Summer is a great time for children. School is out for most of them and its time to play. Running, climbing, building sand castles, swimming…
Sweating, sunburns, complaining.
It isnt necessarily all that easy to keep the kids busy all summer long, especially on particularly hot days, the days when the kids come into the house five minutes after you send them out, complaining its too hot outside! What can you do to keep them busy, short of turning the AC on full blast, driving up your electrical bill and letting them watch television or play video games all day? Plenty!
First of all, have some cheap, cool treats on hand. Otter Pops or homemade popsicles dont cost much, and you just have to enforce the rule that they are eaten outside to limit the mess. These may only keep the kids out for a short time or they might find something fun to do outside anyhow.
Try getting the kids outside to play in the earlier and later parts of the day, when its cooler outside. Then you wont feel so bad if theyre watching television in the hottest part of the day. Try to keep television watching/video game playing under two hours a day total.
Have fun things...