Pour some lemonade, sit on the porch and reminisce with your older friend or family member about summers past.

Where You Lived

• What was there to do during the summer where you lived as a child? Did you have fun? Did you ever get bored?
• Who did you spend your days with? Were you able to see your friends often?
• What was the weather like? Was it hot? How hot? What did you do to keep cool?

Vacations

• Did you go on vacations growing up? Where did you go?
• Did you ever go to visit relatives during the summer? Did you enjoy visiting these relatives?
• Did you ever go on a big adventure such as visit a National Park, visit a different country, go to museums, zoos, or carnivals?

Gardens and Farms

• Did you ever grow a summer garden? What did you grow?
• What was your favorite thing to plant? Have you ever eaten anything straight out of the garden?
• Did you ever visit a farm? Did you like it? Could you or did you ever live on a farm?

Other Summer Reminiscing Activities

The activities listed here are a way to enhance reminiscing with an elder or group of elders.

• Color summer scenes with markers or colored pencils. Reminisce about each picture.
• See the post Remember When? Summer for even more Summer reminiscing.