Family Activity Books

FussBusters at Home: Strategies and Games for Smoothing the Rough Spots in Your Preschooler's Day

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This one-of-a-kind parent's survival guide makes daily life with young children more rewarding and less daunting. HERE IS A UNIQUE PARENTING BOOK filled with coping strategies, activities, and ideas for successfully managing day-to-day life with preschoolers. Arranged chronologically over the course of a day, chapters address such topics as waking up, dressing, and managing the morning rush; successful napping without struggles; managing sibling rivalry; making the most out of outdoor play; and, finally, winding down, bath time, and bedtime. Special attention is given to helping preschoolers cope with transitions, meal times, and changes in routines. Each chapter begins with an introduction that highlights common problems, discusses relevant developmental issues, and offers general suggestions to avoid troublesome moments. Detailed, individual activities with easy-to-follow instructions, rhymes, and games follow. Sidebars include important, relevant information on safety issues, real-life anecdotes, and references to enriching resources, such as book and music suggestions. Using the ideas in the book, parents can transform boring or aggravating at-home tasks into experiences that a child-and adult-may find pleasurable and stimulating. With an advanced degree in clinical child psychology and years of professional experiences in child and youth services, author Carol Baicker-McKee recognizes the special needs and abilities of toddlers. As a three-time veteran of the delivery room, she brings personal experience, humor, and hard-won insight into the special joys and struggles of day-to-day life with young children.

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One Year Book of Family Devotions, Vol. 3

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An excellent devotion that will help families discover God 365 days a year.

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One Year Book of Family Devotions, Vol. 1

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An excellent devotion that will help families discover God 365 days a year.

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A Lithgow Palooza!

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What's a palooza?

An activity that keeps kids from uttering those terrifying words, "I'm bored!"

You may know John Lithgow as star of stage, screen, and television or even as a bestselling children's book author. But his most important role -- parent -- was also the most fun. Whether building cardboard castles or putting on a King and I puppet show or conducting a treasure hunt in the National Gallery of Art, John has spent years perfecting the art of the palooza.

A palooza is easy to do!

? A palooza doesn't cost much (some cost absolutely nothing)

? A palooza is instigated or organized by parents but is quickly taken over by children

? A palooza may involve a computer but never the TV

? A palooza may use all varieties of arts and crafts

? A palooza may secretly teach children (and parents!) a thing or two

? A palooza is entertaining for the entire family

? A palooza depends entirely on the inexhaustible creativity, ingenuity, imagination, and sense of fun of young minds

This book contains 101 ideas for creating paloozas for children ages 3 to 12 wherever you are. Grouped according to interests and themes -- like art, drama, music, vacations, and birthdays -- and incorporating lots of extrapaloozas, fun facts for parent and child, and suggested additional reading for all ages, John's paloozas range from adopting your own soup can for a day to inventing your own secret language to establishing left-handed day or creating a self-portrait. A Lithgow Palooza! is an utterly unique collection of original activities guaranteed to transform any household from bored to bubbling with fun.

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Grandloving: Making Memories with Your Grandchildren

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Selected as "Outstanding" by Parent Council, Grandloving is a comprehensive, upbeat sourcebook that offers over 200 inexpensive and fun activities for grandparents to do with or mail to their grandchildren. It highlights tips from 350 families worldwide, heartfelt ideas for holidays, visits, and family traditions, reminders about child development, help for grandparents caring for their grandchildren, an extensive list of resources and book reviews, as well as helpful logos, 95 illustrations, and an easy-to-use 7 page index. Whether you live near to or far from your grandchildren, you'll grow closer to them as you use Grandloving's creative ideas to become the grandparent every child wants!

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A Year of Fun Just for Babies (Year of Fun)

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These age-specific books provide you with important information about how young children are growing and changing, and what you can do to lay a strong foundation for later learning. Calendar-like pages, designed to be displayed, offer developmentally appropriate activity suggestions for each season. Each book includes ideas for games, recipes, songs, poems, and more, plus practical parenting advice! You are your baby's first teacher. A Year of Fun Just for Babies will help you find fun and practical ways to help your baby learn during each month of his or her first year. A book list suggests appropriate books for both parents and babies. Fun activities help your baby explore his or her new world. And practical advice, such as playpen safety and choosing a day care, helps you provide a safe and nurturing environment for learning. It's a great way to grow, love, and learn together!

