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By Kristen King
School’s out in just a few more weeks. Are you ready for three solid months home with the kids? Here are some ideas to keep them entertained – and you sane – all summer long.
Enroll your kiddos in a community summer recreation program. Most towns have at least one, and they run anywhere from a week to a month. Drop the kids of at 9, and get four hours to yourself for housework, errands, or lunch with the girls while your offspring play outside, create crafts projects, and go on educational field trips. The cost is just a couple hundred dollars, but the value is priceless.Take advantage of your local library. Whether you’ve got toddlers or teens, your area public library offers a variety of programs and events to help them socialize and enrich their minds in the air-conditioned hallowed halls of “that place with all the books.” Reading challenges will guarantee you some peace and quite while they try to get through more books than their sibling/cousin/best friend and win the prize. And don’t forget to check out adult programs at the library, too!Surprise the family with inexpensive day trips. If you’re anything like me, you live near a ton of historical or otherwise interesting attractions that you’ve never visited. Check out the county museum or the hole-in-the wall art gallery down on Main Street. Hop in the car and head to the nearest city or cultural center for a matinee theatre performance.There are probably dozens of events and attractions in your area that you never think about because, hey, you live there, but they’re worth checking out with the kids – and they can make for a fun and inexpensive date, too!
Kristen King is a freelance writer-editor and consultant from Northern Virginia, and the host of b5media's http://www.LivelyWomen.com, a daily blog dedicated to helping women live whole, healthy lives. Visit Kristen online at Lively Women or at her professional website, http://www.kristenkingfreelancing.com.
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