Weekend Activities

Not sure of what to do on the weekends with the little ones? Try Creative Kids At Home. This website is sure to provide many fun activities for you and the children. They post new activities each month and science projects that you and your child can do together.

For the busy body that keeps complaining of being bored try going here. This site design and colors are enough to keep your child and yourself excited for hours on end. Online games, jigsaw puzzles, coloring pages and more!

If it happens to be a rainy weekend. DLTK Crafts is a site that you should see for yourself. Not much to see here, but plenty to do. DLTK's Printable Crafts for Kids provides a variety of fun, printable children;s crafts, coloring pages and more including projects for holidays, educational themes and some of our children's favorite cartoon characters. If you are also in the UK, try this site . At the activity village, there are several more rainy day activities to keep the laughs and smiles coming.

Also try this oldie but goodie: PBSKids.org

Keep A Stash:

Above all else, have age appropriate emergency toys for rainy day occasions. Board games, coloring books, special movies, and little dollar store toys bring excitement to even the grayest day.

A rainy day can seem ever worse if the family is bored and searching for things to occupy their time. With a little preparation, and advanced thought, rainy days can be as fun as sunny ones.

What is or was your favorite childhood game?

What was your favorite childhood game? Was it hopscotch, hide-n-go seek, or tag? I have several favorites. I think the one I liked the most was hopscotch. You never really see any kids today playing hopscotch. In doing a little searching. I was curious to know how hopscotch originated.

This is what I found:

Hopscotch dates back to the Roman occupation of Britain. The first thing to be done is to draw a course. Several common court styles are seen below:Each player then chooses a marker, usually a stone. Play begins with the first player tossing his stone into the first space. If the stone lands completely within the designated square, the player proceeds to hop through the course. A player can only have one foot in any given square, so single squares must be balanced and double squares (side by side) are straddled.While hopping, the player should alternate the foot he lands on for each square. Any space not marked with a number, ie London, Home, etc., are considered rest squares and can be landed in in any fashion.When the player reaches the top of the court, he then turns around and comes back, collecting his marker along the way. Play then continues with the player tossing his marker into the second square and so on.

If a player fails to toss his marker into the correct square or if it touches a line the players turn ends. The same is true if the player stepson a line, misses a square, or loses his balance and falls.The first player to complete the course for each numbered square wins.

I located this information at web.northshield.org/.../moy/games/hopscotch.php.

I did notice when I was coming up that more girls played hopscotch than boys. The boys would just walk through when you were jumping and mess you up. They thought it was funny. You would get hurt especially if you were the one that had a big gap and you would've made it if he hadn't walked in front of you. Then you spent the rest of the time chasing him, trying to hit him for the remainder of recess. ~sigh, the memories~ If its a beautiful day where you are today. Make time and introduce your child to hopscotch if they don't know about it. Play to win...and play to learn. Have a fun day!