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Summer means fun! It’s the perfect time for your kids to learn (and grow their brains), explore, and try new things.
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Have your kids create My Big Life Summer Board and dream up everything they want to do! For ideas, use the 45 ideas for My Big Life Summer which includes activities for all ages, such as:
- Make a mud kitchens
- Have a dance party
- Stargaze
- Learn to ride a bicycle
- Visit a museum
- Learn to cook
- Finish your Big Life Journal

- Create My Big Life Summer Board
- Have a dance party
- Attend summer reading programs at library
- Play water balloons
- Do a random act of kindness
- Make mud kitchens
- Go canoeing
- Go on a nature walk
- Chase fireflies
- Stargaze at night
- Learn to ride a bicycle
- Attend a children’s theater production
- Hold a rock painting party and hide them around your neighborhood
- Run a lemonade stand
- Have a movie night
- Plant vegetables
- Visit a museum
- Create a comic strip
- Learn to swim
- Write a poem
- Listen to all Big Life Kids podcast episodes
- Write a book
- Learn to cook
- Explore local parks
- Go Kayaking or paddle boarding
- Have a nature scavenger hunt
- Write a letter
- Decorate your bedroom
- Build a fairy garden
- Go to an amusement park
- Go bowling
- Make affirmation bracelets
- Start learning a new language
- Make homemade popsicles
- Tie dye shirts
- Play a new board or card game
- Volunteer as a family
- Do a science experiment
- Go to a farmer’s market
- Fly a kit
- Go camping
- Create a recipe
- Make a campfire
- Try a new fruit or vegetable
- Finish Big Life Journal
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I love this idea!! Great suggestions for summer activities. My only observation is about 10 of the ideas require money or transportation—resources most of my students don’t have.