[PDF] How To Entertain Distract And Unplug Your Kids eBook

Author : Matthew Jervis
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 19,88 MB
Release : 2015-08-04
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 1632207494

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A fun and practical guide to keeping kids engaged and off your phone. Face it. Your kids don’t want you around ALL the time! As much as you’d like to build that go-cart or that amazing tree house for them, you also need a little time for yourself! Sure, we’d all like to hand our kids the phone when things get tough, but down deep we know that screen time will not build world leaders. So how does a parent like you keep those little rug rats entertained and engaged in a meaningful way while you get your own stuff done? Well, this book is a good start! With these simple tricks, you will turn their boredom into fun, teachable, and productive (sometimes) moments in this irreverent yet practical guide. From photo bombing magazines in the dentist’s office to sock matching speed trials to making bread, this book provides spontaneous activities that kids can do with or without you, leaving time for you to do parent stuff like making dinner, reading the paper, or enjoying a glass of wine.

Author : Everest Media
Publisher : Everest Media LLC
Page : 14 pages
File Size : 34,7 MB
Release : 2022-03-05T22:59:00Z
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 1669350479

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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 When it comes to snow days or rainy weekends, parents are typically frustrated. However, children are excited about the opportunity to miss school, and soon they want to move around. #2 Rules are important in any activity, and treasure hunting is no different. Make sure that the treasure is hidden well, but not too well. The losers will pressure the winners into hiding their rewards again for another round, so make sure you have enough supplies to last the kids a couple of hours. #3 It's important to explain to your kids that this is a one-time shot game. You're only hiding X amount of dollars, and if the winner doesn't want to throw their winnings back into play, it's over. #4 Having a junk drawer is a common feature of American households. It’s a place where we store all our pens, paper clips, and forgotten game pieces. Having a junk drawer is a part of what is considered to be key characteristics of the great American household.

Author : Ted Burbank
Publisher :
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 27,23 MB
Release : 2010-12-01
Category : Games
ISBN : 9780964523715

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A guide to childhood play, presenting over three hundred ideas and things to do that do not involve TV or computers.

Author : Steven J. Bennett
Publisher : Da Capo Lifelong Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,89 MB
Release : 2004-12-28
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780738210001

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Recent studies show that too much time spent in front of the television can lead to attention deficit disorder in children. But most parents don't need science to tell them that there are better ways to entertain kids than to prop them in front of "electronic babysitters." Full of amazingly simple, easy-to-implement suggestions, The Ultimate Book of Unplugged Family Activities provides a year's worth of inspiring alternatives.Here are ideas for entertaining kids while you cook or for turning sick days into indoor crafts days; ideas for distracting kids while waiting in a long line or for engaging them in games during a long car trip. With The Ultimate Book of Unplugged Family Activities, parents can turn spare time into share time, as well as too-much-time-on their hands into time well spent. Comprehensive and constantly creative, it is a book every household should have within reach.

Author : Ted Burbank
Publisher :
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 45,70 MB
Release : 2011-02-14
Category : Amusements
ISBN : 9781460930007

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365 Ways to Have Fun - No Electricity Required Childhood Play is Serious Business! Have you noticed that kids today don't know how to play? This book can help change that. Childhood play is serious business. Many studies have shown that childhood play assists in developing a child's: imagination, social skills, self esteem, ability to learn and physical fitness. A California Department of Education study indicates that a child's regular participation in outdoor activity produces a "measured mastery of science concepts by 27%". We fill our "Storehouse of Interests" when we are young adding only a few to the list as adults. If there is any truth in this statement, we then have the heavy responsibility of assuring that our children and grandchildren fill their "Storehouses" with as many interests as possible. That's why this book has been written. It is when we are young that we first experience the excitement of adventure, gain the confidence to try new things and, develop our zest for life. It is through play that our children not only have fun, but more importantly, discover interests and develop skills that will last their lifetime. How to use this book This book is designed to be used as a source of ideas and a listing of choices of things to do instead of watching TV or playing computer and video games. We have segregated activities into twenty two categories for convenience and ease of use.

Author : Anthony T. DeBenedet, M.D.
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 14,13 MB
Release : 2023-03-07
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 1683693493

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Learn how rough-and-tumble play can nurture close connections, encourage resilience, and boost confidence—with 50 illustrated activities to get you started. Every kid needs horseplay! Roughhousing is an essential part of childhood development—but it’s increasingly overlooked in favor of screen time and structured activities. In Unplug and Play, a doctor and a child psychologist, both dads, introduce parents to the benefits of physical play for young children. Drawing from gymnastics, martial arts, ballet, team sports, and even animal behavior, the authors present fun full-contact activities for parents and children to enjoy together, including: Human Cannonball Magic Carpet Ride Steamroller Jousting Raucous Pillow Fight And more! With activities for everyone from toddlers to kids ages 12 and up, you’ll build a foundation for a lifetime of enriching physical play. Previously published as The Art of Roughhousing in 2011, this updated edition incorporates new child development research and addresses the changing role of screen time.

