Autumn holidays last only a week, and that's far from best week per year. It’s slushy outside, my mood is so-so, I want to sleep until lunch, bury myself in the TV and watch cartoons.

But best vacation- change of activity, so don’t waste time and take the holidays into your own hands.

A few rules for a good holiday:

  • In the first two or three days, which fall on the weekend, allow your child to be lazy and do nothing at all. Sleep, eat, get stuck on your tablet, take a walk to the nearest cinema - that’s welcome. Autumn holidays are needed for a break. A few days of seal rest will be just right.
  • Then you need to do your homework in order to forget about them, like a bad dream, until the end of the week and not remember every evening that the homework is not done, but time is passing.
  • And only then get serious about having fun.

Where to go on vacation

Don't sit at home. If you can’t get away for a week and go to Russia, spend more time outdoors. When you get tired of collecting leaves and acorns for crafts, come up with something more exciting.

Museums, exhibition centers and theaters are preparing special programs for autumn vacation. In just 10 minutes spent looking at posters, you will create a program for your entire vacation.

Allow your child to choose which events he wants to attend, so as not to drag him out of the house against his wishes.

2. Travel to another city

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A good way to spend your holidays when... hometown everything has already been examined. The main thing is not to choose an excursion to travel agency, but go on your own.

Choose one of the nearby cities, find the attractions you want to visit, book a hotel for a couple of days and go.

Explain to your child how to use city maps, how to navigate unfamiliar streets, how to politely ask for directions and find out where the bus is going. These are even more interesting to study than new museums and exhibitions.

At the same time, you will show your children how to plan a trip, where and how to buy tickets, and what services to use to find a hotel. This will be useful for high school students, especially if they are going to study in another city.

3. Find the deepest puddle in the park

There is no use fighting bad weather, so use it. Fun for younger students: take rubber boots, a stick, a marker and a ruler. Apply markings to the stick and go measure the depth of the surrounding puddles. Write down the results in a special notebook. In this case, each puddle must be sketched.

If you take measurements every day for a week, you will get a finished project that will be useful at school. This will help you look at the slush from a different angle and spur interest in research.

4. Lay out a leaf maze


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On a walk in the park, take advantage of what nature has provided and create a labyrinth out of leaves. You'll do a great job at first to make an interesting path. Then the children will have a great time playing with it.

5. Ride a horse

We're not talking about a five-minute ride in the park, but about a full-fledged lesson in an equestrian club. Horseback riding is an active sport that will keep you warm in any weather. And getting to know the horses will lift your spirits: the horses are warm, huge, each with a unique character.

6. Take part in a charity event

With older students, volunteer: help organize a charity event, spend a day at an animal shelter, plant a tree, or help clean up the playground. Socially useful work ennobles and provides a lot of interesting experience.

What to do at home

When the rain and wind keep you outside, find activities to keep you warm and cozy. Some people like quiet activities, while others don’t want to sit at the table and assemble yet another craft from leaves and pine cones. For such people there are more interesting entertainments.

7. Organize a board game championship


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Get a new one every night board game to keep the whole family busy. Record the results in a table so that at the end of the holidays you can summarize the results and distribute prizes.

Aerobatics is to come up with your own board game, draw cards and write down the rules.

8. Start doing exercises

During the autumn holidays, you shouldn’t go too far out of your routine. After the first days of unbridled rest, you need to return to the working rhythm so as not to go to school completely overwhelmed.

But try waking up your child early during the holidays. It's time to introduce a family routine with some fun music into the daily routine.

9. Have a pajama party

At school, children communicate a lot with classmates, so during the holidays there may not be enough of a team, especially towards the end of the week. Invite your child to invite friends to a pajama party with watching cartoons (or movies, depending on the age of the child), funny and not entirely healthy snacks, and horror stories.

10. Get a pet


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If you wanted, then autumn holidays is the time. The child will have a lot of free time, which he will spend on a new friend, and the animal will be able to adapt to your home within a week.

During the holidays, the child will learn the basic rules of caring for an animal and will be able to integrate communication with it into his schedule.

11. Have a dress-up marathon

This requires a little more imagination than other activities, but the end result is more fun.

Think about what each new day will be dedicated to. For example, Monday - the sea, Tuesday - the sky, and so on. On Monday, put on vests or something striped, assign roles (who is the captain, who is the boatswain) and until the end of the day, communicate as if you were on sailing ship. During the day, have time to scrub the deck, load supplies into the hold (that is, go to the store and fill the refrigerator). At the same time, tell your child everything related to “sea” matters: why watches are needed, why a compass is needed, how to navigate by the stars, and so on.

This marathon can be combined with any other entertainment. Choose exhibitions, cartoons and games on a given topic.

