10 ways to make August memorable

1. grab some popcorn and watch the Wizard of Oz (which premiered on August 18, 1939)
2. go to the library and check out some of the books on the Children’s Book of the Year short list or use previous year’s lists to help you find a new favourite. 
3. coolish weather makes it a great time to have an indoor excursions, so why not visit your local museum or art gallery
4. get out your useful box (a box of recycled materials and useful things for art and craft) and invent something
5. head to the nursery and decide what you want to plant this Spring
6. build a fort with pillows, sheets and chairs
7. go out after dark and observe the moon – where is it in the sky (high, low)? what size and shape is the moon?  what colour is the moon?
8. try a new fruit.  Have you ever tasted a blood orange, a custard apple or rhubarb?  These are all in season (in Australia) in August.
9. still looking for indoor or ‘I can rug up’ activities to try – why not try rockclimbing (children 5 and over should be able to give this a go).
10. get the family working together to complete a big jigsaw puzzle.