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Summer activities for you and your child to do together.


A family playing baseball
A girl and her grandfather playing on swing
  • Go to an outdoor play


  • Run through the sprinkler


  • Play kids games outside—hide and seek, kick the can, hopscotch, and tag


  • Offer to wash an elderly neighbor's car


  • Wash the car


  • Take in a free outdoor concert


  • Go strawberry, raspberry, or cherry picking


  • Draw on the sidewalk with chalk


  • Make popsicles
A family gardening
Two girls playing in a garden
A family camping near RV A mom and her child playing on a road

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Last updated on 7/17/08