fruit
___Go on a scavenger/treasure hunt


Games to Learn
___ Go Fish

___SPIT

___Rummikub

___Scrabble/Scrabble Slam

___Kings in the Corners

___Bananagrams

___Concentration

Create any list you want, dream a little, have fun. Maybe learn 1 new game each week, at the end of the summer, you will have learned 8-10 new games to pass on to friends. For more ideas to put on your Summer Fun list, hit the library.

Check out what your Local Library has to offer:Libraries are a great resource for summer activities and ideas for fun new things to learn. Many offer free summer programs and discounted or free passes to local educational attractions/museums.

The Museum Pass Program: (Long Island moms should take advantage of this!) Call your local library and ask them about this program. There are passes available at the library, which you can put on hold. You can have them for 2 days at a time. Reserve them way ahead of time if you know that you are going. The passes allow you free admission to many of the museums on Long Island and in the city. (American Museum of Natural History, Brooklyn Children’s Museum, Clark Botanical Gardens, Whaling Museum, Garvies Point, LI Children’s Museum, Met. Museum of Art, Old Westbury Gardens, and more.) Check out list at Library.

*Before you go to any park or place of fun, google it to see if there are any coupons or discounts available.*

--by Wendy Trunz