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Jacquie Fisher

KC Edventures, LLC

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Our Mission:

To strengthen a child’s

passion for learning by encouraging kids

to be creative, curious and connected to the world around them.

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Experience New Places = New Words

Offer Creative Opportunities

Encourage Discussions

Read, Read, Read

Get Outside www.kcedventures.com

More computer time = less high achieving readers (Science Daily, 2010)

More books in the home predicts greater educational attainment for the kids (Univ. of Nevada, 2011)

Creativity scores in US kids (K – 6th) have been decreasing since 1990 (College of William & Mary, 2010)

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Baby Blues comic by Rick Kirkman & Jerry Scott

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qFamily dinner before mission trip/ice cream qOut for Ice CreamqVolunteer

projectqRead aloud in hammock qZoo qLemonade Stand qFun off the path places on way to Colorado qIntroduce old books – Edward Eager, Moffats, My

Father’s Dragon qPicnic at a park qSEA LIFE qShatto dairy q Taber to do

video work/web coding qMaddy to learn math is fun qMake your own frozen

treats qOutdoor games qFirefly night q 4th of July fireworks at JCCC qDinner

outside qDown day – no errands! qVisit Farmstead qKaleidoscope qAntique

shopping qSummer movies qHiking qDriving practice for Taber qMovie night

with family qBike to library qGo to a fun pool with slides q

Summer Fun List

View some Art Nelson

Kemper

Nerman (JCCC)

Take in some Music

Create Art

Dancer for a Day www.kcedventures.com

Take in a Play Coterie – “Once Upon a Mattress”

(based on the Princess & the Pea)

TYA – “Adventures of Pippi Longstocking”

Outdoor shows Theatre in the Park – “Sleeping Beauty/Jungle Book” &

“You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown”

Starlight – “Peter Pan” & “The Addams Family”

Leawood – “Fiddler on the Roof”

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Evening Under the Stars - Powell Observatory or UMKC Observatory Get Outdoors: Evening under the Stars

Crown Center : Dinos coming! Connect w/books & Dinosaur Train on PBS

Books:

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Burr Oak Woods Nature Center Passport to Adventure

Free Fishing Days: KS – 6/2 & 6/3 Bass Pro Family Camp

Native Animals @ Fleming Park

SEA LIFE Aquarium

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Missouri Town 1855 Explore old town &

interact

Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop Family Fun Thursdays in

Summer

Lanesfield School

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Family Heritage

Share food, pictures, language, traditions

Share the Past

Toy & Miniature Museum

Visit an old soda fountain

Watch some Old Movies Think Old Disney, musicals, ones you missed at the

theater

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Upgrade the Chore/Job Chart

Teach some Life Skills

Plant, Explore, Cook = Eat

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Take an Ice Cream Tour

Celebrate a Fun Day

Nat’l Dairy Month – Shatto Dairy & Deanna Rose

6/4 - Nat’l Trails Day – make your own ‘GORP’

July is Blueberry Month – pick your own

8/10 - S’mores Day – create a new one

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Play the License Plate Game in KC

Start a Collection

Learn a New Game

Help Others

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Parent-Child Book Clubs Book-to-Movie

Summer reads

Books on tape

Let Them Lead

Match up interests

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