Last week was a hot one, and it’s likely not the last heat spell we’ll have this summer.
While we still have last week’s heat fresh in our mind, I thought together we could brainstorm some good activities, both at home and in our area, to keep us and our kids cool when the heat strikes again.
I mostly stayed in my home in the air conditioning, but I would have liked to have gone out. I thought the King of Prussia Mall would be a good place because it would be air conditioned. What places do you find that are good to take the kids in the heat?
Moms Talk: Keeping Cool in the Heat
What do you do with your kids in the extreme heat? Where to you go to stay cool, but keep the kids entertained? Do you have good activities at home?
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Kelly Kolb June 24, 2012 at 12:18 pm
Our little one is still too small but there is a new play area in Plymouth Meeting Mall that looks fun.
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Karen Can June 24, 2012 at 12:36 pm
We put on the sunscreen & head to the pool! Rose Tree Woods Swim Club kept us cool! We all have friends there and enjoyed the cool water, slide, diving boards & games in the shade!
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Mayuree Osothsri Uhlman June 24, 2012 at 12:55 pm
Library is a good place to be too; lot of books to read, computers for checking e-mail and facebook, reading summer program and lot of children activities.
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Julie Yamaki June 24, 2012 at 01:06 pm
Go jump in a creek. Water is cool, creek typically shaded, you can splash in the shallows, boogie board the "rapids" or walk up the creek "trail." Our faves include Ridley Creek State Park and Chester Creek at the Darlington Trail in Middletown Township. Endless hours of chasing tadpoles and trying to catch minnows.
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Jackie Taylor June 24, 2012 at 01:35 pm
Exton Mall has an indoor playground, Chuckie Cheese will serve dinner and entertain the whole family and play dates in air conditioned houses are the things that keep my kids happy and cool. But we do spend a lot of time outside so we have fun water bottles and squirt bottles with fans that we keep in arms reach.
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marion1 June 24, 2012 at 02:54 pm
The Please Touch Museum is fun for the little ones and bigger kids too. Second the Library vote!- we forget in the age of Kindles how much fun it is to choose a real book off a library shelf. Pools with lots of sunscreen and shade....nature -creeks, etc. are fun but we are having a HUGE number of the tiny Lyme ticks this year so PLEASE check your kids super well- as in comb thru their hair every night. I had 3 ticks yesterday after a 10 min walk on a path that was NOT all that wooded or "nature-y"...
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Concrete Artisans June 24, 2012 at 07:04 pm
Daisy Laundromat at Media Line Rd. & WC Pike is air conditioned and has flat screen TV. Stay cool, watch TV and get the week's laundry done all at once in less time. Drop off your shore laundry and pick it up ready to put in drawers or back on the beds before you head back down!
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Mummy2 June 24, 2012 at 07:54 pm
Bowling, Regal $1 movies, pottery place, Design Grove, Arnold's or BounceU, Philly museums, go to craft store and pick out a new craft, family puzzle, family board game tournament...
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Anne Ewing June 24, 2012 at 11:10 pm
A lot (but not all) of these suggestions have to do with air conditioned houses and swimming pools. That addresses a minority of our population. What about the rest?
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John Dallas Bowers June 25, 2012 at 02:08 am
With no a/c, I find frequent short showers on dog days are a big help. I've also been known to sit under a lawn sprinkler.
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bigben June 25, 2012 at 03:39 am
Staying down the cellar
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Anthony Wayne June 25, 2012 at 12:15 pm
Basement fun, movies, sprinklers, creek, ice pops, shady walks, board games on the porth, car washing, lemonade stand, summer job, we're all things we did as kids to stay cool. The list of things my parents did not allow was short; being inside watching tv.
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Concrete Artisans June 25, 2012 at 05:29 pm
Daisy Laundromat doesn't have a pool but we do have AC.
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K Beaumont June 25, 2012 at 08:06 pm
I love Daisy Laundromat! It's awesome ... clean, NEW and the people super-friendly. Kuddos :-)
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Jennifer Kim (Editor) June 25, 2012 at 08:33 pm
Please feel free to rate and review Dasiy Laundromat on their Patch Places listing here: http://patch.com/L-tbrM
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Donna Wilhelm July 3, 2012 at 05:37 pm
Water balloon fights!
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