Take time to be a dad today!
Here are some ideas for easy, free or low-cost ways to spend quality time with your kids. Use the filter on the left to find activities appropriate for your children's ages.
Read a book, newspaper, magazine, the comics, anything will do as long as you are with your children.
Terribly Funny
Do you know what the loudest pet is?
A trumpet.
September 12 is National Grandparents Day! Check out these 10 ways to celebrate the special relationship between grandparents and grandchildren.
It’s Labor Day weekend! For many, this holiday marks the last chance to celebrate summer before kids go back to school. This year, consider honoring this day by learning about the history of American labor and recognizing the hard work of Americans with these 7 Labor Day Activities for Kids.
In honor of back-to-school month, check out these 23 Fun STEAM and STEM Activities for kids! Learning can be fun, messy, and exciting – and doesn’t only need to happen in a classroom. Interactive activities encourage child curiosity and take some of the formality out of learning.
Marco? Polo – with a twist! Beat the summer heat with these 11 Fun Pool Games and Activities.
August is Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month. Eye health plays a major role in all our lives, and for children, one of the most important roles of eyes is performing visual tracking--the ability of one's eyes to “track” from left to right in an efficient manner and “follow” the movement of objects.
Improving visual tracking improves kids’ ability to focus while reading, perform well in school, direct their hand movements, and scan their environment for information. Practice eye-tracking with kids through any ball sport, kite flying, or connect the dots drawings!
August 9 is the International Day of World’s Indigenous People. Consider honoring this day by learning about the history of indigenous people in your area. Use this map to identify which indigenous nation your home sits on. Consider the following questions with your children:
Who were the first people who lived here?
Do they still live here?
If [insert specific tribal nation] do not live here, who forcibly removed them?
Where do [insert specific tribal nation] live now? What are they doing?
Do [insert specific tribal nation] still speak their language? If not, what happened over time?
August is National Back to School Month! Help kids get ready to delve back into the rhythm of school with these first day of school activities you can do at home, ahead of the school year!
Need a reason to indulge in ice cream? Here it is: July is National Ice Cream Month! Take your kids on a surprise trip to your local ice cream shop for a sweet treat. Have lactose intolerant or lactose sensitive kids? Many stores and ice cream shops now offer almond milk or coconut milk ice cream options. Consider calling ahead or checking online--more than likely, you will find options that allow all kids to join in on the fun.
July 18 is an international day of recognition in honor of human rights activist, philanthropist, and South Africa’s first Black president, Nelson Mandela. Honor his life and legacy by telling his story to your children. Check out this kid-friendly (cartoons included) version of Nelson Mandela’s life.
July is National Park and Recreation Month! Parks are a center of family and community memories. Celebrate old memories and create new ones by visiting your local park to play basketball, take a walk, or join your children on the swings! Want to visit the parks through poetry? Read poems about a park from each state; the poems were commission in celebration of the National Park Service Centennial.
Terribly Funny
Do you know what the loudest pet is?
A trumpet.