August is a super warm month in most places around the globe.  I am not sure about Alaska...but as a kid sometimes you have to stay indoors to stay cool!

 

The temperature can reach up to 125 degrees in some places.  It gets so hot you can't walk on the ground.

 

Things to do in the heat:

 

Go to a Water Park

Visit the Ocean

Visit a Lake

Visit a River

Go to a Pool

Community Pool

Recreation Center Pool

Gym Pool

Small Pool, Baby Pool

Water Slide

Sprinklers or cool off with a garden hose

Slip and Slide

Water Toys, Water Table, Water Bucket

Squirt Guns, Squirting toys

Water Balloons

Bath, Indoor Pool

Squirt Bottle

Water Bottle

Go to the mall

Go to Grandma's house

 

Other activities:

 

Drawing

Reading

Studying Books

Science Projects

Baking with Mom

Exploring your house

Looking for bugs (indoors too)

Collecting bugs, rocks, twigs, etc.

Sit in shade, Swing in a hammock

Play with toys

Play games with friends

Surf the web

Talk on the phone

Make a scrapbook

 

If you have a pool, that helps.  Some people live close to the ocean or a lake.  Those people can cool off easily.  But what if you dont have a large body of water closeby?  What if your air conditioning is not that good?

 

Well our suggestion is put on your bathing suit and take a dunk in the pool, bathtub or shower.  That will cool you off.  Make sure you have your parents permission and supervision.  They might even let you take a swim for a while with your toys.  You can even pretend you are at the ocean or in a cool lake. 

 

You may want to take your duck, ball, boat, superheroes or doll with you.  Sometimes parents can buy small pools that fit on porches or in the grass.  They are fun to sit in and cool off.  They may be made of plastic and sometimes blow up with air.

 

If you have two or three friends you can swim around in circles and make a whirlpool!  You can float toys in the water.

 

If you can't swim get a squrt bottle or water bottle and squirt yourself to stay cool.  The dollar store sells squirt guns and water balloons for very little money which can be filled up with water and sprayed at your friends.  Your friends can spray you back and that would be a blast now wouldn't it?

 

Don't forget if you are out doors to wear your sunscreen and a hat to avoid burning your skin.