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This year Ireland''s favourite school book store? schoolbooks.ie are offering 10% off online books orders to Mykidstime readers. Shop hassle free for everything you need from Junior Infants to Leaving Cert at schoolbooks.ie.

Simply use the promo code MYKIDSTIME10 at the online checkout.

Lough Key Forest and Activity Park is open for visitors and has an amazing array of outdoor activities for families of all ages to enjoy throughout the year. This summer they are bringing the indoors to the great outdoors to add to the safe family fun.

Discover all they have to offer including:

• The 'Lough Key Experience' - where you can walk through 200-year-old servant tunnels, climb the Moylurg Viewing Tower (lift not accessible at present) and stroll along the Tree Canopy Walk which rises 10 metres above ground and stretches for 300 metres Tickets to the experience can be bought safely on the day from the on-site kiosk by credit/debit card or cash.
  
• New outdoor information booth, supplying walking trail maps, kids fun fact maps, food for the ducks, souvenirs and other outdoor essentials (Suncream, hats, umbrellas, ponchos etc.)
  
• The Lough Key Food Truck, serves pizza, sandwiches, seasonal salad, soups, snacks and beverages.
  
• The colourful Lough Key Coffee Cart serves Puro organic coffee, teas, minerals, snacks and has daily homemade baked treats!
  
• The Lough Key Ice Pop Van, serves a wide variety of DaleFarm ice pops.
  
• The new outdoor terrace with stunning lakeside views is the perfect place to sit and enjoy your food and drinks.
  
• BBQ picnic benches where you can set up and cook your own food.
  
• Zipit Forest Experience is open but must be booked in advance.
  
• Hire electric bikes, from regular adult size to kids bikes, you can also book tandem and double buggy trailer attachments! Bikes and attachments need to be reserved in advance of your visit.
  

Enjoy a family break at the Connacht Hotel Galway this September and save up to 15% by booking direct. Enjoy their leisure centre and newly refurbished family friendly Reubens restaurant and FREE Kids Club to keep the little ones entertained, everyone in the family will enjoy their stay.

For Mykidstime readers getting organised for back to school Eason are offering 10% off school text books & stationery during August. Eason have everything you need for your children from Junior Infants right up to Leaving Cert. Do a one stop shop on easonschoolbooks.com, and have your back to school essentials delivered for just ?4, or pick up your order in store for free.

Simply use the promo code MYKIDS20 at the online checkout. (T&C''s apply)

This year Eason are offering 10% off school text books & stationery to Mykidstime readers. From Junior Infants to the Leaving Cert save money off school books at easonschoolbooks.com, a one stop shop for parents for all their primary and secondary school book & stationery needs.

Simply use the promo code MYKIDS20 at the online checkout. (T&C''s apply)

The 4 National Museum of Ireland sites are a treasure trove of artefacts, historic items and animals. They offer a window into our past and are all free to visit. Make memories on a family day out to rediscover your museums this summer with these 12 fun things to do:

1. Step back in time and discover age-old crafts and how people lived in the past at National Museum of Ireland - Country Life, Mayo
   
2. Go on an activity trail and see if you can find Peadar the Pygmy Shrew at National Museum of Ireland - Country Life
   
3. Get on your bike and combine a visit the National Museum of Ireland - Country Life with a family cycle on the Western Greenway
   
4. Discover hidden treasures in the Albert Bender Exhibition of Thangkas at National Museum of Ireland - Decorative Arts & History
   
5. Look up to see the Vampire Jet at the Soldiers & Chiefs Exhibit at National Museum of Ireland - Decorative Arts & History
   
6. Take the Asgard trail and learn about the part it played in the Howth gun-running incident of 1904 at National Museum of Ireland - Decorative Arts & History
   
7. Be greeted by the giant deer as you enter the National Museum of Ireland - Natural History
   
8. Meet the Museum mascot, Spotticus the Giraffe, who even has his own Twitter account at National Museum of Ireland - Natural History
   
9. Surround yourself with butterflies, bugs & insects in the Irish Room at National Museum of Ireland - Natural History
   
10. Explore some of Ireland''s greatest treasures at National Museum of Ireland - Archaeology
    
11. Discover the truth about Brian Boru and his battles at National Museum of Ireland - Archaeology
    
12. Learn all about Ireland''s Vikings and see one of the greatest collections of Viking finds in Europe at National Museum of Ireland - Archaeology