Some Activities to Do With Your Kids

Check out this link for activities that go with these books:

Where the Wild Things Are
The Kissing Hand
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom


(Provided by What the Teacher Wants)

Trustees of the Reservations website

The Trustees of the Reservations website has some great ideas for things to do and places to visit. For example, have a picnic at the Crane Estate in Ipswich when they have live music. Or check out a presentation at Dover library. The website is http://www.thetrustees.org/things-to-do/

Places to Go and Things to Do (in Gloucester)

Here's a start for a list of things to do locally. It's definitely not a comprehensive list, so please add anything else you can think of!

Parks/Outdoors:
- Ravenswood Park

- Whale watching or here

- Eastern Point Wildlife Sanctuary

- Stage Fort Park

- Dogtown

- Harborwalk Audio Tour


Museums/Tours:
- Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center

- Hammond Castle

- Tour Cape Pond Ice Company

- Poetry Tour

- Water Shuttle Tour


Art:
- Art Haven

- Pottery


Exercise:
- Bowling

-YMCA



Other:
- List of Historical Sights

Through the Looking Glass

Dale Chihuly, a glass-blower from Seattle, is exhibiting his work this summer at the Museum of Fine Arts until Aug. 7. The gallery features amazingly vibrant works, from looming spiked glass towers to a room with a ceiling completely covered with Chihuly's art (pictured).  And did you know you can get in really cheap?  Sawyer Free Library and Manchester-by-the-Sea Public Library (among others) offer several museum and activity passes.  


Also, did you know that if you have a Gloucester library card you can link it to other libraries so you can have access to those as well?  We have ours linked with Manchester because we love it so much.


Visit the linked sites above to see what passes are available!