kansas city summer fun with teens
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Have a great summer with your tweens & teens as you explore new places and enjoy some fun activities around Kansas City!TRANSCRIPT
We’ve
Entered
a
New
Phase
of
Parenting
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Set some expectations –
family time should not be optional!
Get some input from everyone
Quality over Quantity &
Connecting over Cost
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Discover New Places
Learn a Skill or two
Time to Connect
Pass down Values
Get Outside
Browse a Museum Nelson Kemper Nerman (JCCC)
Take in a Play Shakespeare Festival “As You Like It” Theatre in the Park “Damn Yankees” & “Hairspray” Leawood “The Sound of Music” Starlight: “Flashdance”, “Footloose” & “Catch Me if you Can”
Outdoor Music Crown Center concerts KC Symphony City Concert series – Olathe, OP, Leawood
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Evening Under the Stars –
Powell Observatory (Louisburg)
UMKC Observatory
“Voyage” – a KC Solar System Walk
Perseids Meteor Shower
August 11th & 12th
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Royals Stadium ($15/$27/$50)
Chiefs Stadium ($12/$35)
KC Raceway (cost)
Harley Davidson (free)
Roasterie (free)
T-Rex Café (free)
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WWI Museum & Liberty Memorial
Harry Truman Library
Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop (4/20:Hands-on Driving)
KC Ren Fest (August)
KC Garmet District Museum (Fri. only)
Watkins Woolen Mill & Missouri Town 1855
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Fleming Park - Feed the Bison
Canoe/Kayak class at Johnson
County Parks & Rec
Cedar Cove in Louisburg
KC Zoo (can still be cool!)
Spleunking (Caves near Lake of Ozarks)
SeaLife Aquarium
Geo-caching: www.opencaching.comwww.kcedventures.com
Leawood - Rock Wall/Giant Swing days
Cosmic Jump – Indoor Trampolines
Color Run – June 1st & 2nd
Go Camping – have the kids cook
If you dare: Go-Karts, Paintball & Archerywww.kcedventures.com
Challenge them: Free Rice, Words with Friends
What are they watching/reading?
Ask them for help!
Take a class together (online or in-person)Open Culture
(www.openculture.com/freeonlinecourses)
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Backyard Games: Bocce, Badminton, Jarts, Croquet, Frisbee
Tents in the backyard
Make a favorite food from scratch
Outdoor movies
Breakfast on the deck
Glow-in-the-dark bowling
Gardening
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Family Heritage
Share food, pictures, language, traditions
Pull together a scrapbook
Share the Past
Visit an old soda fountain
Watch some Old Movies or Family movies
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Take time for Personal Care
The Basics: Can they make a sandwich?
Safety, Driving, Cooking/Grilling, Tools, etc.
Spend a day on campus
Test prep, resumes and job applicationswww.kcedventures.com
Money
Money Museum @ Federal Reserve Trading floor at KC Board of Trade
Get Them Some Experience
Visit a Bank & Open an account
Fun Reads: Lawn Boy, My Life in Pink & Green, Big Game of Everything
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Late night ice cream run
Day-tripping
Midnight movie showings
Volunteer together
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