How to spend a happy summer with children?
How to spend a happy summer with children, in fun and in nature?
We love the summer, let's love it, because it is the moment when we can feel free with our children , appreciate the sun, play in nature, discover the world without limits or timetables !
In all these outdoor activities , to be carried out in summer and on hot days, without fear of mosquitoes : protect ourselves well with Autan products, always bring fresh water, wear 100% cotton garments and a hat ... and let's enjoy the wonderful nature of this season.
Cycling: Ride with the whole family! Even take the toddlers with you. Ride together through the fields, woods. Ride slowly... talk with each other and have fun!
If your kids are less than 1.5 years, you could have a bike trailers or bike seat so kids can ride with you. Toddlers can use balance bikes which could be a very fun for them.
Prepare vegetable garden: It does not take much to start a small home vegetable garden. We can plant small tomato or zucchini plants in the garden or make a vegetable garden directly on the balcony . In this case we need medium-height pots and good soil, to plant tomatoes, lettuce, aromatic herbs.
It is important because children can make a commitment to life: to grow, to take care of, to wet their plants, to reap their fruits, to cook them.
Washing the car: which is not only a gesture of cleaning and is not just a way to play with water when it is hot, but it is above all the way to take care - all together - of something that belongs to the family.
It is important to make children understand that what we own is precious, and does not clean itself . Everyone can help keep the things of the family in order, each with its own strength.
Campaign in Backyard: it can be in the yard, or on a day at the park, or even in the living room. If we do not trust to sleep outdoors with the children, we pitch the tent a day along the river, or our favorite park, to live with our children an outdoor day, to adventure , getting the wood to turn on the fire, exploring the nature that surrounds us.
It is important because in this way children can spend time in close contact with nature , take off their shoes, make a connection with natural environments.
Making soap bubbles , playing with water, spending hours on the lawns playing without worries. Enjoy a beautiful summer evening, not too hot, to run around soap bubbles, blow them, catch them, feel truly free in nature .
It is important for the sense of freedom that this game can offer, and for the type of movement , consisting of racing, jumping, bending, stretching.
Skating: Teaching to go on the roller, overcoming fear, increasing one's self-esteem, finding one's center of gravity. With all the appropriate protections, let's measure ourselves on the skates for an afternoon, letting the children run alone, without our worries.
It is important to learn the sense of balance, and also to measure one's limitations and fears , not to be afraid of falling and starting over.
Organize a picnic, with seasonal fruit and vegetables, healthy foods prepared directly with children. And instead of bringing technological games, balloons or other toys, let's just bring books . Books with fables to read together, books that talk about nature and insects, leaves, goblins and fairies, woods.
It is important to find the serenity of nature, to live it fully, to discover its great beauty.
Watch the stars , spend an evening away from home, until late, and then give yourself a long night's sleep the next morning. For example during the Night of San Lorenzo, with a telescope : look for falling stars and observe planets and constellations.
It is important to talk to children of infinity, and eventually to talk about evolutionism and religion , making us the questions about life together: who we are, where do we come from, we are alone?
Be on barefoot , spend a day along the river or the lake, or by the sea, or even at the park to step on barefoot grass.
It is important to rediscover our relationship with natural elements , feel part of nature, feel a sense of freedom and well-being. Without being restricted by mosquitoes, burns or heat: we can be part of nature every day, and we can start now! Have lots of fun and enjoy in fullest. :)
