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City Hunt and Find Puzzle
Need something for the older kids to do to keep them busy for a few minutes while waiting, riding in the car or just plain bored? Here is a challenging puzzle to practice visual perceptual skills. Print the City Hunt and Find puzzle from Growing Play. Need more game ideas? Check out Category Games.
Collect Moments Not Things
We are returning from an unbelievably awesome vacation in Florida. You know what made it so awesome? We did nothing but go to the beach everyday. Beach combing in the early morning, then swimming, lunch on the sand and more swimming. I have to admit it was one of the best vacations of my life. […]
Enjoy Life’s Small Moments
I feel like life is passing by so quickly. One of my goals for the upcoming year is to slow down. As a working mother with 6 children I am feeling like that is not a possibility so I plan on trying to at least slow each day down by taking the time to appreciate […]
Quiz Question Road Trip Game
My children of all ages love this game and it is super simple. Give them quiz questions based on their lives. Here are some example questions: What is Grandma’s middle name? How old was your mother when you were born? What day of the week were you born on? Name all of your cousins in […]
Color Car Road Trip Game
We have been playing different variations of this game for years. Here is how you play Yellow Car: Everyone looks for yellow cars. The game scores as follows: regular yellow car – 1 point, any yellow pick up truck – 5 points, yellow Mustang – 5 points and yellow Hummer – automatic win! We keep score […]
Why Do Children Get Motion Sickness in the Car?
With six children, we have had our fair share of kids that get car sick (myself included). If you understand why children and adults get car sick it may help to prevent it. Car sickness results when the brain receives conflicting information from the inner ears, the tactile system, the eyes and your internal expectations. […]
5 Ways to Make Time for the Family
I started to write this post since our life has been so chaotic recently with everyone going in different directions. The amount of time that our family of 8 is all together seems to be dwindling. Partially it is because the kids are getting older and have more obligations and partially it is just that […]
Category Games for Family Game Night
Click on image to enlarge sample pages from Category Games Are you looking for a fun, quick game for family game night? Check out Category Games. This digital download will be sent to you via email right after payment so you are ready to play. The packet includes four (4) different category games: Game #1: […]
Top 5 Family Christmas Traditions
Throughout the years, our large family has participated in different Christmas traditions. There is something so comforting about family traditions. They can strengthen a family bond, create stability, provide familiarity and increase emotional ties. Here are my top 5 family Christmas traditions: 1. BAKE COOKIES TOGETHER – The taste of the cookie dough, the smells […]
Christmas Doodle Find for Family Game Night
Christmas Doodle Find: This 18 page PDF download is a Christmas seek and find game that includes 4 different game boards, 6 recording pages and also includes 5 find and color pages. This game requires no preparation – just print and play! In addition, there are directions included to create a travel version of the game. […]