>Get out some fun clothes, costumes, or whatever you can find and play dress up. Make this a family activity: Everyone gets dressed up. Are you all super-heroes? Going to a ball? Ghosts? This activity promotes free play, creativity, and imagination.
>Has anyone ever made you laugh while you were drinking milk and the milk came shooting out your nose? Make this a family activity: Has everyone in you family had milk come out their nose before? This activity promotes, well, messes and giggles.
>Number of players needed to play Farmer in the Dell: 10 or more. Players hold hands and dance in circle around one player who is the farmer. As everyone sings the song (below) the farmer picks someone from the circle to be his wife. The wife then picks a child, the child picks a nurse,
>Always a fun one for boys (and some girls). Can you burp the alphabet? As you burp, try to make your burp sound like a letter of the alphabet. Can you do all 26 letters? ABCDEF… Make this a family activity: Who can burp the most letters? This activity promotes vocal chord range.
>Do you have a favourite book? Write a review for it. Explain what you liked about it, and what you didn’t like about it. How did it make you feel? What did it make you think about when you read it? How about a book that you didn’t like? Write a review explaining why you
>Do you have a cat or a dog? Teach them a trick, or if they already know tricks, teach them a new one. Whoa! Did I say teach your cat a trick? I did. Even cats can learn tricks. I taught my cat to jump through a hoop, sit on a chair, roll over, shake
>Make jewelry, key chains, bags and much more by weaving or stringing beads together. Make this a family activity: Do this craft with your family. This activity promotes fine motor skills, pattern awareness (which promotes math skills).
