Looking for Summer Fun 2011
Summer fun may be just around the corner from you. This link has a nice collection of activities and their websites for places. ClassTrips.com
Summer Time Traveling
Don’t leave home without checking Mass times!
Whether your traveling across states or across countries. Masstimes.org is the website you need to memorize. You will always know where to find a Mass and what time it is offered when your traveling.
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Masstimes.org is a website that covers all languages and locations of masses all over the world. Choose your destination location and your language preference. See where Masses are going on all over the world every day.
While on the road consider the following radio stations. You may be able to find them on satellite radio. The following links offer online Radio stations and include local Catholic radio stations.
EWTN Satellite Radio for US and Canada
Take some audio books along:
There are lots of link on this website to free audio files. However, if that’s not enough you should check with this website called Simply Audiobook you can browse over 11,000 titles to choose from. Browse Now! You can rent audio book with no time limit on returns.
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Recycling
Recycling – makingfriends.com
http://www.makingfriends.com/recycle.htm
Very good site for kids to go on when they’re bored. It has lots of fun craft ideas from things that can be recycled in your home. I it makes on think about ways of being a good steward to the environment before throwing something away – ask how I can recycle this.
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Free Fishing without a License 2009
To Kick off National and Boating Week the Several states are permitting families to fish without a license on June 6th, 7th, or 13th and a few other dates. Check with your local state for dates.
Fish Free without a License in Georgia on these days!
June 6, 2009
June 13, 2009
September 26, 2009
Several other states are having a Free Fishing weekend for families the same weekend. So check your state information to find out if your state is one of them.
Listen to Nature, Bird Calls Field Guides
Listen to the Sounds of Birds
Birds make the most wonderful sounds. Don’t we all wish we could identify them. Now with the help of this website you can. There are several different birds to view and listen to what they sound like.
Nature Field guide for Birds with pictures, details and sounds.
Enature Bird Calls audio only several different bird calls.
Bird Songs by Habitat Country, Forest, Cityscapes, and Wetlands.
Listen to the sounds this coo bur makes! 20 different Bird imitations including camera sounds and chain saw sounds. Amazing.
Things to do this Summer
Kids Bowl Free All across the nation bowling alleys are offering 2 free games per day to kids 15 years old and under. Check this link to see which bowling alleys in your state are offering this deal. Here’s how it works. They will begin to by emailing you tickets for the week every Sunday morning. There is also a side deal that goes along with this one. You can purchase a family pass for up to 4 people (babysitters, grandparents, aunts, uncle and more included) for $23.00. So your whole family can bowl together. There is only the normal charge for the shoe rental.
Regal Cinemas are offering free movies beginning at 10 AM on Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s during the summer. Click the here to check their website. Watch for the select a state drop down menu in the center towards the bottom of the screen, to view which theaters in your state are offing free family film festivals. Not all cinemas are showing the same movies but some of the movies on the marque are Kit Kitridge American Girl, Charlotte’s Web, Curious George, and Horton Hears a Who, just to mane a few.
Scrapbooking or Computer Scrapbooking:
Keep track of all the fun stuff you do this summer and create a Memory Scrapbook. You can also make a Computer Scrapbook by taking pictures of items that you collected on a trip or adventure that won’t last forever. Then post them in your scrapbook.
Here are a link to free clip art for your scrapbook pages to help you along. And, at scrapbook bytes they offer free tutorials for how to digitize you layouts.
I like working with Avery Products when I am doing an Arts and Crafts project. I can trust their products to work. You can 20% Off Avery® Clear Scrapbook Sticker Paper which helps when your looking for deals.
When out in the sun you see all kinds of wonderful things like butterflies and bugs. This inspired me to let my daughter to make my own magnets and I my own inspirational messages on magnets. You can get 20% Off Avery® Magnet Sheetseveryday too. I have purchased other magnet sheets however, I have not had as much luck with using non-Avery magnets sheets. My printer just doesn’t work with any other magnet sheet.
You can also Save on kid’s craft supplies at www.CreateForLess.com.
While your at it be sure to check out Art Supplies at MisterArt.com you can save 75%.
All over the country parks and recreational areas will have a daily arts and crafts area for kids. Some are free and some are a nominal fee. Check with your local parks and rec dept. or head over to your local park some morning about 9:30 AM and see what’s going on.Childrens's Arts & Crafts
Gardening
This summer why not turn your back yards in to Master Gardens. Gardening for Beginners is a fun site to stop at. Choose from annuals and perennials, learn what they are. Plant a vegetable garden; learn how to make and use compost and a whole lot more. Besides language translations, you can enter your location for hardiness zones.
Learn about Dogs
Chances are if your in the 2nd or 3rd grade level and your haven’t got pet yet – here is a nice website for not only finding a pet but learning about different breeds of dogs. When your on the site just click view all and find many different breeds of dogs. Once you find one your interested in click on learn more and you can find out the characteristics of the breed; such as, are they energetic, do they need much exercise, are they hard to groom, and what type of temperament they have. The website is Petfinder.com and while I only mentioned dogs they cover a wide selection of animals.
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Museums, History, Art, free Days and Homeschool Days
Find a Museum Close to You
Many of museums offer “free days” or “homeschool days”
Go to museums in the USA All types of museums to choose from. Art Museums, Science Museums and many more.
Visiting and Learning about Ancient Egypt, Greece and Italy is no farther than a click away.
Atlanta, Georgia has Michael C. Carlos Museum said to be one of the best Ancient Egypt Museums in the US. Admission is $7 per person. See Mummies Egyptian time periods. Items from Greek, Roman and Ancient American time periods as well.
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Exploring never got better than with the fascinating Michael Carlos online Ancient Greece Museum there is no explaining this one, it a fun way to read and learn all about Ancient times. Enter into a Flash multimedia presentation with lots of features and choices for teaching things such as architecture, living, geography, battles, God’s Goddess’, heroes, names, and Greek Democracy.
Art Institute of Chicago
View an entire multi-media guide to the Ancient World and choose from Ancient Egypt, Greece, and Italy when visiting the the Art Institute of Chicago. Cick the stories button (link) if that option is available that goes along with the images. The story runs a quicktime movie that explains the history surrounding the image. For example, here is a video telling about the Ancient Boats used in the time of Cleopatra in Egypt. Explaining how the boats sailed up and down the Nile River. These would make great history lessons for younger grades as an introduction to Ancient History.
Lesson Plans for the Ancient Studies are also available at the Art Institute of Chicago for teaching Math, Fine Arts, Language Arts, Science and Social Studies. These look like they would make great unit studies. Note: these lesson plans are main focus includes those in 4th and 5th grade.
Then go and learn about Ancient Egypt at the British Museum in the UK learn about hieroglyphics writings.
Vatican Online Museums
You don’t have to go any farther than the tip of your fingers to find loads of Ancient history. Here at the Vatican Online Museum you will find quality Christian history, art history and more.
St. Louis Art Museum
The St. Louis Art Museum is a spectacular Museum if you ever get the chance to go there. It’s free every day and on Friday’s their special exhibits are free too. They have beautiful Ancient Art and quite an extensive collection of religious and Chinese art. They also have educational programs some for free depending on the time and season.
Parthenon in the USA
One of the most awesome things I ever saw in the United States was a life size replica of the Greek PARTHENON – in NASHVILLE, TN!! It was unbelievable. I felt like I was in Greece. Inside there is a Colossal statue of Athena holding Nike It’s located in down town Nashville and at this time it cost $6.00 for adults and $3.50 for kids 4- 17, if your younger than that you get in free. they are open year round from about 9-4 except Sunday it’s 12:30 – 4:30. View the photo gallery
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