Provide
children with old blankets, table clothes, sheets, or bedspreads and let them
use their imaginations.
*Drape
a blanket over a card table or picnic table for a simple tent for younger
children.
*Pin
one end of a blanket to the railing of a deck or porch. Pull out the opposite end and secure at
an angle with bricks or rocks.
This is a "cool" place for a game or nap from the summer sun.
Board
Games
Why
not play tic-tac-toe, checkers, Candy Land or other games outside under a tent
or a shady tree?
Nature
Rubbings
Let
children collect objects with different textures on the playground. Remove the paper from several
crayons. Place paper over the
objects and then rub gently with the side of the crayon.