Make costumes from scrap materials. Dressing up helps you quickly immerse yourself in the topic. Don't forget to take photos in your outfits.

12. Prepare new sweets every day

Cookies, pies and everything that will help you get more warmth and energy on autumn evenings. At the same time, teach your child to cook.

13. Make a feeder


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It will soon become very cold, but you will have time to make a bird feeder from anything: wood, a tin can or a plastic bottle. Perhaps it will be useful not only for birds.

Summer holidays are the perfect time to explore different interesting things that you did not have time to do during the school year. Whether you have to stay home or can go out, consider redecorating your room, selling unwanted items, or throwing a sleepover. Enjoy the summer weather, go swimming and go cycling in the evenings. You can also do something useful, such as find a part-time job or go to the college you plan to attend.

Steps

Find at-home activities

    • You can bake something, such as muffins, brownies, or homemade bread.
    • Try a new recipe and delight your family with a new dish to serve for dinner one night.

  1. Learn a new sport. Maybe you've always wanted to try a sport like rugby, skeet throwing or croquet, but you've never had the time. Start practicing your skills on your own or gather a group of friends to practice together and master the sport faster.

    • Find out if there is a club or camp in your area that can help you learn to play football, basketball or bowling.

  2. Grow a garden with delicious fruits and vegetables. There are many plants that bloom and bear fruit in the summer, such as various berries, peaches, corn and green peas. Choose a plant you'd like to grow, plant seeds or buy a seedling so you can watch it grow throughout the summer.

    • You can start the seed or plant in your own garden, or you can grow it indoors in a pot - it depends on the type of fruit or vegetable you hope to grow.

  3. Go outdoors with friends or family. Invite your friends and family to go hiking or go on a nature trip. You can sit in the forest, in the park, on the beach or even at your own dacha. Bring a tent, enough sleeping bags, and enough food to provide for everyone while you're out in the wild.

    • If you decide to camp in public place, make sure you don't need special permission to do this.
    • Check the weather in advance to make sure it won't rain during your hike.
    • You can grab bread and sausages to grill over the fire, a Frisbee to throw with friends, and cards to play in the tent.
    • If it's a hot day outside, find a shady picnic spot under a tree and bring more water or other drinks.

Attend social events

  1. On a very hot day you can go to the museum. Search online for a museum in your area or city that interests you, whether Art Museum, science museum or history museum. You can go there alone to explore the museum on your own, or invite friends.

    • Find out if the museum has special days when admission is free.

  2. Go to the library to look for interesting books. If you want to spend some time reading but don't have any new books, head to your local library and see what they have. You might want to read an interesting book from your summer list, or find a book on a topic you'd like to learn more about.

    • The library also offers films, CDs and audio books.
    • If you don't already have a library card, ask a librarian to help you get one.

  3. Invite your friends to the ice cream shop for a refreshing drink. On a hot day, enjoying ice cream or cold yogurt is a great way to cool down. Invite a friend to meet you at your local ice cream shop or invite your family to come with you.

  4. Get a group of friends together to go to a concert. Plan to see one of your favorite artists in concert or, if possible, attend a free concert in your area. Summer is a popular season for concerts, so there are many opportunities open to you once you start looking for something.

    • Go online to find out when different acts are coming to your city.

  5. Play games with friends, such as bowling or laser tag. Ask friends or family members to take you to the bowling alley or laser tag arena to play together. This will be especially interesting if a lot of people gather.

    • Enjoy a snack before or after playing with friends or family.

Be productive

  1. Try to get a summer job to improve your resume. There are plenty of summer jobs you can try to get, even if you don't have much work experience. Consider jobs as a promoter, nanny, dog walker, or city landscaping worker to earn a little extra money during the summer.

    • If you live within walking distance of small stores or fast food restaurants, find out if they hire temporary workers for the summer.
    • You can also try to get an internship if you want to gain more experience related to a specific profession.

School and lessons are left behind - a long-awaited break has arrived in the endless series of school days and homework. Children often think in advance about what to do during the holidays. Perhaps someone is planning walks with friends or tourist trips abroad. But parents are also interested in this question: how to organize a vacation for their child so that they are happy, but they are also calm?

Spring break

The shortest holidays are spring holidays, but even schoolchildren look forward to them. Therefore, parents should be puzzled by how to organize an interesting and educational vacation for their child.

So what to do on spring break? There are not many solutions to this issue. The best option would be a spring camp, where specialists will organize the children’s recreation. But if for some reason this is impossible, then there are other ways to entertain the student.

Today, a lot of events are being organized aimed at cultural development and children's leisure. There are many options for spending time that will be interesting and exciting not only for a child, but also for an adult.

