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The past two weeks, we’ve had more rainy days than sunny ones in New Hampshire.  Sometimes it’s been drizzly all day.  Other days we’ve had sunny mornings and thunder storms throughout the afternoon.  Generally, too, the temperatures have been lower, too chilly for comfortable beach days.
What do you do when your beach days, whether in a backyard pool, a community pool, the nearby river, a lake, or the ocean, turn into weather that curtails outdoor activities?
Here are some suggestions.  You can find books with ideas for more or give directions for some of these.

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 What can youngsters do on a rainy day related to books?Reading and listening to audio books, even watching movies based on books, can lose their appeal to youngsters as a rainy day continues.  So are there activities that spring from the books they love and read?
*Karen suggested Making Handmade Books in a recent post.  These can be the child’s version of a favorite story or a completely new one.
*Create games involving their books and favorite characters. 
*Act out the stories.
This was something my sister, brothers and I enjoyed as children in the era before television and video games.  (Youngsters I talk …read more