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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.
The next time you get in the car with your kids, turn off the radio. Share what’s on your mind, or ask them a question.
Terribly Funny
Do you know what the loudest pet is?
A trumpet.
As kids get ready to go back to school, take the time to remind them about the opportunities, as well as the challenges, that lie ahead of them. Learn tips for talking with your child about college.
Summer is a time for family fun and activities, but it is also important for students to stay sharp academically! Check out this blog post from Edutopia for seven ways to keep your child learning even when school’s out.
April is National Poetry Month and there are lots of ways to celebrate with your kids. Grab some chalk and a poem, draw out hopscotch squares and put a line in each square. Hop through reading the lines together. Not sure what poem to use? Explore poems and examples. Feel extra creative? Write poems together as a family.
These tips from the National Institutes of Health can help you use the Nutrition Facts labels on some of your favorite foods to make healthier food choices for you and your family. Read them with your kids as you are at the grocery store. Comparing calories per serving? Make it a game! You’ll build literacy and math skills, and be healthier for it.
No time on Sunday? Save the comics and read them together when you have time.
Read a book, newspaper, magazine, the comics, anything will do as long as you are with your children.
For young kids, building skills around reading can be more than just stories at bedtime. These PBSKids Reading games work on creating words, making songs, decorating cakes, writing your own comic book, and more. Try some out tonight!
The kids will be heading back to school soon, so make sure they’re prepared. It’s easy to forget everything learned throughout the school year in the months of summer vacation. Take some time to go over what was learned last year in an informal setting that doesn’t feel like school. Read picture books or play games involving the topics so that your kids can pick up where they left off when they head back to school.
Get your kids involved with preparing these easy Thanksgiving leftover recipes together.
Positive communication is a cornerstone to healthy relationships. Sometimes with our kids it’s hard to know what to talk about. Try this ice breaker the next time you’re not sure what to say. Get a bag of multicolor candy and assign each color a question, like Blue is what’s your favorite song right now? Yellow is share your favorite knock-knock joke? Each time you pull out a candy, someone shares an answer. Just make sure to listen to the answer before reaching for another treat!
Terribly Funny
Do you know what the loudest pet is?
A trumpet.