"Do You Need to Teach Kindergarten?" -Karen M. Gibson
1. Plant a garden
2. Raise a pet
3. Create a family newsletter
4. Keep a scrapbook of pictures and other memorabilia
5. Attend the local community theatres
6. Purchase a membership at the local YMCA
7. Go hiking at a nearby National/State Park
8. Read poetry and fairy tales and fables and history and whatever else your child might be interested in
9. Do hands-on arts and crafts
10. Find a simple science experiment book at the library and try some of the experiments
11. Play an instrument
12. Take dance lessons or karate lessons or learn yoga
13. Buy some binoculars, put out some birdseed, and learn to identify birds
14. Visit museums - hands-on science, history, art, marine, planetariums, aviation, racing, naval, automobile, etc.
15. Plan a trip, using maps and other resources
16. Make a grocery list and then go shopping
17. Start giving an allowance
18. Open a bank account
19. Visit a farm
20. Build a deck/porch
21. Collect rocks
22. Identify all the trees in your neighborhood
23. Read a newspaper
24. Make a quilt
25. Buy a few shares of stock
26. Visit the ocean
27. Visit a dam
28. Hold a scavenger hunt
