| Just because you're going on vacation with your | | | | adventure with giant leather-back sea turtles, |
| family doesn't mean that young minds have to go | | | | dinosaurs of the deep that have been laying their |
| to sleep, and loose their sharpness. A well-planned | | | | eggs on beaches since the dawn of time. Or go |
| vacation can be packed with exciting activities to | | | | turtle watching when the babies of these |
| stimulate your child's mind. This is the ultimate | | | | lumbering sea giants make their way into the blue |
| vacation planning opportunity, a chance to bond | | | | Caribbean Sea to begin their own adventures. |
| with your kids, and celebrate the learning | | | | Or perhaps simply exploring the tropical gardens |
| experience together. | | | | of your Trinidad and Tobago hotel to find the |
| Even a vacation to the beach can awaken in your | | | | minuscule tropical tree frogs whose nightly |
| youngster a range of interests that could lead to | | | | serenades fill Caribbean night with their song might |
| truly rewarding careers in biology, bio-physics, | | | | spark your child's interest in biology. |
| astronomy, language, writing, and who know what | | | | Fostering Your Child's Interest in History |
| else... | | | | An interest in history could be sparked by |
| Most kids complain that school is boring, so why | | | | examining Caribbean Pirates and adventurous like |
| not use your vacation time to awaken their | | | | Sir Walter Raleigh, and searching out some of the |
| potential. For example lets see how we could turn | | | | many old colonial forts of Tobago, visiting such |
| a Caribbean vacation into a life changing "Eureka!" | | | | romantically named beaches as Pirates, Bloody |
| moment: Instead of planning to spend every day | | | | and Man-O-War Bays, and discovering how these |
| at the beach, use some of this time to explore | | | | early Caribbean explorers lived. |
| topics that will awaken the sleeping giant of | | | | Fostering Your Child's Interest in Cooking |
| possibility dormant within your little genius. | | | | An interest in cooking could develop after |
| For starters consider Caribbean islands like Trinidad | | | | discovering the unusual candies enjoyed by |
| and Tobago when planning your vacation, islands | | | | children in Trinidad and Tobago. Candies, or |
| that offer more than just pretty beaches and | | | | sweets as the are called locally, like Sour-Sweet, |
| blue seas. Islands where your child's interest in | | | | which turns your turns blood red; Tamarind Balls, |
| biology could lead you to investigate the | | | | made from the tart fruit of Tamarind trees |
| numerous species of bird and animal life that are | | | | mixed with cane sugar, or Chinese sweet-and-salt |
| easily accessed in the tropical rain forests, | | | | plums, and a range of other delights that even |
| swamps and marshlands of Trinidad and Tobago. | | | | you might find excitingly enjoyable. So... |
| Fostering Your Child's Interest in Biology | | | | These are just a few ideas but with an open |
| Consider a trip to Tamana Bat Caves to | | | | mind, a little forethought and some preplanning |
| experience first hand tens of thousands of bats, a | | | | you can keep your kids occupied with educational |
| plethora of species including vampire bats, exiting | | | | activities, which they won't even recognize as |
| the hidden depths of the earth as they journey | | | | teaching opportunities because they were having |
| forth each evening on their nightly food gathering | | | | so much fun. |
| and hunting forays. Or... | | | | Caribbean family vacations, such as these, |
| Consider a kayaking adventure into the Nariva | | | | become investments in your family's future as |
| Swamp and Bush-Bush Nature Reserve for a | | | | much as they do memorable adventures. |
| face-to-face encounter with an endangered West | | | | Escape with your kids, and learn a thing or two in |
| Indian Manatee, or sea cow. Or a nighttime | | | | the bargain... |