Author : Susan Hayes
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 37,43 MB
Release : 2020-09-22
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 1681883899

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Step away from your tablet and take a screen break! With 365 projects, crafts, games, and experiments, there's off-screen fun for every single day of the year. With straightforward step-by-step instructions and colorful illustrations, these entertaining, budget-friendly projects will keep kids learning all day long. MAKE slime, marble paint, pinatas, and papier-mache GROW strawberries, bottle gardens, and herb pots BAKE cake pops, twist pizzas, and muffins in a mug EXPERIMENT with vinegar rockets, lava lamps, and parachutes INVENT secret messages, spooky stories, and board games PLAY jump rope, balloon volley, ball games, and eye-spy RECYCLE trash into treasure and T-shirts into bags PERFORM magic tricks, shadow plays, and puppet shows.

Author : Gloria DeGaetano
Publisher : Personhood Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 50,69 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781932181128

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This illuminating investigation takes a fresh look at the role of media in children's lives. An overview of the formidable challenges parents face and creative ways to overcome them are included, as are strategies for turning a home environment from "high-tech" to "high-touch." Moving beyond demonizing the media, this work, like none before it, articulates the difficulties of parenting in our depersonalized society. It offers hopeful alternatives for all parents wanting to protect children from, and teach children about, media's impact.

Author : Jennifer S. Miller
Publisher : Fair Winds Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 22,25 MB
Release : 2019-11-05
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 1631597752

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Confident Parents, Confident Kids lays out an approach for helping parents—and the kids they love—hone their emotional intelligence so that they can make wise choices, connect and communicate well with others (even when patience is thin), and become socially conscious and confident human beings. How do we raise a happy, confident kid? And how can we be confident that our parenting is preparing our child for success? Our confidence develops from understanding and having a mastery over our emotions (aka emotional intelligence)—and helping our children do the same. Like learning to play a musical instrument, we can fine-tune our ability to skillfully react to those crazy, wonderful, big feelings that naturally arise from our child’s constant growth and changes, moving from chaos to harmony. We want our children to trust that they can conquer any challenge with hard work and persistence; that they can love boundlessly; that they will find their unique sense of purpose; and they will act wisely in a complex world. This book shows you how. With author and educator Jennifer Miller as your supportive guide, you'll learn: the lies we’ve been told about emotions, how they shape our choices, and how we can reshape our parenting decisions in better alignment with our deepest values. how to identify the temperaments your child was born with so you can support those tendencies rather than fight them. how to align your biggest hopes and dreams for your kids with specific skills that can be practiced, along with new research to support those powerful connections. about each age and stage your child goes through and the range of learning opportunities available. how to identify and manage those big emotions (that only the parenting process can bring out in us!) and how to model emotional intelligence for your children. how to deal with the emotions and influences of your choir—the many outside individuals and communities who directly impact your child’s life, including school, the digital world, extended family, neighbors, and friends. Raising confident, centered, happy kids—while feeling the same way about yourself—is possible with Confident Parents, Confident Kids.

Author : Lisa Heffernan
Publisher : Flatiron Books
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 41,17 MB
Release : 2019-09-03
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 1250188954

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PARENTING NEVER ENDS. From the founders of the #1 site for parents of teens and young adults comes an essential guide for building strong relationships with your teens and preparing them to successfully launch into adulthood The high school and college years: an extended roller coaster of academics, friends, first loves, first break-ups, driver’s ed, jobs, and everything in between. Kids are constantly changing and how we parent them must change, too. But how do we stay close as a family as our lives move apart? Enter the co-founders of Grown and Flown, Lisa Heffernan and Mary Dell Harrington. In the midst of guiding their own kids through this transition, they launched what has become the largest website and online community for parents of fifteen to twenty-five year olds. Now they’ve compiled new takeaways and fresh insights from all that they’ve learned into this handy, must-have guide. Grown and Flown is a one-stop resource for parenting teenagers, leading up to—and through—high school and those first years of independence. It covers everything from the monumental (how to let your kids go) to the mundane (how to shop for a dorm room). Organized by topic—such as academics, anxiety and mental health, college life—it features a combination of stories, advice from professionals, and practical sidebars. Consider this your parenting lifeline: an easy-to-use manual that offers support and perspective. Grown and Flown is required reading for anyone looking to raise an adult with whom you have an enduring, profound connection.