You never know what you can find in the earth … so encourage the kids to find a spot, with your guidance, and dig in the dirt to uncover treasures that might be waiting for them … from stones to sticks. Their hands can be their shovels or get them some real garden shovels to
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Yesterday we went on an adventure — to nowhere! No plan, just get in the car and drive. It was Ryan, Scott (her dad who took this picture) and me. We had the best time — 3 1/2 hours together and we found a Zoo (on sale — interested?), we found a tractor on
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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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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!
I bet you’ve got some great “stuff” in your house made of plastic that can be used and re-used as toys! Look at this little girl in the photo below whom I observed in Mexico. She used a spoon as a shovel, a bottle and even the cap of the bottle as she very carefully
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Can you make a scarecrow at home — in your backyard,of course? It could be a great family project. I’ll admit, we did it at a fair but it shouldn’t be too hard — just a little ambitious. Is there a farm near you? Start by buying some hay! Then take an old sweater, jeans, panty
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Not much to say about today’s KIDFUN! Other than save same great cartons because you never know what they can become — a boat, a car, a “barrel of fun,” for sure! Just ask Sari ….
