Spaghetti Box Kids

A first rate, low speed activity is to listen to children’s stories and songs on tape, CD or computer. This activity is enjoyable anytime, and is the perfect solution when you want to spend some relaxing but meaningful time with your child.

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Making a tent with sheets will change the way your child looks at space. One of the reasons your child will love the concept of making a tent with sheets is that it creates a new place for her to go. She will naturally assume ownership of this space [...]

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In the long run, a healthy diet of imaginative play will strengthen your child’s ability to tackle difficult, non-linear problems both academically and in the real world. Imaginative play turns ordinary things into a bundle of possibilities. A newspaper becomes a telescope, a briefcase, or a log. A stick becomes a wand, [...]

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You buy certain toys for your child and she doesn’t want to play with them. Here are some thoughts on that. First of all, your child isn’t going to like every toy. Some are just too difficult, and others are just too trivial. So be aware of age appropriate toys. The great ones your child will love and want to play with over and over. Why is that? [...]

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Around the time your child starts talking your ear off, you feel the tectonic shift of parenting start to happen: you go from caring for your child to keeping up with your child. This article explores the many advantages—including increased child cooperation— that comes from making a schedule.

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If you’ve ever wondered how to make a rocket ship for kids–it’s easier than you think. This one only takes a minute to make, and it provides one of the coolest activities for kids in the solar system.

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Your child comes completely prepared to absorb the wonderful benefits of playtime. This article discusses the most basic thing you can do to turn playtime into a powerful learning experience.

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One of the extraordinary benefits of playing with blocks is that so very little is required to hold your child’s attention for so long. Far different than many of today’s passive activities, playing with blocks is an active event that cultivates your child’s patience and independent decision making.

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This method of play is so simple, yet so fundamental to your child’s creative and cognitive development. It requires no special resources to implement, and is exceptional at developing the habit of rigorously exploring something to its fullest.

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This strategy develops your child’s confidence and ability to explore problem solving on her own. Eventually, as your child faces more complex, even non-linear problems both academically and in the real world, confidence and trust in her own ability to explore solutions is critical.

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