The Philadelphia Museum of Art places a lot of value on families and Sundays are filled with Family Programs. I happened to be there last week and loved watching the Ken Ulansey Band members playing upbeat music for the kids and families. The kids couldn’t help but get into the rhythm and beat and get
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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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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!
The other day our family had an orchestra — a clapping orchestra. No instruments needed here just hands. There’s one orchestra conductor who leads the way — with quiet claps and loud claps (imagine your hands are cymbals), with claps high in the air and claps low to the ground, with claps on heads, on
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I couldn’t believe the first time I heard Ryan scatting in the backseat of my car. I swear it sounded like there was a bass player there. That was months ago. Last night she said to me, “Grammy, I know you like jazz.” (How DID she know that?? I didn’t even know she understood what
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Are you an art lover? How about music or dance? Take advantage of your preschooler’s youth, while she is open-minded and happy for your attention, and share your favorites with her. Lately, I feel like Ryan is truly sharing my special interests and it’s so much fun. I couldn’t believe when my son-in-law Scott told
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OMG — it’s so much fun! Hand Dancing! You know when you listen to great dance music in the car and you just want to move to it? Well, Ryan figured out the best solution — after all, she’s stuck in that car seat of hers! We “hand-danced!” She did moves with her arms, you
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Here’s an idea from KIDFUN reader Ellen Weisberg. While driving in the car (or train or bus), count letters — in alphabetical order — that you see on signs, license plates, trucks and more. After reading yesterday’s KIDFUN, Ellen sent this fun-filled memory from her childhood that she said took up so much time in
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When filling time in the car, call out different objects for each other to find. It’s a simple game of observation that can “eat up” some of that down time while driving and get you into fun conversations. The other day we counted yellow and blue cars, brown rooftops, green doors and more. Even though,
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Practically anywhere you are, you can play copycat in all kinds of versions. Make it up yourself — have the kids make it up, too! You can jump three times while patting your head three times and have the kids copy you — which would be a great outside game. You can tap on the
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