Summer Fun!

Activities to beat summer boredom:

• Take a walk.
• Teach your child a new sport: golf, tennis, basketball, volleyball, etc.
• Play with your pets!
• Research something new and different--visit the library or go online!
• Learn to play a new board game or card game.
• Teach your son or daughter how to cook a few easy dishes.
• Limit television viewing (!)
• Sign up for a summer library program (or the Barnes and Noble reading program).
• Ride your bicycle (Wear a helmet!)
  
• Play family games--Sorry, Monopoly, Memory, card games...these are all great fun!
• Go to a movie!
• Spend a day at the beach
• Pick strawberries, blueberries, whatever is ready this summer and U-pick
• Visit the Farmer's Market
• Plant a summer vegetable or herb garden
• Go to the Ionia Free Fair (July 21-31, 2010)
• Great day trips: Frederik Meijer Gardens, Grand Rapids Children's Museum, John Ball Zoo, Binder Park Zoo, Detroit Zoo
• Visit the Air Zoo in Kalamazoo
• The Grand Rapids Picnic Pops are well worth the 40 minute drive! It's a great family evening.