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Simple activities for kids
I've been getting the "Weekly Whatnot" email for a few weeks now with ideas
for fun and constructive activities to do with your kids. Though I don't always agree with the issues presented in their discussion forums, I love the ethos of the site and some of the suggested activities have been excellent. http://www.savingchildhood.org/child...oSomething.htm |
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Simple activities for kids
Mary Willston wrote...
I've been getting the "Weekly Whatnot" email for a few weeks now with ideas for fun and constructive activities to do with your kids. Though I don't always agree with the issues presented in their discussion forums, I love the ethos of the site and some of the suggested activities have been excellent. http://www.savingchildhood.org/child...oSomething.htm Thanks Mary, browsing through the archive I've found several that look interesting: Pebble Mice We all like pets, and what child wouldn't like a pet mouse—or even a whole family of them! We often collect smooth, round pebbles or stones, and you should see the creatures they can become! From lady bugs to guinea pigs or even toads, depending on size, shape and our mood. But pebble mice are our favorite. By adding little felt ears and tail, and marking on bright button-eyes, whiskers, and little feet, the pebble suddenly becomes alive! Then the fun begins: a shoe box makes an excellent mouse-house, all lined with grass with a little hole cut in it for a door. Sometimes we make cozy beds of cottonwool, or save up crumbs of food or birdseed in a little dish for Mousie's lunch. A kindergarten group can be absorbed in this project for a long while, occupying their growing mouse family and tending to their needs. Concentration for Toddlers Collect a lot of sturdy drinking cups or empty yogurt cups. Show your one-year-olds and two-year-olds how to put plastic animals in the cups, or let them find other toys and trinkets to add to the collection. Children this age will spend a long time arranging the cups on the table or floor, filling and emptying the cups, and looking for other interesting "treasures" to add. Be sure to have lots of variety so the children can mix and match. Remember small objects can be a choking hazard. Red Light, Green Light This is a good outdoor family game. All the players stand on the baseline while the one chosen to be "It" stands across the field or room facing them. The It turns his back and says "green light." Then all the players try to move forward until the It says "red light" and turns around again. If the It sees anyone's feet moving he calls their name and they have to return to the baseline. The object is to be the first one to reach the It without being caught. If you are caught you can start over again as soon as you return to the baseline. The players are allowed to sneak ahead even during "red light" but must go back when caught. The It can vary the length of the "green light" period. The first person to tag the It without being caught becomes the new It. Friend in a Box Children love to have their own little treasures and pets they can keep in their pockets. Three-year-olds will clap their hands with delight when you show them how to make a "special friend" and a house for it. The children can give their "friend" a name and feed it pebbles or grass. Materials needed for each child: - 1 empty matchbox - Colored paper to cover matchbox - Colored paper strips ½ inch wide Glue two paper strips together at right angles, as shown. Fold strip A over strip B, then fold strip B over strip A so that B is on top. Repeat until strips are all folded. Draw a smiley face, glue on a hat, attach feelers for a worm, or come up with a new idea! Glue this new creation to the bottom of the box. Be sure to press down the new friend when you close the lid. |
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