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See the sub-menu to the left for activity ideas in local areas.

Hosts - share your ideas and discoveries with us.

 Bright Ideas
 
  • Plan ahead to get Museum passes from your local Library. Each Library seems to have its own group of museum tickets & varying discounts.
  • Consider making a photo album (in print or online, whatever works best for you & your student) of your adventures for the student to take home. From one host:
     I  took pictures and printed them out each day to insert into a photo album which he will take home on Sunday.  I wrote words on the pictures (it's easy to add text when using CVS/Walgreen's/etc.) so that is also something else he could read each day to strengthen vocabulary. 
  • Hint:  tell everyone you know that you are having a visitor. 
    It is amazing how many ideas people will share about what you and your charge should do (and sometimes people offer to help you out by providing activities as well). We got dinners/lunches/boat trips/field trips that would not have occurred except through the generosity of others who heard I was having a visitor.
     
Further Afield

More pricey, but great fun - in particular if your guest is paying extra for activities - be sure to discuss cost if they are paying out-of-pocket and let them decide. Your guest can be asked to pay for him/her self and one accompanying person. 

Rhode Island

A day in Newport, RI: Mansion Tours, dining, shopping/sightseeing and beaches.

New Hampshire

Anheuser-Busch brewery tour (includes the famous horses!) Merrimack, NH