It’s been a long time since I posted my daily activities. I’ve been through a couple of ups and downs with work so I decided to just quit my job. After that me and my sister made a few activities for my kids and my niece. Kids nowadays are easily bored at home. Times have changed…Moms need to be a little bit creative and understanding for their kids…so, here are samples of cool and affordable summer activities for our kids 🙂
1. My Children have been Members of the McDonald’s kiddie crew since 2009. You can ask full details at any Mcdonald’s store near you. That is good for 5 days, 2 hours either in the morning or the afternoons.
It includes a McDo tshirt (for a limited stock only) a small bag, ID (you need to put in a 1×1 pic) and a mug. The Items I mentioned are for this year’s summer activities. I highly recommend the McDonald’s Santolan Pasig Branch. They’ve got drive-thru’s which the kids really like to be assigned to. And the People are really nice and friendly too.
2. Summer Classes – The Dunwoody School offers free summer reading classes for their enrollees this school year and it’s for free. Classes starts from 8am to 10:20am m-w-f. The summer class includes writing, reading and music. You can check out your children’s school for any activities or remedial classes they may offer…Make the most out of it 🙂
3. Involve kids to church activities. The local Parochial church here at Santolan Pasig have activies that kids can join in, like the Legion of Mary for example, and the since it’s the holy week, we also have the ‘kalampag’ where kids join in the procession of saints and they use a musical instrument made of wood to call out people and let them know that a procession is coming. The procession dates are Holy Wednesday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday; Or you can also check you Parochial Church for any activities they may have. You could also join your kids to the local church choir.
4. We have a cooperative in Pasig and they offer summer activities for kids, My daughter is joining the ‘Flores de Mayo’ . I’ll spare the details of the activities on my next blog.
5. Plan a swimming party at home. If you have a small space for a small inflatable pool this is a perfect inexpensive summer activities. Invite a couple of you neighbors kids and prepare orange juice or Iced Tea with sandwiches and you guys are good to go. Some of my neighbors don’t offer food anymore, cause water is quite expensive nowadays. Your kids will love it, no entrance fees, no transportation allowance, no exposure to summer diseases.

6. Visit relatives in the province. Summer is a great way to visit Lolo’s and Lola’s in the provinces. It let’s them be closer to their families roots and meet relatives. The cost of travel depends on how far the province is. But it serves as a special bonding moment too you know.
7. Let the kids play. If you think you have a safe neighborhood let them play with the neighbors kids. Let them run on the sidewalks but you have to keep an eye on them of course, you can do this in the afternoons at 3pm until 5:30pm, have lots of water and a hand towel. It is a great time to turn off your appliances at home serves as a great time to save electricity too.
8. Let them clean their ‘kalat’. Summer vacation is a great time to learn household chores. Let them sweep the floors, prepare the table and clean their beds 😉 give assigned tasks every now and then.
There are several different ways of letting your kids spend their summer vacation without spending too much. Instead of spending a lot of money, you can save it for school’s enrollment…you can check out other websites for other cool summer activities for kids 🙂