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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

1. Create My Big Life Summer Board
2. Have a dance party
3. Attend summer reading programs at library
4. Play water balloons
5. Do a random act of kindness
6. Make mud kitchens
7. Go canoeing
8. Go on a nature walk
9. Chase fireflies
10. Stargaze at night
11. Learn to ride a bicycle
12. Attend a children’s theater production
13. Hold a rock painting party and hide them around your neighborhood
14. Run a lemonade stand
15. Have a movie night
16. Plant vegetables
17. Visit a museum
18. Create a comic strip
19. Learn to swim
20. Write a poem
21. Listen to all Big Life Kids podcast episodes
22. Write a book
23. Learn to cook
24. Explore local parks
25. Go Kayaking or paddle boarding
26. Have a nature scavenger hunt
27. Write a letter
28. Decorate your bedroom
29. Build a fairy garden
30. Go to an amusement park
31. Go bowling
32. Make affirmation bracelets
33. Start learning a new language
34. Make homemade popsicles
35. Tie dye  shirts
36. Play a new board or card game
37. Volunteer as a family
38. Do a science experiment
39. Go to a farmer’s market
40. Fly a kit
41. Go camping
42. Create a recipe
43. Make a campfire
44. Try a new fruit or vegetable
45. Finish Big Life Journal