If you're looking for fun things
to do with the kids this summer in Greenville, look no further; here are five things to put on your summer to-do list for kids (and budgets) of all sizes:
1. Complete the 2015 Summer
Reading All-Stars Program with the Greenville Library System. This free program
has different requirements based on age (adults are welcome to sign up, too!),
and although I feel the Taco Bell coupon isn’t the best prize for young
children, the medal and Greenville Drive ticket are a nice reward for something
we already do. Register at the branch you visit most, and don’t to forget to
finish your reading by August 1st, the last day to collect prizes!
2. Visit a dozen new parks with
LiveWell Greenville’s Park Hop. Now in its third year, the family-oriented scavenger
hunt is an exploration and discovery of the multitude of parks in Greenville
County. We checked off 18 out of the 19 different parks this year, revisiting
some old favorites and discovering a few new spots. The nicest surprise was
Georgia Street Park in Fountain Inn with its ¼ mile cycling “track,” allowing
bicycle newbies and tricycles the chance to drive around a small town complete
with fire station and general store. Park Hoppers are entered to win prizes in
addition to earning TCMU passes, Greenville Drive vouchers, t-shirts and swag
bags.
3. Check out the newest exhibit at
the Upcountry History Museum, Magic Tree House. Based on the children’s chapter
books of the same name by Mary Pope Osborne, the exhibit allows visitors to join
siblings Jack and Annie in their journey through American history via a magical,
time-traveling tree house. With a visit to Plymouth Bay for the first
Thanksgiving, a trip to a field hospital to help Clara Barton during the Civil
War and a visit to a one-room school house as pioneers, this might have been
our favorite Upcountry History Museum visit yet!
4. Get your fortune read at Hello from Japan! at the Children’s
Museum of the Upstate. The newest exhibit takes you on a journey across the
Pacific, and in addition to karaoke, a photo booth, a Japanese meal station,
building a bridge and crawling through a bamboo forest, the kids can have their
fortunes told. The exhibit runs through September.
5. Explore a creek ecosystem on a
ranger-led program in Paris Mountain State Park. On the Creek Ranger Hike on Friday morning families are
led on a nature hike to look for animals and learn about their habitats. The
kids really get involved when they’re handed nets and allowed to catch aquatic
insects and other creek inhabitants for an up close look under the park
microscope. For more information and to register visit the Paris Mountain State
Park website.
What
are your favorite summer spots this year?
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