An example of what to do during the holidays would be going to a movie with your child. Here you can meet friends and have a good time with your family. Your child will be delighted with the red and green glasses and a large bucket of popcorn. But we must remember that the cinema is another dimension, filled to the brim with a variety of vivid emotions, which, although short-lived, greatly affects children’s hearing and vision. Therefore, in order for the child to leave there with the most positive mood, you should choose a film of the appropriate age group.

What can you do on vacation? For example, visiting museums and exhibitions would be a good activity. The exhibitions presented there will be of interest to the child. He will certainly be delighted with the halls dedicated to paleontology, zoology, botany, where the evolution of an animal or flora. And undoubtedly, the schoolchild will be captivated by the planetarium, because almost everyone dreams of visiting endless spaces space.

An excursion to the hangar will be unforgettable and educational, where children will be able to look at airplanes and helicopters up close. There they will be able to sit in the cockpit at the helm and take a photo as a souvenir. The guides will tell you and show you what is hidden under the skin of the plane, how it works, and so on.

Travel!

Fun travels and vivid impressions are what children undoubtedly enjoy. Go on a trip with the whole family by choosing exotic country. The warm ocean and sand will evoke a lot of positive emotions, and the southern sun will help your body replenish vitamin D.

What to do on school holidays with baby? Spring months - best time to take a tour of European countries. Travel to France, the Czech Republic and Germany. What could be more exciting than meeting medieval castles, the walls of which have their own unique story? Connoisseurs visual arts will appreciate a trip to sunny Portugal, Italy or Spain.

Hooray! Summer holidays!

Summer is the longest vacation that every schoolchild looks forward to. They last three months, and therefore, so that the child does not get bored, you need to think in advance about how to organize his leisure time.

Therefore, the question arises about the holidays. There are many ways to diversify your child's holiday. A good option- trips to summer camps on the seashore or in a forest area, where specialists will take care of children’s leisure time, having thought through and organized an entertainment program.

There are also day camps at schools and hobby clubs. They give parents confidence that their children will spend most of the day under the supervision of specialists. And the schoolchildren themselves will not have to be bored, but take part in various events, competitions and sports competitions.

Children will not be bored in such camps. They will take part in specialized shifts, which will allow them to find friends with similar interests and choose a future profession. Here they organize the work of young talents - ecologists, archaeologists, local historians, historians, mathematicians, athletes and others.

Sports and walks with friends

Summer holidays are a great time to spend it in the company of friends. Together, children can have a picnic somewhere in nature (in a park, square or garden) and play war, starting shootouts in hot weather. You can go on a hike to the river, combining it with fishing, or into the forest.

The summer months are the best time to play sports. Such activities have a beneficial effect on health and figure. Moreover, there is plenty to choose from: play football or basketball with friends, go to the pool, do aerobics, athletics, gymnastics, parkour and much more. Cycling is an equally useful and exciting activity.

Activities for home

But summer doesn’t always bring pleasant days, so you need to think about what to do during the holidays at home in bad weather. This is the best time to read interesting books, which will help a teenager broaden his horizons.

Those who like to sit at the computer should try to create their own website or blog, or start mastering graphics programs and applications. Don't forget about hobbies. For example, photography or drawing not only helps develop creativity, but can also generate income in the future.

Also summer holidays- it’s time for new discoveries: why not teach your child to play the guitar, sing in a foreign language, roller skating or skateboarding. You can do something with your own hands. For example, weave a bracelet or 3D figures from rubber bands, write a collection of your own poems, about yourself, your family or from your favorite films, etc.

What else to do during the summer holidays? You can make up cultural program, planning various events, for example, visits to museums and exhibitions, trips to the cinema and concerts, trips to the reconstruction site historical event and other.

If a child loves animals, then it will be interesting and informative for him to study the habits of a pet, care for it and train it.

Don't forget that summer is a wonderful time when your children can spend a lot of time together, having fun activities or sitting around the table at home.

What should a teenage girl do during the holidays? Since they have a lot of free time to take care of themselves, they can practice the correct use of cosmetics, masks, braiding, creating hairstyles and performing a beautiful manicure.

Perhaps the student has already decided what he wants to become in the future, so the holidays are an excellent time to acquire new knowledge and skills. Or this is a chance to decide what he will do in the future, if the choice of profession has not yet been made.

Job

What to do on vacation? Summer holidays are a good opportunity to find a temporary part-time job for a teenager. As a result of such an activity, the child will learn the value of money, he will become responsible, and also learn to be organized. For example, a schoolchild can get a job as a courier, a mass entertainer, or a distributor of leaflets and brochures.

Conclusion

Now you understand what to do during the holidays as a teenager. Try to pay as much attention to your children as possible so that the holidays are interesting, educational, and exciting. The main thing is that the child remembers his vacation for many years. We hope that our advice helped you make the right decision.