What activities you normally do to spend the weekend with the family? Is it only at home alone watching television or always walk to the mall? If you or your child is bored with the routine that is always done every weekend, it helps you to find alternative activities or any other place to have fun with all your family members.
Currently, the leisure traveler as well as hone the skills the child is no longer something that is difficult to be realized. Almost in every place of tourist facilities now provided for the children, not just facilities but also facilities for playing that is instructive. There is a wide selection of attractions, from museums, water recreation, arts & culture, agro-tourism to astronomy. As a parent, choose a place according to the abilities and interests of the child so the child will feel happy and comfortable engaging in play activities while learning at the venue.
Introduces children to various activities is one way to recognize its potential in addition to developing existing abilities. In addition to providing new experiences for children, recreation is also an opportunity for parents to “shift gears”. Meeting with the new environment, people who are different, and receive a variety of stimulation will help the children in the process of adaptation to various environments.
Availability of a variety of educational recreational facilities for children are greatly assist parents in providing an informal learning. However, please note the type of activities according to age and ability of the child. Remember that the core of this activity is recreation, so that all of the learning process should not burden the child.
Before deciding to bring children to the sights, there are some important things that need to be considered by parents:
1. Security and facility location games
Creativity appears if the child will be more secure environment. An unsafe environment will make the parents give a lot of restrictions that could hinder the process of creativity of children. Make sure the environment is far from the threat of danger, as there are no sharp objects around the location of the game. Therefore, you should find out in advance about the sights to be addressed, could be from the internet or the experience of other parents (friends, neighbors house) who had visited the place. Expand the information so you do not feel sorry for visiting the sights.
2. Cleanliness of tourist attractions
The location is clean will provide comfort in doing the activity. In addition, it also minimizes the risk of health problems in children. Make sure the place there are clean toilets and trash.
There are good parents to bring food and drinks from home. This is to prevent child snack tourist place which is not necessarily guaranteed hygiene and nutritional value contained in these foods.
3. The location or the distance traveled
Should choose a tourist spot located not too far from your home. This is to avoid saturation in children during the trip. In general, children tend to get bored quickly if that location is very much especially when exposed to jam because they feel constrained in the vehicle.
If you really want to travel outside the city tourist place, make sure you have a long time off so they can stay around the tourist attractions or cities visited. It can provide opportunities for you and your child to rest as it is very risky if you drive a vehicle in a state of tired and sleepy.
4. Support parents
Encourage your child to explore his interest. Give spirit to know and try new things positive. Help and give sense to the child will be new knowledge that finding. Your attitude will be inspiring children to be positive in the move.
5. Assisting parents
Try to accompany the child in activities. Opportunity to do activities together (parents and children) will strengthen communication and emotional closeness between parent and child.
6. Prepare a budget or budget travel
Large or small the budget should be prepared depending on the sights to be addressed, but the budget should be completely calculated from the distant days. Although already calculated, you still have to provide a reserve fund that may be incurred due to emergency conditions such as a car suddenly breaking down or a blowout. If the reserve fund was not used after all the funds can be saved back or can be used to plan the next vacation.