Unplug Your Preschooler with more than 200 screen-free games and activities!
“Just plain fun!... Will help parents give their children the kind of childhood that more and more children are missing.”––Mary Piper, PhD., author of Reviving Ophelia Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls
From Animal Doctor to Lunch Bag Puppet, Letter Hunt to Life-Size Me, here are more than 200 screen-free games and activities to help kids enjoy the wholesome, old-fashioned experience of playing creatively and freely...without technology. There are outdoor games and indoor games, games to play solo and games to play with others, arts and crafts, songs and rhymes, playdates and party favorites––even instant activities to do at the kitchen table while dinner’s cooking. All games are preschooler-tested and approved.
A note to parents: Play matters! Technology has its place, but these unplugged games are designed to stretch the imagination, spark creativity, build strong bodies, and forge deeper connections with family and friends.
My Thoughts
So we all know that this last year has been tough. There has been a lot of time spent in the house with our children. In the beginning of quarantine and the lockdowns, I remember saying, "He is cooped up inside and can't see his friends, who cares if he watches a bunch of tv or plays with his tablet." Well as Covid lockdown goes on and on and on and on, we have to change up our thinking with that. No one thought it would go this long. It is time to put some structure back into the world for my children lol. This book is adorable, and well organized. There are sections for how you are going to play; by yourself, with mom and dad, other kids, at a party. There is indoor activities, outdoor activities, things to do in the car, etc. There is a great and descriptive introduction on their theories behind this back and how children should and do play, and also how to use the book. Definitely something a parent should read before getting into these activities. There are quick activities, long activities, toy recommendations, recommendations for children with special needs.
Sometime they are things as silly as putting stickers on cans in your pantry, building a fort our of a kitchen table, to more intricate things like making your own play dough, and art work out of fabric scraps. Some of the things were a little obvious like sidewalk chart or painting, but some of the things got me excited to try and were very inventive like Dunkin' Ducks. They even have a "shopping list" in the back for what you should have on hand for a good preshcool play closet. We have tried a bunch of them. We just moved and the tools and fix it activity was adorable. It went really well with him "fixing" a bunch of stuff in the house while we unpacked. It backfired us when he took Daddy's hammer for him, and gave him his "hammer" telling him he wanted to switch lol. Otherwise it was adorable. We have done sidewalk chalk, built forts, made our own play dough. I think as we get into more of the cold of winter this book will become our everyday manual. Highly recommend for your kids. It gets very inventive.
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