| There are many other drop-off and pick-them-up | | | | There are many activities parents can plan for their |
| things parents can get their child involved in like | | | | kids during the summer. The first thing is to travel. |
| karate or dance school. Some colleges have activities | | | | Taking a couple of weeks to go on vacation is a |
| for kids during the summer as well. The best way to | | | | great way to get a break from it all. A lot of places |
| find activities is to look in the local newspaper or look | | | | have packages for early booking and the longer the |
| in the telephone book. The internet has great deal of | | | | stay, the better the deal. There are also good deals |
| information for things to do with children during the | | | | with the more people that are coming. Some hotels |
| summer. It is great to keep the kids' brain turning | | | | will give a discount if more then one room is booked. |
| during the summer break. The best time to start | | | | Amusement parks will give discounts to families and |
| planning is during the winter time, so do not delay. | | | | some offer deals for kids or senior citizens if the |
| Some places take reservations very early and some | | | | grandparents come along. If a person can not travel |
| programs will fill early, too. Start your planning today. | | | | for two weeks straight then there is always travel |
| On the weekdays the kids could go to camp. A lot | | | | on the weekends. The family can pack up the car to |
| of people are getting out of the tradition of sending | | | | leave on a two hour drive on Friday and come back |
| the kids away for the whole summer to a secluded | | | | on Saturday. It could be a camping trip or going to |
| forest with a bunch of teenagers and a couple of | | | | the next town to shop and sightsee. |
| adults. There are now camps that have a meeting | | | | Summer time is fun time for the children. They get a |
| place where you can drop the kids off in the morning | | | | long awaited break from school which means, |
| and pick them up in the afternoon. The camp will | | | | according to them, they do not have to use their |
| drive a bus to the site every day so the kids still | | | | brains any more. The kids are ready to sit around the |
| have a camp-like experience but not the whole | | | | house, play with their toys and eat. However pretty |
| spend-the-night thing. They will still get to do activities | | | | soon sitting around the house gets old because video |
| like swimming, hiking, sports, and arts and crafts. | | | | games get conquered, Barbie marries Ken and the |
| Another activity is getting involved in the local library. | | | | food is all gone. All of their favorite television shows |
| Many cities have libraries that do activities for kids on | | | | have played the same rerun twelve times. What else |
| a daily basis during the summer. They cannot stay all | | | | is there to do with the children during the summer? |
| day but the activities are free. | | | | |