3. Visit a national park. Many park ranger programs provide opportunities to interact with the animals that live in the area, as well as information about any endangered animals and how you can help with conservation efforts. While in the park, you can also enjoy a nature hike, have a picnic lunch and view the different species of plants in the region.<\/p>\n
4. Enjoy an arts and crafts day. Spending time doing an art project is a hands-on way to help introduce kids to new ideas and ways of learn\u00ading. Engage the entire family by creating crafts with different subjects of interest. This can help create conversations and opportunities to further explore what your children are interested in.<\/p>\n
5. Organize a game day. A play day can be just as fun as it is educational. Choose from a variety of games that can allow players to get extra creative. Options like Pictionary<\/a> or charades<\/a> tap into different types of creative skills, which can keep everyone engaged while they\u2019re learning to express themselves effectively in new ways.<\/p>\n Make your family\u2019s learning adventures more memorable by encouraging kids to capture their experiences on paper. The practice of communicating on paper can help lock in memories, plus it\u2019s a clever way for kids to practice practical skills in an engaging and productive way.<\/p>\n Adjust these ideas as needed to match the ability level of each child so the whole family can participate.<\/p>\n 1. Write about experiences in a journal or diary. For older kids, encourage them to use words to describe their adventures. Ask younger kids to draw a scene or image that captured their attention or excited them the most.<\/p>\n 2. Design a diorama about your family\u2019s adventures to display in your home to show extended family and friends. Make it a conversation piece by asking kids to think about an endangered species and depict its living environment. Available in standard, glitter, neon, metallic and pastel colors, tools like Zebra Doodler\u2019z<\/a>\u00ae allow little designers to explore the nearly endless possibilities for color coding, sketching, journaling and embellishing.<\/p>\n 3. Take photos to share with friends and family both online and in-person. Get creative with your photo-taking by encouraging kids to think about the story they\u2019ll tell through the images. It might be a series of selfies tackling exciting new activities or documenting a sibling\u2019s first experience at the petting zoo. Another way to capture photographic memories is a photo treasure hunt, where kids have a list of items to search for and photograph during each outing.<\/p>\n 4. Create a family calendar to plan your summer activities together. Anticipating upcoming adventures is part of the fun. Let kids help you keep track of what\u2019s coming up and build excitement with a personalized calendar. Make it a work of art by asking kids to draw icons or small images that depict upcoming activities with an option like Zebra\u2019s Sarasa\u00ae Fineliner Pens<\/a>, which are available in 12 vibrant colors.<\/p>\n 5. Share experiences on social media. Let friends and family in on the fun by sharing your photos, drawings, dioramas and other creations online. Seeing the positive interaction and praise-filled comments from loved ones can help reinforce the value of creative expression to impressionable young minds.<\/p>\n 6. Create scrapbooks to help remember family moments. Keep the pace of life from fading those precious memories by assembling scrapbooks to commemorate family adventures. Make the scrapbook a family affair with everyone contributing their own creations.<\/p>\nCapture Moments That Matter<\/h2>\n
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