The 2,000 Best Games and Activities: Using Play to Teach Curiousity, Self-Control, Kindness and Other Essential Life Skills?Want your kid to be the next Einstein, Olympic gold medalist or CEO? Maybe you?re just looking for some great playtime ideas, with a little creativity and brain building thrown in? This fun, easy guide contains 2,000 games and activities that will help your babies, toddlers and children reach their full potential- through play. The 2,000 Best Games and Activities will keep your kids laughing while learning seven essential life skills: --Communication --Curiosity --Decision making --Kindness --Playfulness --Self-control --Self-esteem ?Including activities that mostly take five to ten minutes and use ordinary household items, this book is essential for parents or caregivers of children from babyhood to eight years old. More than a recipe book for dazzling children or filling their time, this is a guide to how to use play, the most natural of childhood activities, as a teaching tool. |
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2,000 Best Games and Activities: The Ultimate Guide to Raising Smart ... Susan Kettmann No preview available - 2004 |
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½ cup 15 minutes 30 minutes Materials activity Ask your child baby's ball balloons beanbags body bottle bowl brush bubble cardboard cards carton cereal chalk Challenge your child clothespins cookie cooking cornstarch crayons curiosity detergent draw empty explore Extensions face family members favorite feel feet felt pens fill fingers floor food coloring gelatin dessert give graham crackers hand healthy help your baby Help your child hole hour Materials ice cubes jump let your baby Let your child Let your toddler look masking tape mirror move objects outdoors pencil physical ability pick pieces pillows plastic play playfulness pretend pretend play pull Q-tips RAIN STICK Repeat roll simple skills snack spoon stuffed animal Take turns talk task tempera paint things tummy walk white glue yarn young children