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Fussbusters on the Go: Strategies and Games for Stress-Free Outings, Errands, and Vacations With Your Preschooler

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A new parenting guide shows on-the-go families how to make the most of traveling with children WHETHER PARENTS ARE running errands with toddlers in tow or packing up the family for a long vacation, traveling with children can be a challenging experience. Boredom, delayed flights, long car rides, longer waits, and sibling squabbles can easily interrupt any adventure. Here is a one-of-a-kind survival guide for parents filled with practical strategies, activities and ideas for making family outings successful, safe, and fun! The first part of the book looks at the special circumstances and unique challenges of everyday outings, including managing trips to the grocery store and visits to the dressing room; keeping children entertained in restaurants and waiting rooms; and negotiating public transportation. The second part focuses on longer trips and vacations and covers topics such as: successful trip planning, entertaining activities to occupy restless kids; managing car, plane, train, bus or boat travel; and keeping kids clean, well fed and well rested on the road. Sidebars throughout highlight important information and offer helpful suggestions and safety tips. As a mother and child development specialist, author Carol Baicker-McKee understands well the special rewards and difficulties of traveling with children. Using the ideas in this resourceful guide, parents can end grocery store tantrums and car ride meltdowns, and transform any trip with young children into an enjoyable and memorable outing.

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The Book of New Family Traditions: How to Create Great Rituals for Holidays & Everydays

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Overcoat Day. Welcome Summer Party. Monthly Pizza Blast. Bus Stop Party. These are just some of the enjoyable and inventive new traditions you 'll find in The Book of New Family Traditions. Life isn't like it used to be, and we need to invent new traditions for today's families. Meg Cox guides you through the simple steps that help families fully cherish all of those special moments and milestones, help heal the wounds of trauma and loss, and strengthen that indomitable spirit of identity within a family. With The Book of New Family Traditions, your family can create the kind of celebrations that lead to everlasting happy memories. When author Meg Cox became a mother in 1994, she started a personal quest to find inspiring, contemporary family rituals. She sought rituals that were simple but profound, practical and yet lots of fun. Using her skills as a journalist, she spent more than three years interviewing diverse families all over the country and compiling a collection of inventive new traditions. In this book you'll find fresh ways of commemorating established holidays like Thanksgiving and July 4, Passover and Easter, Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa. You will also find original observances for birthdays, bedtime and dinnertime, not to mention a whole compendium of unexpected traditions: sports rituals, pet rituals, homework rituals, vacation rituals and family meetings, among others. The Book of New Family Traditions provides a wealth of fun, easy and creative new celebrations for your family for every occasion.

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Making Memories (Lessons Learned)

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Pages: 128, Hardcover, Compendium Inc

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Creating Family Traditions: Making Memories in Festive Seasons (Let's Make a Memory Series)

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There?s something tender, sacred and very special about family traditions. Some are inherited from past generations, and some are born within your own family. Either way, traditions create closeness and seal the ties that bind families together.

In Creating Family Traditions, Gloria Gaither and Shirley Dobson share their own ideas that will help make meaningful, long-lasting memories throughout the years to come. It?s packed with easy-to-do, fun-filled activities for holidays and special occasions through all the seasons of the year, and can be enjoyed by all, from toddlers to grandparents. This is the second book in the Let?s Make a Memory series.

There?s something tender, sacred and very special about family traditions. Some are inherited from past generations, and some are born within your own family. Either way, traditions create closeness and seal the ties that bind families together.

In Creating Family Traditions, Gloria Gaither and Shirley Dobson share their own ideas that will help make meaningful, long-lasting memories throughout the years to come. It?s packed with easy-to-do, fun-filled activities for holidays and special occasions through all the seasons of the year, and can be enjoyed by all, from toddlers to grandparents. This is the second book in the Let?s Make a Memory series.

Story Behind the Book

We believed that the best memories aren?t necessarily made of grand plans, vacation budgets or whole weekend outings. Indeed, the best memories are often made of delight in silly, simple things, and the most precious moments are just that ? only moments: a hug, a tickling match, a pillow fight, a surprise stop for ice cream, or a detour from the ordinary to see the stars. This collection of ideas is meant to be just that ? ideas. They may make you think of even better ways to create traditions, but these are places to start. May we all hold each other a little more closely and remember ?home? a little more fondly because of ordinary days made holy by the sacrament of loving.

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