If you are looking for something to keep the kids occupied for part of the summer holidays why not sign up for the Reading Challenge at your local library. This year it is Circus Stars http://www.circus-stars.org.uk/. On signing up the children are given a 3D stage and a card (so the library can see how far through the scheme the child is). The kids then, through out the summer holidays, have to read 6 books. Once they have read the books they will recieve a medal and a certificate as well as getting stickers to put onto the 3D stage.
This is the third year my girls have done it. If they are not old enough to read themselves then simply sharing the book qualifies too.
Well its the second week of the summer holidays and we are just back from a lovely week away camping in Devon. Although sleeping in a tent isn't my idea of comfort (and I do LIKE my comfort) the kids and the hubby love it.
On the way over we stopped at Stonehenge. Considering my eldest is 6 and the youngest 3 they loved it! We got 2 audio commentaries with the intention of my husband and I listening to them and relaying the information of interest to our daughters. Needless to say neither of us heard much as the kids took them from us and listened. I am stunned at the amount of information my eldest took in. She has been writing up her scrapbook today and she has written a whole essay using the information she remembered from the audio commentary. The Structure is amazing and it is defiantly something you must see in your lifetime!
We had never been to Devon before and it was nice to see that part of the country. However, we love Scotland and both my husband and I were a little underwhelmed with what the South-West had to offer. Everywhere we went was very busy (I know it's the summer holidays). I wanted to take the girls rock pooling and, after searching on the Internet, we found a recommendation for an excellent rock pooling beach just a few miles from where we were staying, with the added bonus of it being a fossil beach were 'Fossils could be easily found on the shore line'. When we got there we found the rock pools were full of seaweed and even after an hours searching no fossils were found, but the eldest was happy with swimming in the sea and the youngest decided she was going to dig her way to Australia!
I would also recommend a trip over Dartmoor, but be careful of the ponies. We saw some ponies up by a parking place and we stopped to take some pictures and have a bite to eat. A male pony that was about 400 yards from the car galloped over looking for food. The kids thought it very amusing, but the couple having a picnic on the hill beside the parking place did not. He trampled all over their rug and almost trampled the couple too! There are some beautiful little streams which are lovely to stop by and have a paddle (or to fall in and get soaked from head to toe as our eldest did).
Hopefully I can come up with some things to help pass the holidays away, but sofar the weather is looking good and the kids can get outside and burn off the energy.
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