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Home > Preventing Child Abuse & Neglect > Supporting Families & Parents > Supporting Families > Calendar of Family Activities > August
View a printable version of August (PDF - 153 KB). Enjoy this last month of summer with your family. Try this month's ideas for activities for enjoying quality time together. Tuesday 1 Plan family activities in advance and note them on this calendar so other things won't interfere with these special times. Wednesday 2 Tell your child how you chose his or her special name when they were born. Thursday 3 Balance your schedules so you can all eat dinner together. Friday 4 Simple, unstructured activities–catching lightning bugs, watching a spider spin its web–let children discover nature. Saturday 5 This month, take your children to the library more often. Sunday 6 Friendship Day Help your children's friendships grow. Let them know their friends are always welcome in your home. Monday 7 Tip for new dads: Spend lots of time caring for and playing with your baby. The rewards are great! Tuesday 8 Visit a local farm where the whole family can pick favorite berries and fruit. Wednesday 9 Have fun together: Jump rope and learn a new skipping song. Thursday 10 If you can, take your children to visit your workplace. They'll be interested to see how you spend your day. Friday 11 Plan a special dinner featuring food from another country. Let your kids choose the country. Saturday 12 Children enjoy seeing artists work. Take them along when you visit an arts and crafts fair. Sunday 13 Once in a while, have a special family dinner by candlelight. Monday 14 Celebrate your family's history. Start a video or audiotape of your relatives' stories and memories. Tuesday 15 Read the newspaper with your children. They'll learn to stay informed about world events. Wednesday 16 Bake a cake together–it's fun, delicious and teaches simple measuring skills, too! Thursday 17 Next time you visit the library, look up the newspaper from your child's birthday. Children enjoy seeing what happened on the day they were born. Friday 18 Let children take turns inviting a special friend for dinner. Saturday 19 Family fun activity: Watch and then review a TV movie or video and have everyone give it one, two, three or four stars. Do you all agree? Sunday 20 Time to think about back-to-school. Decide on schoolnight bedtimes and start getting children tucked in a little earlier each night. Monday 21 All children love to color, paint and draw. Join them and share the fun! Tuesday 22 Make sure your child knows the time you spend with him or her is special for you, too. Wednesday 23 Ask your children to make a list of school supplies they'll need. Practice math skills using back-to-school ads to compare prices. Thursday 24 Check your local paper for festivals, outdoor concerts and other fun family events this weekend. Friday 25 Let the children “navigate” on your next family trip. Ask them to draw the route on the map, watch for road signs and estimate trip miles and time. Saturday 26 Women's Equality Day This day celebrates women's right to vote. Ask your children to guess how long it took women to earn this right. (72 years) Sunday 27 Get out the camera this weekend to take pictures of family summer fun! Monday 28 Children hot and bored? Take a break. Serve cool drinks and tell them happy memories from your childhood. Tuesday 29 A trip to the ice cream store after supper can be a special treat. Wednesday 30 Laugh it up today. Tell jokes, sing silly songs, poke fun at yourself. Laughter is good for your child–and for you. Thursday 31 Put together a scrapbook of photos, drawings and memories about what your family did this summer. |
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