Need ideas for what to do with kids today

[Anonymous]

We don’t have a pool membership and we live in Arlington. Help!

[Anonymous]

Go to a public pool. You know not everyone has pool memberships right?

[Anonymous]

We are just bumming around at home. Reading/crafting/chores/family games/Netflix tonight while eating dinner.

[Anonymous]

How old are the kids, public pool is an option, or sprinkler and water play in the yard, go somewhere indoors or go to Michaels and get some fun stuff to do then do it at home. Watch a movie with popcorn later.

[Anonymous]

Chores?

[Anonymous]

Ellsworth fountain in Silver Spring
Splash park in DC near Chevy Chase (err.. Longfellow Street? I forgot)
Universoul Circus: https://www.universoulcircus.com/dc
Play space, like there's Scrambles in Alexandria for example

[Anonymous]

Encore Stage is performing Disney's Newsies at Kenmore Middle School. Perfect for kids and air conditioned!

[Anonymous]

Chessie’s Big Backyard has a fantastic sprinkler park for free. It is located in Franconia. Wear water shoes or flip flops. Also has a small outdoor playground and shaded forest path. Bring your own food and drinks as nothing available except ice cream bar cart.

[Anonymous]

One of the Arlington spray grounds?

[Anonymous]

Here you go OP-
The St James in Alexandria has a promotion through certifikid for their water park and play space. We also live in Arlington and on the weekend it is a fast drive. 15 min or so.

https://www.certifikid.com/deal/38582/new-super-awesome-and-amazing_-indoor-waterpark-ni

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are just bumming around at home. Reading/crafting/chores/family games/Netflix tonight while eating dinner.

This. The constant need to have a planned (fun!) activity doesn’t set kids up well at all. Raising kids who constantly need to be entertained because they were conditioned that way is detrimental to them. It creates an issue in school as well because kids expect every single lesson to entertain them. Kids don’t know how to keep themselves occupied because there’s always something planned for them. It’s ok to stay home and do “nothing”. Especially on the hottest day of the year. Who wants to be outside doing anything today, anyway?

[Anonymous]

We're going bowling and then to see the Lion King.

[Anonymous]

Pool! And then movie at home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are just bumming around at home. Reading/crafting/chores/family games/Netflix tonight while eating dinner.

This. The constant need to have a planned (fun!) activity doesn’t set kids up well at all. Raising kids who constantly need to be entertained because they were conditioned that way is detrimental to them. It creates an issue in school as well because kids expect every single lesson to entertain them. Kids don’t know how to keep themselves occupied because there’s always something planned for them. It’s ok to stay home and do “nothing”. Especially on the hottest day of the year. Who wants to be outside doing anything today, anyway?

+1.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are just bumming around at home. Reading/crafting/chores/family games/Netflix tonight while eating dinner.

This. The constant need to have a planned (fun!) activity doesn’t set kids up well at all. Raising kids who constantly need to be entertained because they were conditioned that way is detrimental to them. It creates an issue in school as well because kids expect every single lesson to entertain them. Kids don’t know how to keep themselves occupied because there’s always something planned for them. It’s ok to stay home and do “nothing”. Especially on the hottest day of the year. Who wants to be outside doing anything today, anyway?

from 7am until 830pm? I for one like to get out of the house even if its only for a couple of hours to break up the day a bit.