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5 Fun Educational Activities to Do With Your Kids This Summer

Are you looking for fun, outdoorsy activities to do with your kids this summer? From visiting a science museum to going on a ghost tour, there are tons of fun things to do that also provide an educational opportunity. Here are the best educational activities to do with your kids this spring or summer.

Visit a Science Museum or Museum of Natural History

A science museum is a great way for your children to learn about the history of our universe. Many also offer science projects and STEM activities for kids, which offer hands-on learning.

For example, The American Museum of Natural History in New York has exhibits of dinosaur fossils, a planetarium, indigenous art, macro photos of endangered or extinct insects, a blue whale model, and more!

Take a Kid-Friendly Ghost Tour

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Family-friendly ghost tours are available in over 170 US cities, including Savannah! Ghost tours are a great way to learn about a different side of a city’s history. They’re not scary but rather educational. Learn about a city’s hidden legends and the historical figures that made it their home (and perhaps still do).

Ghost tours are a fun and interactive way for your children to walk around and learn about historical buildings and interesting sights while hearing exciting, thrilling stories.

Explore a Historic Fort

Walking through any historic site brings history back to life, especially if the site offers real-life reenactments and costumed guides. I highly recommend Fort Ticonderoga in New York State, which spans 2,000 acres and offers battle reenactments, weapons demonstrations, hiking trails, scavenger hunts, and more. Your kids can lift a cannon and play artillery pinball!

Another historic fort worth visiting is Castillo de San Marcos in St. Augustine, Florida, the oldest masonry fort in the US. Costumed rangers in period dress walk around the fort and are available for pictures and to answer questions. There are also historic weapons demonstrations, and children can complete a program to become junior rangers.

Visit a Farm

Working farms allow kids to learn about beekeeping, butter-making, sheep-shearing, honey-making, and other farming practices. Your kids can also get hands-on experience with milking cows, collecting eggs, and working with animals. It’s also a great opportunity to learn about sustainable farming and how our food is made while connecting with nature.

Here’s a great article on the best farm tours in every state, from crawfish farms in Louisiana to horse farms in Kentucky.

Volunteer Together

Taking your kids to volunteer is a great way to teach civil responsibility, empathy, and gratitude while giving back to the community. There are many opportunities, including working at soup kitchens, packing food for the homeless, organizing books at a local library, helping at animal shelters, and cleaning up public parks.

Turn Your Backyard Into a Science Lab

If you can’t leave the house, you can always turn your backyard into a science lab! You can do many fun and easy science experiments with your kids.

You don’t even need a lot of ingredients. For example, you can teach your kids how a volcano erupts with just baking soda and vinegar. Or, you can use yeast and hydrogen peroxide to make elephant toothpaste. See here for 76 cool home science experiments for kids.

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