Summer Holiday Survival Tips - Part 1
Hoorah! Hurrah! The long summer holidays are fast approaching providing almost endless opportunities for fun…
“I’M BORED MUM” or “THERE’S NOTHING TO DO DAD” are some of the words that parents dread, so here are some great ideas to help keep the kids happy and their brain’s healthy during the holidays.
Next time we’ll reveal the “brainy” reasons why these activities are SO GOOD for you and your kids, but for now, just get started!
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◻ Camping – even just set up camp in your own backyard
◻ Bushwalking: https://www.natureplaywa.org.au/things-to-do/hiking
◻ Invent your own board games
◻ Bake a new recipe you have never enjoyed before
◻ Family Disco – everyone chooses their favourite tunes and dances the day away!
◻ Jump around: https://www.kids-around-perth.com/perth-trampoline-centres.html
◻ Get quiet enjoyment at your amazing Local Library
◻ Take an art class at Fremantle Arts Centre (and other community arts centres)
◻ Build and plant a fruit and veggie patch
◻ Redecorate your bedroom
◻ Make cards ready for Christmas and upcoming Birthdays
◻ Keep a holiday journal, take time to write about what you are grateful for
◻ Learn some magic tricks
◻ Slip, slop, slap and grab some sunshine!
◻ Go Fishing, cook your catch up when you get home
◻ Go on a Playground Hunt – be surprised by what you find in your neighbourhood
◻ Create a cardboard village
◻ Learn to play ukulele, harmonica or hand drums – maybe start a garage band
◻ All try writing a simple guided meditation, take turns each night to read them
◻ Get lost and be inspired at an Art Gallery
◻ Wildlife Centres do awesome work, discover centres in Herdsman and Rockingham
◻ Free Disc Golf Courses – Greenwood, Floreat and Piney Lakes
◻ Bike courses – for skills at Peachy Park Kewdale or for road rules at Hossack Reserve
◻ Visit the State Library of WA and the incredible programs for families and children
◻ Go silly at ‘140 Kid Street’ in the City: https://www.facebook.com/140Perth/
◻ Go wild with survival skills: http://www.wildmovement.com.au/
◻ Go to a Play or Puppet Show
◻ Take a summer workshop somewhere new that challenges you…Circus? Surfing?
◻ Scrapbook a Fun Family Photo Album of all these things you have done together
About the author - Emily Goss, OT. Senior Clinician, The Perth Brain Centre.
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