All Entries in the "Activities & Fun" Category
Are You Forgetting To Play With Your Child?
In the hurly burly of bringing up children, and the very onerous responsibilities that go with the job, it is perhaps only expected that many parents tend to forget to play with their child.
A recently conducted survey found that a significant proportion of parents have forgotten how to play with their children and an even [...]
The Family Fitness Challenge Is Half Way Through
Several families participating in the Family Fitness Challenge, which is now half way through have been sharing what they have been doing to be part of the challenge by sending in their pictures and progress.
The family fitness challenge activities included a fun and games day, a scavenger hunt, a camping trip, and even an inner [...]
Kids Swimwear – Tips To Keep In Mind
Summer is upon us and trips to the beach and hanging out at the pool can’t be far. So if you are looking to buy appropriate swim wear for your children, keep the following in mind:
You should watch out for the sun when on the beach or in the pool. You can of course use [...]
Kid’s Tent – A Fun And Absorbing Activity For Kids
For little kids, a little tent is just a fun little place for playing house and special place for stuffed toys and teddies. For slightly older children it may be their own special place away from grown up achievement.
For yet older children, a tent pitched in the yard can be an exciting and adventurous “night [...]
Summer Activities To Keep The Kids Busy
Yes, it is challenging to keep children from getting bored during the long summer months and perhaps even more challenging to get them to limit TV and video game time. Here are some ideas that may help:
Let your child learn a new skill: There is nothing as riveting for a young child as a new [...]
Summer Activities To Keep The Kids Busy – The Portable Pool
It can be challenging, to say the least, to keep kids gainfully occupied during the long summer months. It is important to do this in a way that keeps the children from getting bored, which keeps them out of trouble and is not an activity that is bad for them (read TV viewing, video games, [...]
How Early Is Too Early? Teaching Children To Swim
In the past, parents waited until children were the age of four or older before teaching the basics of swimming, as per the recommendations of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).
However, new changes made to help drowning prevention and water safety awareness by the AAP, were announced on May 24 2010.
New Guidelines
The new guidelines recommend [...]
5 Fun Activities For Toddlers And Their Moms
Activities for toddlers should be safe, fun and educational. Their learning skills during the toddler stage are fast.
Most children are unaware of dangers in their play zone that is why it is very important that toddlers are supervised when doing their activities.
Toddlers are generally playful. It is during this time of development that they start [...]
How You Can Get Children Into The Fitness Habit?
You can do your children a great favor by working a lot of physical activities into their day, and helping them make a habit of good health. Create fun activities for the entire family to do together; it makes for great bonding and quality time spent together as a family too:
1. Get into the bicycling [...]
Some Safe Barbecuing Tips For The Family
There are several reasons why doing a family barbecue is a great idea: for one the entire family can be involved making it an all inclusive, fun activity for everyone, where everyone can have a contribution to make.
It is a good way for the entire family with kids to spend quality time. Secondly it is [...]
