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kids, kids create · May 17, 2013

Play It Smart Series

Can you believe summer is almost here?

Sun, swimming, and….activity hungry, boredom-prone kids who will be home allllll day. 🙂 I don’t think I am ready for that peanut butter and jelly….

Nah, I am excited to have my kids home, but I know I’m going to have to be prepared with lots of fun things to do if we are to sail smooth waters without the TV having to be on all. the. time.

So, I have organized a one week series dedicated to fun LEARNING activities you can easily and simply do with your kids. I am all about avoiding summer brain atrophy…

Sew A Straight Line and A Lemon Squeezy Home will be joining me. They are both sewing bloggers by trade but happen to be great moms that do fun stuff with their kids too. I am excited for what they have in store for us!

I’ll be sharing some of my own ideas and rounding up other great ideas I have seen on pinterest as well. If you have some good ideas you want to share or link to, please do so in the comments. I might include it in my round-up.

My hope is to create a resource we can all refer to all summer long to keep our littles or maybe not so littles 🙂 busy, happy, and learning!

The FUN starts on Monday, May 20!

P.S. If you usually read my blog for sewing or crafting inspiraiton, don’t fret. The series only lasts from May 20-25, after which I have some more fun projects in the queue. 😉

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  1. A Lemon Squeezy Home says

    May 17, 2013 at 2:43 PM

    Such great pictures Delia. I’m excited for this!!!

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  2. Stacey Byrne says

    May 17, 2013 at 2:55 PM

    I love that picture with the Lego glasses, Delia! I’m very excited about this series. Any new ideas to keep my boys busy is a hit with me. It may be a stretch from the learning angle but we had fun designing our own mini-golf course last summer http://www.boyohboyohboycrafts.com/2012/08/diy-mini-golf.html and these chalkboard water gun targets http://www.boyohboyohboycrafts.com/2012/06/chalkboard-squirt-gun-targets.html I can’t wait to see what you all come up with!

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  3. Welcome to the Mouse House says

    May 17, 2013 at 4:00 PM

    Great idea! I am always always on the hunt for new ideas!!

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  4. LeeAnne says

    May 17, 2013 at 4:08 PM

    Yay!! Just what I needed- I’ve been thinking about what to do when school is out and I’ll have a very attention-hungry 6 year old back home all the time again.

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  5. Jennifer Clark says

    May 17, 2013 at 4:33 PM

    This is such a great idea! Always looking for things to do with my kids over the summer. I do “summer school” series and let them pick a topic that I then turn into library visits, museum visits, craft projects, etc. This year, they’ve chosen the solar system. Luckily we have a great planetarium here in L.A.!!!

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  6. Jackie says

    May 17, 2013 at 5:24 PM

    Great! I have a rising Kindergartener and I want to make his “first” summer vacation a fun and exciting one. Last year we visited 12 area county parks. This year I want to do things that keep us around the house, as I have a trip with my son planned already.

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  7. RaeAnna Goss says

    May 18, 2013 at 3:31 AM

    Fun! I have a great book – The Toddler Busy Book – that has given us a lot of fun learning activities to break up the day! I’ll have to blog a few of them! 🙂 (most of his favorites involve food coloring!)

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  8. RaeAnna Goss says

    May 18, 2013 at 3:31 AM

    Fun! I have a great book – The Toddler Busy Book – that has given us a lot of fun learning activities to break up the day! I’ll have to blog a few of them! 🙂 (most of his favorites involve food coloring!)

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  9. Emilia says

    May 20, 2013 at 3:10 AM

    I Am Momma Hear Me Roar.Has A Similar.Series Called Mommy School.

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  10. Delia says

    May 20, 2013 at 5:33 PM

    Excellent suggestions. Thanks!

    Jennifer – I seriously love that idea. What a great mom you are!

    Emilia – Yes! I love her Mommy School. I definitely plan on linking to her lots for my round up. Thanks!

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  11. [email protected] says

    May 20, 2013 at 5:43 PM

    We recently made a bird book for our life list of birds and learning about birds… http://buzzmills.typepad.com/blog/2013/01/life-list-of-birds.html and we've also done some counting and letter identification with chalk and things around our backyard… http://buzzmills.typepad.com/blog/2012/07/backyard-learning-and-weeding.html I look forward to seeing what is shared through this series

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  12. Lindsay says

    May 21, 2013 at 3:50 AM

    Your son has the most beautiful eyes! I love the one of him wearing the glasses. Absolutely adorable kids. 🙂

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  13. Sarah says

    May 22, 2013 at 4:39 AM

    Thanks Delia! Can't wait to see what you all come up with!

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  14. Gingham Ginger says

    June 5, 2013 at 1:29 AM

    Sounds great. Why fight the kids when you can have fun with them!

    Reply

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