It’s almost halfway through summer vacation and kids are becoming a tad bored lounging in the house every day of the week. When we were children, summer meant playing outdoors with our neighbors. But now, the stifling heat makes that unhealthy and even downright dangerous. So, how do we keep our little ones entertained for the remaining half of the summer while at the same time keeping our sanity (which we are bound to lose from all that whining and complaining the entire day each day of the week)? Teaching your children the latest and greatest nursery rhyme that is currently doing the rounds on the kids’ corner of YouTube could be one thing to do, but what else could you get them doing? You could enrol the kids in summer workshops, non-academic classes, or enrichment classes. Or you could even take them somewhere like Fox in a Box Orange County. There are quite a number of summer activities across the metro. However, if budget constraints make this an impossibility, here are some fun summer indoor activities you can do at home:

You may find that looking into something like castle residential swing sets denver could be the answer to keeping your kids entertained throughout the summer. If you haven’t planned a trip away or any activities away from the house, you and the kids can have fun in your backyard! There are no rules as to where you can spend your summer.

1. Have your own arts & craft workshop. Set an area in the house, preferably one that you wouldn’t mind getting dirty, and bring out all art materials you can scavenge in the house. You can challenge the kids’ creativity by making use of scrap materials in your house (think boxes, gift wrappers, ribbons from gifts and whatever else you should have already thrown out a long long time ago) instead of buying new ones.
2. Teach the kids how to bake or cook. Provide everyone with his own handmade toque to create a professional cooking class ambiance. Choose recipes appropriate for the age of the children, something that they can actually cook on their own. For those with toddlers like me, I find that they enjoy mixing the batter for pancakes, making sandwiches, and putting pizza toppings. If you are not kitchen savvy like me, preparing wonderful desserts would be a good alternative.
3. Bring out the microphone and videoke for an impromptu voice lesson. Ok, so you may not exactly be an expert in the music field but you and your kids are bound to have lots of fun – and fits of laughter – singing together. Better yet, take out those musical instruments and produce your own tunes. For younger kids, toy instruments would be enough to give them hours of fun.
4. Have a pool party in your garden. Inflatable pools are now much more affordable and easy to set up. Having one at home can surely help beat the summer heat and can save you tons of gas money.
5. Conduct an in-house writing workshop, a poetry reading or a book talk. It may sound surprising, but a lot of kids actually do enjoy reading and writing stories. Tap your kids’ linguistic ability by choosing fun topics and stories they can relate with.

There are tons more activities you can actually do at home, such as playing computer games. Apparently, by visiting a website like Gamulator, people can actually access older video games on their computer. That could entertain the kids for a while. Maybe they might want to download this super metroid rom to give that game a go. Alternatively, they could try and find some other games. Hopefully, these ideas would be enough to help you have a more enjoyable and productive summer.

You can read about how I keep my toddlers entertained in this post.