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By Kim Vij 5 Comments

Summer Bucket List {Play Learn Make Go }

Summer is just about to arrive at our house and we are so excited to begin our summer fun! We spent some time making plans for what we want to do this summer with our kids.

We found that we had 4 four main groups for Summer Fun. 

Summer Bucket List Ideas 

Here they are…

  • Play
  • Learn
  • Make
  • Go
Child walking on beach with text play learn make go

So with the groups Play, Learn, Make and Go we started to brainstorm.  My 5 year old sat down with Mommy and Daddy and created our own Summer Bucket list of things we want to do together.  

I’m sure little sister will enjoy her big sister’s ideas too.  I can tell that after a year in Kindergarten she’s ready for some adventures with Mommy and Daddy. 

Play : Learn : Make : Go : Summer Bucket list!

  • Play at the splash park
  • Play with my friends
  • Play with my grandparents
  • Play soccer
  • Play t-ball
  • Play with my sister and brother
  • Play in the backyard and explore
  • Play dress up
  • Play games with Lids
  • Play with my new Bear “Cupcake” that I made
  • Play with all my toys and donate ones I’ve out grown
  • Play with my sister and her toddler friends at a special playdate
  • Learn to swim under water
  • Learn to tie my shoes
  • Learn how to tell time
  • Learn about 5 new things
  • Lead to read chapter books
  • Learn about the 7 continents
  • Learn new sight words
  • Learn about the Earth
  • Learn to sew
  • Learn to ride my bike
  • Learn to play the piano
  • Learn about other places
  • Make science experiments
  • Make a story about the beach
  • Make art projects
  • Make a mermaid
  • Make cloud dough
  • Make ice cream
  • Make a fairy garden
  • Make food together
  • Make one special summer project
  • Make a summer reading list
  • Go to the library and get my own card
  • Go to the $1 summer movies
  • Go to the butterfly musuem
  • Go to the art musuem
  • Go to the Discovery room at the Museum
  • Go to Downtown Disney
  • Go to Sea World
  • Go get a hot fudge Sundae
  • Go to the Smoky Mountains
  • Go to Vacation Bible School
  • Go to the Bat House
  • Go to the Duck Pond
  • Go to the Zoo
  • Go to the Rocky Mountain National Park
  • Go on an airplane
  • Go on a picnic
  • Go shark teeth hunting
  • Go on a nature trail hike
  • Go to the beach

We’ll be adding things to our Summer Resources Page too!

As you do special things with your SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN this summer? Let’s CREATE a RESOURCE of ideas for families to use when they are making their plans for each month.  You have all JUNE to SHARE your ideas.

THANKS and have a GREAT SUMMER!

Join the summer on by following our Summer Pinterest Board

Follow The Educators’ Spin On It’s board Summer Projects to Make and Do on Pinterest.

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Filed Under: Kids Activities, Kids Games Tagged With: Afterschool Express, Blog Hops, Kim, learn, PLAY, Summer

About Kim Vij

Early childhood teacher, author, speaker and mom of 3. Kim shares ways to make learning fun and parenting an adventure by sharing developmentally appropriate activities.

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Comments

  1. Valerie @ Glittering Muffins says

    June 5, 2012 at 11:05 am

    Love how you divided your list 🙂
    We'd love to have you share it in our summer lists linky 🙂
    http://glitteringmuffins.com/2012/05/30/summer-bucket-list-2012/

    Reply
  2. Stacy of KSW says

    June 6, 2012 at 1:48 am

    fantastic list! thanks for sharing these

    Reply
  3. Katie @ the terpblog says

    June 8, 2012 at 8:27 am

    I love how you have this divided up! Great ideas! Thanks for stopping by to link up!

    Reply
  4. heather at wordplayhouse® says

    June 8, 2012 at 5:20 pm

    Wonderful ideas—lots! $1 summer movies? Lucky you!

    Reply
  5. Raising a Happy Child says

    June 11, 2012 at 4:47 pm

    Nice list! I like how you divided this list into parts. It would be great to do a little of each every week!

    Reply

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