Useful Things for Summertime Kid's Fun and Learning

Don't know where I found this, but the author is shown below. I just wanted to pass on the info for moms of bored kids that are now home from school.
101+ Fun Family History Activities for Kids
Activities suitable or easily adapted for younger children.

1. Obtain a family group record and fill it out to best of your knowledge. Ask your parents to help you fill in the rest.

2. Obtain a pedigree chart and fill it out to the best of your knowledge. Ask your parents and grandparents to help you fill it out further.

3. In the 1941 Caldecott Award winning picture book, "They Were Strong and Good", author/illustrator Robert Lawson honors his ancestors through words and drawings. Obtain a copy of the book and read it. Tell what you know about your parents and grandparent’s lives in words and drawings.

4. Have one of your grandparents teach you how to prepare a favorite food from their childhood.

5. Learn about a popular game or sport that your parents or grandparents played when they were young. If possible, get some friends together and play the game.

6. Begin a diary or journal. Write in it at least once a week. Young children can draw pictures.

7. Look at photograph albums with an older relative. Have them identify the people in the photos. If the identities are not marked on the photos, carefully write the name on the back with a soft lead pencil or archival quality pen.

8. Keep a scrapbook of report cards, awards, letters, and honors you have received.

9. Write about your favorite holiday memories in your journal.

10. Make a list of your favorite holiday foods. Gather the recipes for them and write the recipes in your journal or include them in your scrapbook.