{"id":2899,"date":"2015-07-09T07:00:58","date_gmt":"2015-07-09T06:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/?p=2899"},"modified":"2018-05-17T09:06:33","modified_gmt":"2018-05-17T08:06:33","slug":"frugal-summer-learning-activities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/frugal-summer-learning-activities\/","title":{"rendered":"Frugal Summer Learning Activities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Beat the summer brain slump with these fun and frugal summer learning activities and join in with this weeks Family Frugal Linky.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/frugal-summer-learning-activities.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2900\" src=\"https:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/frugal-summer-learning-activities.jpg\" alt=\"frugal summer learning activities\" width=\"600\" height=\"857\" srcset=\"https:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/frugal-summer-learning-activities.jpg 600w, https:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/frugal-summer-learning-activities-210x300.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We are enjoying the first full week of our school summer holidays and after last week\u2019s heat wave, we are now enjoying wind and rain. Thank goodness the kids enjoy doing arts and crafts! We have been busy making a<a href=\"https:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/2015\/07\/the-wheels-on-the-bus-bubblewrap-craft.html\"> bus bubblewrap craft<\/a> to accompany the nursery rhyme \u201cThe Wheels on the Bus\u201d and we have been using up our<a href=\"https:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/2015\/06\/scrap-art-minions.html\"> fabric scraps on some Minions collages<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As well as doing lots of arts and crafts this week with the kids, I have also been building in a bit of learning to our more relaxed daily routines. I have come up with a set of simple <a href=\"https:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/2015\/07\/summer-break-learning-prompts-free-printable.html\">summer learning prompts<\/a> to help us beat the summer brain slump. We have also been working on a money activity for Peakle\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/peaklepie.com\/cool-maths-for-cool-kids\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cool Maths for Kids series<\/a>, which will be up on the blog on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>We also had our very first co-authored kids activities book launch this week, which has been super exciting and it is already a bestseller over on Amazon! To find out more \u00a0about Learn with Play: 150+ Activities for Year-round Fun &amp; Learning and purchase the eBook at the introductory price of only $9.95 (normal price $14.95) then<a href=\"https:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/2015\/07\/learn-with-play-kids-activities-book.html\"> please click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last week\u2019s Family Frugal Linky was bursting with ideas for summer learning fun and here are my favourites:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Practice making your name outdoors with natural materials <a href=\"http:\/\/lettersinthesand.com\/name-practice-using-nature\/\" target=\"_blank\">from Letters in the Sand<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Have fun on out on your driveway with this Rhyme and Match Game <a href=\"http:\/\/dabblingmomma.blogspot.ie\/2015\/06\/driveway-rhyme-and-match-game.html\" target=\"_blank\">from Dabbling Momma<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Make fireworks in a Jar with a cool (and hot!) twist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetsmarty.com\/2015\/06\/hot-cold-liquid-fireworks.html\" target=\"_blank\">from Planet Smarty Pants<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Have fun with bottletops in these maths activities <a href=\"http:\/\/mosswoodconnections.com\/activities\/new-math-activities\/math-caps-math-facts-game\/\" target=\"_blank\">from Mosswood Connections<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Don&#8217;t forget to grab our badge if you have been featured.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 5px;\" align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Crafty Kids at Home\" src=\"https:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/i-ve-been-featured.jpg\" alt=\"Crafty Kids at Home\" \/><\/div>\n<pre style=\"background: #f0f0f0; border: solid 1px #cccccc; color: #777777; font-size: 90%; height: 50px; margin: auto; text-align: left; padding: 10px; display: block; overflow: auto; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 90%;\">&lt;div align=\"center\"&gt;&lt;a href=\"https:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Crafty Kids at Home\"&gt;&lt;img src=\"https:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/i-ve-been-featured.jpg\" alt=\"Crafty Kids at Home\" style=\"border:none;\" \/&gt;&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/div&gt;<\/pre>\n<p>Have you done anything frugal this week? Get ready to link up your activities, crafts, recipes and tips below:<\/p>\n<p>Our brilliant co-hosts on this linky are &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/wittyhoots.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Witty Hoots<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/peaklepie.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Peakle Pie<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sunnydayfamily.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sunny Day Family<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/nemcsokfarms.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nemcsok Farm<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ourdailycraft.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Our Daily Craft<\/a>\u00a0Why not pop over and see what they have been upto this week!<\/p>\n<p><em>Thanks for sharing your frugal blog posts with all of us! By linking up you give my co-hosts and me permission to use a picture from your post to feature as an image or as part of a collage on our sites or through social media sites such as Twitter or Facebook. 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