101 Family Vacation Games: Have Fun While Traveling, Camping, or Celebrating at Home Contributor(s): Varda, Shando (Author) |
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ISBN: 0897934628 ISBN-13: 9780897934626 Publisher: Hunter House Publishers
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: April 2005 Annotation: This resource brings together games new and old from around the world, creating a wonderful collection for parents to explore with their families. The activities can be used any time parents, teachers, camp counselors, and other adults want to encourage laughing and learning and engage children in a positive and fun-filled way. There are games to play at the beach, while camping, in the car, on the plane, and elsewhere. Sample games include Word Tennis, Treasure Hunt, and Storytelling Starters, and photographs and illustrations enhance the play experience. Click for more in this series: SmartFun Books |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Travel | Special Interest - Family - Games & Activities - Family & Relationships | Activities |
Dewey: 790.191 |
LCCN: 2005014038 |
Age Level: 4-UP |
Grade Level: PreK-UP |
Series: SmartFun Books |
Physical Information: 0.36" H x 6.08" W x 9" L (0.54 lbs) 160 pages |
Themes: - Topical - Family |
Features: Illustrated, Index, Price on Product, Table of Contents |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Playing with your offspring helps parents to meet their children as equals and to bring fun and laughter into family life. When we laugh and have fun together, tensions are dissolved, and we come fully alive. In this age of electronic media, families are simply forgetting the many wonderful ways of playing together. 101 FAMILY VACATION GAMES includes different types of games new and old and from all around the world that create a wonderful repertoire for parents to explore with their families. The author encourages parents to use games as a parenting skill and finds that parents who do this cause their families to blossom and bubble over with vitality. Although the book focuses on games for families on vacation, the games can be used for any time when parents or other adults want to engage with children in a positive and fun-filled manner, helping the children to learn and laugh, and building lasting relationships between children and adults. The book includes games to play at the beach, camping, in the car, on the plane, at picnics, at vacation homes, and at birthday parties. Some sample games: Word Tennis, Treasure Hunt, Pebble Pictures, Storytelling Starters. Age level is 4 and up. |
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