I’ll never forget standing in line at Legoland for 45 minutes waiting for a 30-second thrill that my son was unwilling to pass up. He was bored out of his mind, but his strong will…
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What do High 5s, Playing Chase, and Magic Tricks have in Common? Boost Your Child’s Confidence Through Play
They give away power, in a good way. If I’ve learned anything during this pandemic, it’s that feeling powerless in the face of something much bigger than me that controls my life…is…terrifying. Do my children…
Bananas to Bananas: A Game for the Whole Family
Today’s game suggestion comes to you straight from my kids’ imaginations. My son made up this game over dinner one night, and it’s called Bananas to Bananas. It’s a variation on Apples to Apples but…
20 (Thousand) Questions – The Perfect Boredom Buster:
This is a variation on the class 20 (Thousand) Questions game we all know and used to love. But in this case, there’s no counting and no limit. How to Play Someone thinks of a…
Let’s Play a Game: Creative ways to keep kids happy at the table, on a hike, or in the car
If your kids are anything like mine, they can hardly sit still for an entire family meal, they complain on long car rides, and they act like dying snails on the shortest of hikes. In…
Word Chains: A Simple Game to Pass Time and Engage Bored Kids
For my series on “Games to play on a hike, at the dinner table, or in the car with kids,” I’ve been experimenting with variations of our family’s Word Chains game to keep my bored…