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Parents often wonder how to make their kids busy during school holidays. Some kids end up spending time at home watching television or playing online games at the computer all day. You have to plan some holiday activities for kids to make them active. Sport for kids are to develop their motor skill by learning and practising sport. Parents need to let them explore all kinds of sporty activities to develop their motor skills. The window of learning motor skill will shut down after the kids reach their age at 10 years old and kids will not learn activities related to motor skill the natural way. Here are some ideas to make kids engage in sport activities during holiday.
1. Visit outdoor kids playground
Choose the playground which has swings, see-saw, slides and monkey bar perhaps. Kids will exercise climbing, learn how to move a swing with their body, learn to slide and more. They have physical exercise and excitement at the same time.
2. Visit indoor kids playground
Indoor kids playground normally has a limited space and kids enjoy bouncing with all different kinds of accessories.
3. Kite flying
The good idea is to buy a kite making kit. Let the kids make their own kite and take them to the park to learn how to fly a kite.
4. Play hopscotch
Hopscotch is an easy game to play for 2 players or more. Kids can play hopscotch at the porch or at the back of the home where there is a pavement. You can draw a hopscotch line with a chalk and number each square.
5. Buy sport accessories
You can buy from the simple sport accessories such as a ball, a skipping rope or a hulla hop which kids can learn fast or skate shoes, a skateboard which a child needs some techniques to learn.
6. Buy vehicle toys
Scooter and bicycles are vehicles that kids enjoy most. Learning to ride two wheels bicycle needs some efforts and practices.
7. Enroll your kids for a sport class or teach your kids a new sport.
You can enroll your kids for football, tennis, swimming, badminton or basketball or you can teach them by yourselves. Badminton is an easy sport that everyone can learn.
Kids learn sport easily when they are young. You may ask them or give them a suggestion and let them voice their choice. Kids will feel the excitement when there are friends to learn, to practice with and to play along. Encourage them to try different sport for their holiday activities.
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Kids love surprises and fun during the festival. I would suggest some Easter holiday activities for kids. Do you know why Easter is associated with bunny and eggs?
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Happy Tiggerific Chinese New Year, Gong Xi Fa Cai !
Let’s kick the New Year with high hope. Dear Parents, you can keep your kids busy with holiday activities such as printable Chinese New Year coloring pages and crafts for kids. Please check out the latest Tiger Chinese New Year Holiday Activities for Kids.
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Christmas is special occasion for Christian family. Parents, do spare some time during Christmas to make fun activities for the family so they become everlasting memories. What are fun ideas to make Christmas memorable and fun? I say, Plenty. You can think something traditional or create new things out of the box.
Remember your childhood during Christmas. What did your parents do for you and your siblings? Revive the tradition back in your home with your children. Read More »
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12The Importance of Play for Children as Learning Resources for Kids
Posted By: Viviana on December 12, 2009 at 12:15 am
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Toys are fun and bring magic to your kids. It’s true. Let’s take a look at the importance of play for children and benefits of toys in different kinds of play as learning resources for kids. Read More »
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Halloween is so popular and celebrated in western countries and the popularity spreads to Asian countries as well. Well, I only know that Halloween is about ghost festival and here is the truth about Halloween from Halloweenhistory.org:
Halloween has its origins in the ancient Celtic festival known as Samhain. The festival of Samhain is a celebration of the end of the harvest season in Gaelic culture. Samhain was a time used by the ancient pagans to take stock of supplies and prepare for winter. The ancient Gaels believed that on October 31, the boundaries between the worlds of the living and the dead overlapped and the deceased would come back to life and cause havoc such as sickness or damaged crops
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Kids like to feel spooky sometimes, especially on Halloween Day. I list down some free kids resources for Halloween Day. So, plan ahead and here are some fun Halloween activities for kids:
- Make Halloween costumes for kids. Here are free Kids Resources, 100 easy-to-make Halloween costumes ideas for kids.
- Color Halloween printable pictures.
- Play Halloween Games with your kids such as Halloween Quiz, Puzzles and Word Search.
- Bake creative Halloween Cookies with your kids.
- Read aloud spooky Halloween Stories for kids.
Have a Fun Family Halloween Day!
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