"Family-Friendly Shavuot": The Question is Posed

We recently received an email seeking some advise about "family-friendly Shavuot".I share it with you with the hope that it might produce a discussion about the holiday and how it is observed as well as any particular events or activities you might suggest.

"......I would love to hear about family-friendly Shavuot. I think that unlike Sukkot, for example, where the family gathers in the Sukkah, Shavuot tends to bea bit dry. I think historically it was pretty much left out of most Hebrew school curriculums because it usually fell after school ended. I would assume the day schools make a bigger deal of it. I would love to hear how other families celebrate it andpass it on to their children. We all know, of course, to eat cheesecake!....."

We'd welcome your thoughts. We hope to trigger discussion here and gain some insight.