Comments on: 15 Great Day Trips To Take Before School Starts ( and a must have packing list too) https://www.notimeforflashcards.com/2015/08/15-great-day-trips-to-take-before-school-starts.html preschool activities, preschool crafts, and preschool books. Tue, 02 Feb 2021 18:20:51 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Alli @ Taking Care of Monkey Business https://www.notimeforflashcards.com/2015/08/15-great-day-trips-to-take-before-school-starts.html#comment-947650 Mon, 10 Aug 2015 14:31:54 +0000 https://www.notimeforflashcards.com/?p=30726#comment-947650 Umm I had no idea they came out with girls scout cookie granola bars! YUM!! And I love the list you put together – what great ideas!

]]> By: Allison McDonald https://www.notimeforflashcards.com/2015/08/15-great-day-trips-to-take-before-school-starts.html#comment-945281 Fri, 07 Aug 2015 21:08:53 +0000 https://www.notimeforflashcards.com/?p=30726#comment-945281 In reply to Wendy.

I love the culture pass idea and your “roots tour” – I’d have to drive my kids all around western Canada , maybe some day.

]]> By: Wendy https://www.notimeforflashcards.com/2015/08/15-great-day-trips-to-take-before-school-starts.html#comment-944281 Thu, 06 Aug 2015 17:53:49 +0000 https://www.notimeforflashcards.com/?p=30726#comment-944281 A few things we’ve had great success with this summer:
*The skate park. He rides his BMX bike, she rides her scooter, and I sit in the shade with my book and the water bottles. (Only downside–picking up interesting new phrases from some of the older skaters.)

*Our library system has “culture passes” that allow 2-6 people to visit local museums and other attractions for free. This summer we’ve been to the Chinese Gardens, a historic mansion, a water park, and the Japanese Gardens. The gardens and the mansion were fun, but our kids’ attention span is such that I would have hated paying full price for such short visits. The water park is out of our price range. So those are four day trips we wouldn’t have had without the culture passes! Maybe your community has something similar.

*A “Roots” trip. If you live in the same state you grew up in, take your kids to see your old house, your old school, your old library, houses of any old friends the kids know or have heard stories about, etc. Then take them to the ice cream place your parents took you to!

*We hit a paved bike trail–him on roller blades, her on the scooter, me on foot. There happened to be a splash pad along the way, and we all got wet in our clothes because it was such a hot day!

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