Tips for road trips with children Travel Goodies: Give each child a travel bag of goodies with each item in the bag individually gift-wrapped. Include things like a small box of crayons with coloring book, plastic toys, rubber stamps, etc. For older kids you can include puzzles, magazines, crazy sunglasses, hats, etc. They can open Read More
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Paint The Yard
For this activity, you will be “pretend painting” the yard or playground. It is lots of fun for the children to watch any wooden or brick playground equipment get wet: it can seem to turn color when wet, and then as the water dries, the regular color returns. If you have big house-paint size brushes Read More
My Favorite Disc
This is an activity to do with your child; remember; the point is to have fun, not to make the project look perfect. Materials Preparation: Create the “My Favorites” disc.To create your own disc, you can use either paper plates (one per child) or trace and cut out a circle shape from an 8 1/2 Read More
Matching Game
This activity is good for children 4 years old and up. Of course you can buy a matching game at the toy store, but part of the fun of this activity is making it with your children! Materials: Directions
Jump Rope
It may seem that everywhere you look someone is telling you: But what if you aren’t into the typical sports?Consider jumping rope! Jumping rope is an aerobic exercise that burns lots of calories. Some jump rope experts say that ten minutes of jumping rope is like running an eight-minute mile. And jumping rope doesn’t just Read More
Know Your Family
How well do you know your family? Living as a family means nurturing, teaching, talking and listening. It means doing things together and doing things apart. No matter how much time we spend with another person, it can be surprising how many things we still don’t know about them! Using the following simple questions, take Read More