Activities for Children

Poetry is also a fun activity that you and your child can undertake. Again it is great fun and a good educational tool. See our poem below and more examples in our Childrens Poetry.

Another popular child activity is arts and crafts, children love to get their "hands dirty" making something that they can admire afterwards, these crafts can improve their motor skills and also give them a calming activity to enjoy, see our Pinata craft below

A Pinata

• 1 - 9" - 25" sturdy,empty helium balloon
• Optional smaller balloons
• 12" wide strips of newspaper
• Decoupage glue
• Sharp scissors
• Candy or small toys for filling

The game is played by blindfolding children and letting them hit the pinata with a stick or plastic bat. To insure that every child gets a turn we line kids up by age and only allow them 3 hits.

Toddler Activities

Toddlers love emptying and re-filling objects. Play sand is an ideal material to use. If you have a sand pit, add some empty buckets and your child will have hours of fun. Sand can be a bit messy for indoors, but you can use anything. Try a bucket or jar and put beans or pebbles into it. Make sure that the items you use are not so small that your child could choke on them. See our online toddler games.

Toys

• sturdy, unbreakable, not likely to break into small pieces and strong enough for child to stand on or in.
• nontoxic materials.
• no sharp points or edges.
• too large to be lodged in windpipe, ears, nostrils.
• no detachable small pans.
• no parts that could pinch or entrap fingers, toes, hair.
• not put together with easily exposed straight pins, sham wires, nails.
• no electrical parts, unless supervised by adult.

Books