Plan your kids summer vacation: Educational experiences

There's no better way to get your little ones invested in the rich history of our nation than by taking them on historical site tours to witness it all. Sites like forts, ancient cities and colonial tours prove to be interactive history lessons for children. You can sign up for art and history tours for families that are ideal for teaching kids about past civilisations and important historical figures in an interactive manner. Combine this with educational day trips to historical sites and watch them touch, feel and live the history they learn about. Some popular destinations to visit and experience the pieces of history are Delhi, Agra, and Jaipur. Book your travels with InterMiles, and you can even hire a private cab or a self-driving car via InterMiles for easy access to the whole city.

Science is best learnt when applied. Plan science field trips for kids and visit science centres and planetariums for kids near you to watch them dream and wonder. Some of the best summer learning adventures with science experiments for children happen in these interactive environments. You can even create DIY science experiments for kids at home or sign them up for summer educational programs for kids that focus on STEM learning. You can look up summer camps that focus on particular fields like robotics building, or coding that focus on interactive learning experiences while on a break from school.

The best science museums are planetariums to visit are – National Science Centre in New Delhi, the Nehru Science Centre in Mumbai, the Nehru Planetarium in Bangalore, and the BM Birla Science Centre in Hyderabad.

If you belong to an outdoor-loving family, nature reserves for children make for a great way to get them interested in the wild and natural life. Instead of zoos and aquariums, where animals are kept in captivity, try botanical gardens for kids or take them to a natural park to teach them how to explore the wildlife without disturbing nature. Go for nature walks with educational guides where they can learn all about the area and end it with eco-friendly crafts that make for perfect mementoes to take home. If your kids are into space, hold astronomy nights for families, complete with some celestial learning.

If your little one has an artistic side, one of the ways to get them to explore that side of them is by immersing them in global cultures with cultural immersion programs for kids. Many cities offer art workshops for kids, too, making it a fun yet educational experience and allowing them to channel their inner artist. You can also explore local museums for kids for bite-sized learning, or take them to art galleries to open them up to new art styles and let their little minds wander.

Teaching your kids important life skills like cooking doesn't just help in the long term but also opens them up to new career avenues if they take to it. What better than introduce them to new experiences than to do it during their summer vacations? Enrol them in cooking classes for children for summer, for them to have some fun with food while they learn some easy recipes. These are great back-to-school preparation activities and keep them on their toes.