Summer Fun for Preschoolers in Kansas City
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Discover some great places and activities in Kansas City where preschoolers will have a blast!
Transcript of Summer Fun for Preschoolers in Kansas City
Presented by
Jacquie Fisher
KC Edventures, LLC
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Our Mission:
To strengthen a child’s
passion for learning by encouraging kids
to be creative, curious and connected to the world around them.
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Experience New Places = New Words
Offer Creative Opportunities
Encourage Discussions
Read, Read, Read
Get Outside www.kcedventures.com
More computer time = less high achieving readers (Science Daily, 2010)
More books in the home predicts greater educational attainment for the kids (Univ. of Nevada, 2011)
Creativity scores in US kids (K – 6th) have been decreasing since 1990 (College of William & Mary, 2010)
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Baby Blues comic by Rick Kirkman & Jerry Scott
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qFamily dinner before mission trip/ice cream qOut for Ice CreamqVolunteer
projectqRead aloud in hammock qZoo qLemonade Stand qFun off the path places on way to Colorado qIntroduce old books – Edward Eager, Moffats, My
Father’s Dragon qPicnic at a park qSEA LIFE qShatto dairy q Taber to do
video work/web coding qMaddy to learn math is fun qMake your own frozen
treats qOutdoor games qFirefly night q 4th of July fireworks at JCCC qDinner
outside qDown day – no errands! qVisit Farmstead qKaleidoscope qAntique
shopping qSummer movies qHiking qDriving practice for Taber qMovie night
with family qBike to library qGo to a fun pool with slides q
Summer Fun List
View some Art Nelson Kemper Nerman (JCCC)
Take in some Music
Create Art of Your Own
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Take in a Play Coterie – “Once Upon a Mattress”
(based on the Princess & the Pea)
TYA – “Adventures of Pippi Longstocking”
Outdoor shows Theatre in the Park – “Sleeping Beauty/Jungle Book” &
“You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown”
Starlight – “Peter Pan” & “The Addams Family”
Leawood – “Fiddler on the Roof”
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Evening Under the Stars - Powell Observatory or UMKC Observatory Perseids Meteor Shower – August 13th
Crown Center : Dinos coming! Connect w/books & Dinosaur Train on PBS
Books:
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Burr Oak Woods Nature Center Passport to Adventure
Free Fishing Days: MO – 5/5 KS – 6/2 & 6/3
Native Animals @ Fleming Park
SEA LIFE Aquarium
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Watkins Woolen Mill Living History on Wknds
Missouri Town 1855 Explore old town & interact
Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop Family Fun Thursdays in
Summer
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Family Heritage
Share food, pictures, language, traditions
Share the Past
Toy & Miniature Museum
1950’s house @ Johnson County Museum
Visit an old soda fountain
Watch some Old Movies Think Old Disney, musicals, ones you missed at the
theater
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Upgrade the Chore/Job Chart
Teach some Life Skills
Plant, Explore, Cook = Eat
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Take an Ice Cream Tour
Celebrate a Fun Day
Nat’l Dairy Month – Shatto Dairy & Deanna Rose
6/4 - Nat’l Trails Day – make your own ‘GORP’
July is Blueberry Month – pick your own
8/10 - S’mores Day – create a new one
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Play the License Plate Game in KC
Start a Collection
Learn a New Game
Help Others
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Parent-Child Book Clubs Book-to-Movie
Summer reads
Books on tape
Let Them Lead
Match up interests
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