Kids' Backyard Activities and Games

Kids' Backyard Activities and Games
Author: Adams Media
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 42
Release: 2011-11-01
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1440534578

Keeping the kids entertained (without sticking them in front of the television) can be quite the task. But with Kids' Backyard Activities and Games, you’ll find plenty of ideas for activities you can all enjoy outside. This handy e-book will keep everyone happy hands down!

Great Big Book of Children's Games

Great Big Book of Children's Games
Author: Derba Wise
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2003-11-10
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 9780071422468

450 indoor and outdoor games for pre-school to middle-school-age kids arranged by age group.

Kids Outdoor Parties

Kids Outdoor Parties
Author: Penny Warner
Publisher: Running Press Adult
Total Pages: 120
Release: 1999-06-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780689825750

35 Exciting Outdoor Theme Parties for Kids! This book offers 35 outdoor party themes, complete with invitations, costumes, decorations, games, activities, food, cake, favors, variations, and helpful hints. The parties can be thrown in your backyard, a park, or any other outdoor space. Party ideas include: • Archeology Expedition, with kid-sized pyramids, mummies, and mystery maps; • Circus, with lion taming, tightrope walking, and clown cakes; • Hayride, with songfests, scarecrow making, and painting with hay; • Hollywood Stunts, with bicycle slalom, leapin’ limbo, and other physically challenging games; • Olympic Gold, with decathlon events, team sports, and trophies or medals for everyone; • Outdoor Theater, with reenacting of favorite movie scenes, trivia games, and makeup makeovers; • Space: The Final Frontier, with alien invaders, flying saucers, and model rocket building.

Kids' Backyard Activities & Games

Kids' Backyard Activities & Games
Author: Adams Media
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2020-05-05
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1507214693

The perfect answer to “I’m bored!” You have to stay home, but you can still get outside for fresh air and a change of scenery. Take your kids out to the yard for some fun new activities. In Kids’ Backyard Activities & Games, you’ll find 25 ideas for games, crafts, and exploring nature. Paint with mud, conduct a simple experiment, or just lie back on the grass and watch the clouds go by. Cooped-up kids of any age—and adults too—will love getting out of the house and trying something new!

The Artful Parent

The Artful Parent
Author: Jean Van't Hul
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Total Pages: 297
Release: 2019-06-11
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1611807204

Bring out your child’s creativity and imagination with more than 60 artful activities in this completely revised and updated edition Art making is a wonderful way for young children to tap into their imagination, deepen their creativity, and explore new materials, all while strengthening their fine motor skills and developing self-confidence. The Artful Parent has all the tools and information you need to encourage creative activities for ages one to eight. From setting up a studio space in your home to finding the best art materials for children, this book gives you all the information you need to get started. You’ll learn how to: * Pick the best materials for your child’s age and learn to make your very own * Prepare art activities to ease children through transitions, engage the most energetic of kids, entertain small groups, and more * Encourage artful living through everyday activities * Foster a love of creativity in your family

Kitchen Science Lab for Kids

Kitchen Science Lab for Kids
Author: Liz Lee Heinecke
Publisher:
Total Pages: 147
Release: 2014-08
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1592539254

DIVAt-home science provides an environment for freedom, creativity and invention that is not always possible in a school setting. In your own kitchen, it’s simple, inexpensive, and fun to whip up a number of amazing science experiments using everyday ingredients./divDIV /divDIVScience can be as easy as baking. Hands-On Family: Kitchen Science Lab for Kids offers 52 fun science activities for families to do together. The experiments can be used as individual projects, for parties, or as educational activities groups./divDIV /divKitchen Science Lab for Kids will tempt families to cook up some physics, chemistry and biology in their own kitchens and back yards. Many of the experiments are safe enough for toddlers and exciting enough for older kids, so families can discover the joy of science together.

Let's Go Outside!

Let's Go Outside!
Author: Jennifer Ward
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2009-07-14
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 0834822504

Engage your child in outdoor play, nature outings, and environmental explorations. Chase and be chased in a game of capture the flag. Use the power of the sun to craft your own shadow prints. Explore the stars on a late night walk. Create a field guide to your neighborhood. Through 52 ideas—some classic and some new—Let's Go Outside! offers a range of activities perfect for children ages 8 to 12. Whether you're in the country, the city, or anywhere in between, this book is sure to help you get outside—and run, dance, hike, or camp—with your preteen. Sections of the book include: • Back to Basics: Reconnecting with twists on traditional games and activities such as Capture the Flag • Making the Ordinary Extraordinary: Picnics, doing homework outdoors, and socializing opportunities outdoors • Outdoor Adventures: Canoeing, biking, and camping • Environmental Experiments: Ways to explore how nature works

Kids' Games

Kids' Games
Author: Phil Wiswell
Publisher: Main Street Books
Total Pages: 186
Release: 1987
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN:

A description with rules of many outdoor games plus some board games and indoor activities.

Go Out and Play!

Go Out and Play!
Author: KaBOOM! (Organization)
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Total Pages: 105
Release: 2012
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0763655309

A guide to more than seventy classic and contemporary playground games provides instructions for such favorites as kick the can, freeze tag, and sardines, in a volume that also includes tips for adults on how to encourage and facilitate outdoor play.

The Nature Connection

The Nature Connection
Author: Clare Walker Leslie
Publisher: Storey Publishing
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2010-07-21
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1603425314

Clare Walker Leslie shows kids how to experience nature with all five senses, whether they live in the countryside, a major city, or somewhere in between. Guiding children through inspiring activities like sketching wildlife, observing constellations, collecting leaves, keeping a weather journal, and watching bird migrations, The Nature Connection encourages kids to engage with the world outside and promotes a lifelong love of nature.