Are you a busy parent who seems to not have enough time to play with your kids as often as you like? Join the club as you are definitely not alone! If you work full-time in or out of the home, do all the things you need to do to run your household and all the other time consuming activities, sometimes it seems there is never enough time. The good thing is that it is not necessarily the amount of time you spend with your child but rather how the time is spent. If you spent 30 minutes a day on the floor engaging with your child, this is the optimal thing you can do rather than spending an hour watching television together. Here are some fun ideas you can do for your quality kid time.
Play With Your Kids
Take A Field Trip: Many local businesses and service providers are happy to give a tour of their facilities. If you have pre-school age kids, you may call the local fire department and ask if they give tours. For the older kids, most art museums are free and welcome groups of children.
Go On A Nature Walk: Fall is a beautiful time of year to get outside and take in the beauty of our surroundings. The leaves are changing, the pine cones are beginning to cover the ground and although they are chilly, creeks and other small bodies of water hold many cool treasures. Caitlin and I recently took a walk and had a contest to see who could find the coolest leaves. We had a blast!
Play A Game: When was the last time you got on the floor and played a game with your kids? There are so many games available for all ages and levels. You can play any game and pare it down for a younger crowd. If you are playing charades with an older child you may be acting out a favorite book but with younger kids, pretending to be a certain animal is charades as well! Grab a favorite board game and jump into to a rousing family competition! My kids are very competitive and it is at its best when they team up against my husband and me. If you are interested in finding age appropriate and high quality games, Wonder Forge is a “Wonder”-ful place to visit. Wonder Forge has a huge selection of games for kids of all ages, so no matter the age, they will have something fun for you.
Family Game Night
Our family loves and looks forward to family game night. We are all pretty competitive, so we love to nudge each other’s buttons and get the spirit of the game going at full speed! Joey at Wonder Forge sent a variety of games for my family to enjoy. We received: Who Shook Hook ($19.99), Neverland Challenge Game ($19.99), Enchanted Cupcake Party Game ($16.99), Dazzling Princess Game ($19.99), Dr. Seuss Fun Machine App-Play Game ($9.99), and Joker Fun House Game ($19.99). I love the diversity that Wonder Forge offers as well as the content of the games they carry. These games are very high quality, the pieces are not your typical cheap and flimsy pieces you sometimes get and the kids just had fun with them all. The Dr. Seuss App has a free video clip that allows you to check out the app before you buy it. I think that is just so smart to see if a game is going to be enjoyed by your child.
My kids loved the Joker Fun House the best and Henry invited his friend Olivia over to play “the coolest game I ever played and I know you will like it too” AKA Joker Fun House!! The games that are for the younger crowd, like the Jake and the Neverland Pirate games have pieces that are nice and big so there are no swallowing issues and they are nice and sturdy and brightly colored, which when put together, make a recipe for a successful game for your preschooler. If your family game night is going a bit stale, hop over to Wonder Forge and see all the Wonder-ful games they have for you to choose from.
Two winners will receive (2) games of their choice ($9.99-$19.99)
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I’d love to play Busy, Busy Airport with my kiddos.
I love Gerry the Giraffe!
I like the Richard Scarry Busy Busy Airport game!
http://www.wonderforge.com/products/dr-seuss/i-can-do-that-deluxe-edition/
I like the spotcha and the http://www.wonderforge.com/products/konexi/ games the best 🙂
Spotcha looks fun! Thanks for the chance to win.
I like the Busy, Busy Airport Game. I LOVED Richard Scarry’s Busytown as a child, and my boys love it too!
Konexi™ looks fun!
the thanks a lot! game looks fun
What’s in the Cats Hat seems like a fun game.
I like the Dazzling Princess Game.
my favorite product is the Busy, Busy Airport
I like the DC comic matching game for my grandson
I like the Dr. Seuss Wood ABCs Puzzle.
Thanks!
I like the Konexi game. That looks pretty challenging.
I like the Minnie Mouse Bow-tique
like angelina ballerina
konex
What’s In The Cat’s Hat?
i like konexi
konexi
konexi
konexi
I like the Minnie Mouse Bow-tique
Bingo Game.
konexi
The Curious George Beach Discover Game would be a hit with my kids.
thanks alot
thanks alot
busy busy airport
Traintastic Cargo Game
I like the recycled bags
Spotcha is the one I think my kids would like the most!
spotcha
discovery garden and chuggington
Konexi
Curious George™
Spotcha
What’s in the cat’s hat
The Neverland Challenge Game looks like fun.
Green Eggs and Ham Speedy Diner!
discovery garden game
joker fun house game
Fun Machine
I think my lil princess would love the dazzling princess dress up game
I think my lil princess would love the dazzling princess dress up game
The Dazzling Princess Game is my favorite.
http://www.wonderforge.com/products/angelina-ballerina/
Cat in the Hat wood puzzle.
i like the who shook hook? game
busy busy airport
Spotcha looks like a family friendly game!
The Joker Fun House Game
whats in the cats hat? game
I know my son would love Busy Busy Airport.
My favorite is the Green Eggs and Ham Speedy Diner game.
What’s in the Cat’s Hat?™ Game
I think my kids would like the Busy, Busy Airport or Spotcha!
Who shook Hook?
We have the busytown eye found it game and we love it!
I like Konexi.Thanks for the chance.
mogrill12@gmail.com
mythbusters
Busy, Busy Airport Game.
I like the thanks a lot game
I like the thanks a lot game
my favorite game to play with my kids is twister
I would love to play Konexi.
I like the Who Shook Hook game
The joker funhouse would be great in my house of super heroes!!
I like the Busy, Busy Airport Game.
this http://www.wonderforge.com/products/disney/never-land-challenge-game/
mythbusters
I like the thanks alot?!
i like Konexi™
My favorite product is Chuggington.
I like the busytown match game
I like the Busytown Eye Found It! Game.
Spotcha looks fun.
Busy town I found it looks fun.
I like ‘Thanks A Lot’ and ‘Konexi’
I like the Busy, Busy Airport
Konexi
Mythbusters™ – The Game…that’s just awesome!!!!
I like The Cat in the Hat I Can Do That Deluxe version.
DC Super Friends matching game
Angelina Ballerina
I’d love to play Konexi!
I like What’s in the Cats hat or Busy, Busy Airport
Our family loves and looks forward to family game night and joker fun house would fit right in
i like the minnie mouse bow-tique matching game
I like the Dazzling Princess Game
http://www.wonderforge.com/products/spotcha/
http://www.wonderforge.com/products/spotcha/
I love the Busy, Busy Airport!