Maybe, one day, Ryan will become a sculptor because she loves creating art from all kinds of things — like forks! We were waiting at a restaurant and she just started playing with a couple forks and look at this! She said, “Grammy, it’s sculpture!” What can you use for building tools in your
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Yep, this IS KIDFUN. Have you ever tried to teach very young children to break words into syllables. It’s really all about rhythm. Teach your children to speak chop-py. Try the word “rab-bit.” Then ask them to count the syllables with you. Say “rabbit,” slowly — Rab-bit! 2! Then try “pho-to-graph.” You may need to use fingers
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Lately Ryan has been coming up with one KIDFUN tip after another. This wonderful traditional game, Hide and Seek, is really fun outside — on a wooded path! Of course, play this carefully, but it was so much fun with trees as the hiding places — even in the cold!
There are balance beams all around us — like this log in the woods, or the curb of a sidewalk — or the crack in a sidewalk, even a bench or a stack of benches …. walk with your child and explore. You know it’s fun and … can be a challenge. Don’t just be
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I should add Ryan’s name as an author of KIDFUN because lately she keeps coming up with KIDFUN ideas. This one is a KIDFUN Mystery! Ryan suggests having the kids get involved in a mystery — which is really a treasure hunt, where you they look for something — the mystery — and you tell
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Help your kids find sculpture all around you. Oh, of course, they’ll be made of stone, metal, bronze and other materials but look at this sculpture. All natural — right in front of our eyes! Ryan discovered it and said, “Look, that tree is a sculpture!” Perfect!
My friends Paul and Val Jost love spending time with Morgan, Michael and Jonathan, three very special boys in their life. After they had fun baking cookies with them over the holidays, Paul had them talk about it on the voice memo on his cell phone. Because he’s also a musician with a drum set
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Hope I’m not too late and there still are great cartons in your house! Sometimes, they’re even better than the stuff that came in them! Maybe the carton that was filled with gifts could become a boat … or a car … or whatever your kids think would be cool! Hopefully, the big cousin doesn’t
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How can you give your child the gift of “giving” this holiday season? Try this. First talk to your child about how lucky he is and mention that many children are not as fortunate. What could he do to help them? Suggest he give away some of his toys he rarely uses. Provide a nicely
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The other day Molly and Ryan were having a very silly time putting on puppet shows. Then Molly’s mom, Erika, told me how they went on a class trip to see Aesop’s Fables and in it all kinds of puppets are created from “stuff!” You know, like socks, paper bags and much more. It was
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