Bored kids at home? Our Child & Teen Services Manager has activities and ideas to keep you and your children busy. Painted Rocks Materials: crayons, clean, smooth rocks, oven, cookie sheet, foil, towel, work surface, pot holders Finger Knitting Materials: Yarn, scissors Paper Lantern Materials: construction paper, scissors, tape, crayons/markers Brown Paper Bag Dust Cover Read More
Category: Play
Children and Nature
There is nothing new with the idea that spending time in nature is beneficial. But a new analysis*, examining hundreds of studies, helps bring together the data and provides specifics on how it is beneficial. Read More
Playing Card Games
Card games are great for low cost fun and learning! When I was very young, my Grammy taught me how to play gin rummy and a few other card games. I will always remember being amazed at how fast she could shuffle the cards! I had graduated beyond WAR and Go Fish. Grammy was an Read More
Make Your Own Match Game
Recently my niece and I had a fun afternoon making our own match game. I was gifted a set of blank matching cards and my girl and I divvied them up so we each had an even number. You don’t need a fancy store bought set though. Instead, you Read More
Strategies for Playing Games
Playing games as a family can be lots of fun, but it can also be challenging and at times frustrating. Try to use some of the following strategies when playing games with your children, and maybe, after a bit of practice playing games will come to be a fun way to spend time together. Playing Read More