51 Best Ways to Amuse Kids

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Berkley Publishing Group, 2000 - Family & Relationships - 114 pages
Looking for ways to amuse kids without the help of a television? As a professional children's entertainer, Ellen van Wees has been doing it for years. This illustrated book features a wide range of activities and games that will help parents keep their children amused -- and their own sanity intact. With a variety of tried-and-true diversions that are suitable for rainy days or birthday parties, for children to enjoy alone or with others, this book is a must-have for parents, teachers, and babysitters. These creative, fun activities require no special skills or equipment, but they are sure to hold kids' interest for a few minutes -- or a few hours.
-- Pirate adventures in the bathtub -- Memory games for waiting in line -- Puppet show -- Doll's birthday party -- Sink or float experiments -- Seashell games -- Tricks with time -- Hand-clapping rhymes -- Valentine sandwiches -- and more

Contents

Introduction
1
Balloon Float
3
Leprechauns and Giants
5
Ahoy Ye Landlubbers
7
Caution Kids Working
11
Finger Doodles
13
Nature Calls
14
Bang on a
17
The Lady with the Alligator Purse
57
A String of Paper Dolls
59
28
62
Think Globally
64
30
65
Haunted House
68
32
70
Dance of the Seven Veils
71

Its a Puppet Show
19
Dressing Game 1 3
22
5
24
7
26
My Favorite Book
27
Gimme Five
28
Open Shut Them
30
Mauve Melon Marmoset Categories
32
Luminarias
34
Rock Pools
37
Balloon Madness
39
Story Time Switch
41
Threading Necklaces
43
Grandmothers Trunk
45
Heard It Through the Grapevine
47
Tickle Me
49
22
50
Wait a Minute
52
24
54
Scissors Rock Paper
56
34
73
Valentines for Lunch
76
Read Between the Lines
78
Silly Faces
80
Its All a Shell Game
82
How Does Your Garden Grow?
84
The Grass Is Always Greener
87
A Dolls Birthday
89
The Corner Grocery Store
91
Abracadabra Magic Wand
93
Flower Power
95
To Float or Sink
97
Penny Pitching 99 F 47 Eat More Sprouts 101 A 48 Stained Glass Fantasia
103
Hot Potato
105
Spy
106
Stiltskins
107
Story Time
109
Grab Bag
112
Copyright

About the author (2000)

Ellen van Wees is a professional children's party entertainer and puppeteer who has been keeping kids amused and spellbound for years. She first discovered the importance of child's play in her native Australia, where she studied Early Childhood Education.

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