Preparing Parents for Successful Children
Free Family Activities: Have a Yard Sale!
Finally on our list of family fun activities we have the yard sale. Now, you might be thinking that this cannot possibly be any fun, but it really can.
This is a superb way to rid your home of unwanted, or unused, clutter and to teach your child an alternative [...]
Free Family Activities: Riding Bikes Will Bring Back Memories!
Not to be outdone by the previous outdoor activity, riding bikes is always fun to do. And, for grown ups, it takes them back to their youthful childhood.
This is a wonderful way to spend time with your child(ren) while taking a trip down your own “memory lane” [...]
Free Family Activities: Roller Skating to the Rescue!
Roller skating is a great way to have a little outdoor fun with your family anytime. Except if it’s raining that is While you can have plenty of fun skating around your neighborhood, why not try heading out to your local park for a different scene?
You [...]
Free Family Activities: Swimming & Playing in the Water
What better way to spend a refreshing and playful time with your family than going swimming! Even if you don’t have access to a swimming pool in your own backyard, you can always take a trip to your local lake or beach. You won’t need money to [...]
Free Family Activities: Visiting Your Local Library
Local libraries are a wonderful wealth of information for you and your child(ren). Making plans to visit a library during the summer month’s can be a fantastic way to keep the learning process going when the kids are on summer vacation.
Plus, most libraries have a plethora of activities planned [...]
Free Family Activities: Let’s Visit the Museum!
What better way to spend time with your family than appreciating fine art? Most museums are free, but you would really need to check with your local area museum to be sure. Some museums may have summertime family oriented activities planned as well. Yet still, there may be discounted [...]
Free Family Activities: Everyone Loves a Park Outing!
Going to the park can be an outstanding way to spend quality time together as a family. Of course there are all the jungle gyms, slides, and swings you can play on, but there are other things you could also do afterwards.
Collecting wild flowers, pinecones, nuts, and leaves [...]
Free Family Activities: Home Movie Night to the Rescue!
The way the phrase “home movie night” is used here is not to watch movies you have made of your family, but, rather it is to allow each member of your family to select a movie from your own DVD or VHS collection and watch them.
Try having [...]
Free Family Activities: Putting Puzzles Together is Addicting!
If you need a bit of quiet time, then working on a 5,000 piece jigsaw puzzle may just be what you need. Not only does this type of activity build a child’s problem solving skills, but it also helps develop their multi-tasking skills when you add conversation into [...]
Free Family Activities: Everyone Loves Card Games!
Almost every “dollar store” sells decks of cards for a buck. And, almost everyone knows how to play card games. Whether it’s “Go Fish”, “Old Maid”, Gin Rummy, or 5 Card Draw Poker. Obviously, you wouldn’t want to teach your child how to become a poker virtuoso, but playing [...]
Free Family Activities: Coloring is for ALL Ages!
Always a great way to pass time on a rainy day, coloring pictures is a fantastic way to have some fun while developing artistic skills. Not only that, but you can turn an otherwise boring day of coloring into an “in-house” art contest. But, be sure that you [...]
Free Family Activities: Board Games Spell Fun!
Almost every family home has one form of board game or another. Whether it be your standard board game such as Monopoly, Sorry, Trouble, etc., or a DVD type trivia game, these can provide hours of fun.
While DVD style games are fun, the classic board games are better as [...]
Free Family Activities: Blowing Bubbles!
Making your own bubbles couldn’t be easier! You can use liquid hand soap and a bit of water to do this. All you would need is a bubble wand, which you could create out of a bit of thin wire(left over Easter Egg wire dippers would be excellent for this), and [...]
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