March 2009 – It's All Kid's Play

>#74: Play Cars

>Make your cars roads out of paper. Make towns out of blocks or boxes. Have fun! This activity promotes imaginative play.

>#73: Make a Grass Head

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>Materials needed:An old knee-high stocking (or the leg cut off an old pair of nylons)15 mL (1 tablespoon) grass seed750 mL (3 cups) sawdust or peat mossBowlSaucer or plateWaterMarkers, white glue, goggly eyes (or buttons) Place grass seed in the toe of the stocking. Fill the foot of the stocking with sawdust or peat moss.

Make Puddle Rivers: Play in the Mud

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>It’s mud puddle time! Put on your rubber boots and go find some small mud puddles. Connect mud puddles together by dragging the heel of your boot through the mud or use a shovel. Make rivers and connect the ‘lakes’ (mud puddles). This activity promotes engineering (math, logic and calculation) skills.

>#71: Go to a Trade Show

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>A trade show can be about cars, local businesses, computers, weddings, comic books, skis, RVs, books, and more! A trade show usually has many booths with contests, phamplets and people, people, people. Check to see what’s happening around your town/city this weekend. Maybe you can go to a trade show. This activity promotes exploring interests.

>#70: Jump On Your Bed

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>That is, if you are allowed. (I wouldn’t want to get you in trouble.) This activity promotes motor skill development.

Count Your Teeth

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Hey, how many teeth do you have? How about your parents? How many do they have? Your friends? Siblings? This activity promotes counting skills and self-awareness.

>#68: Round Up!

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>You can add your own rules or change the game to work for where you are driving. Here are a few rules to get you started: Each player chooses a side of the road. They will try to spot as many cows as they can on their side of the road. That means they can’t