PLAY IS THE WORK OF CHILDHOOD, SO LET’S PLAY!
Foster your children’s love of nature and science with these unforgettable learning experiences. Watching caterpillars form a chrysalis and then emerge is almost as spell binding as seeing them use their proboscis to sip from an orange slice. Enjoy!
National Geographic Geodes kit (contains 10 geodes)
Magnets seem nearly miraculous as an unseen force attracts and repels objects. Fill your child’s hands with wonder with these magnetic toys:
Magnetic Building Sticks/marbles
Develop your child’s problem solving abilities with these experimental building toys. How high can you make the marble run? How do you create an electrical circuit to turn a fan on?
Gearjits – rotating solar system puzzle
Cooking is science, reading, math, gift giving, problem solving and fun all rolled into one:
Healing Kitchen (bacon wrapped apples, meatballs, Mojo chicken make this healthy and kid friendly)
Cook School (recipes for 3yrs – 12yr – my favorite)
How do we make reading relevant and exciting? Narnia stirred my imagination and began my love of reading. Beautiful illustrations can bring to life a classic book. Magazines with captivating news like pirate ships found, robot designs, flight suits, real light sabers, naming a new dinosaur and more can help make reading interesting.
The Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis
The Arrow and the Crown by Emma Fox (a local author)
The Secret Garden (unabridged & beautifully illustrated)
Puzzles build our visual processing, visual fixation, hand-eye coordination and patience:
Vincent Van Gogh Starry Night 100 piece puzzle
3D Wood Puzzles of Wild Animals
Ravensburger Puzzle: King of the Dinosaurs
Fun family games facilitate memory making. Small but fun!
6 Classic Card games: includes Go Fish, Old Maid, War, Crazy 8’s, Slap Jack
Logic games that make working hard fun:
Christmas family read aloud books – a cliff hanger every night to make nightly family advent devotions a delight from Thanksgiving to Christmas morning:
Jotham’s Journey: A Family Advent/Christmas Story Book 1
Bartholomew’s Passage: A Family Advent/Christmas Story Book 2
Tabitha’s Travels: A Family Advent/Christmas Story Book 3
Ishtar’s Odyssey: A Family Advent/Christmas Story Book 4
Amon’s Adventure: A Family Easter Story (start a month before Easter)
Growing in Christian Faith books & music:
Egermeier’s Bible Story Book (read 2 bible stories each day to finish in a year)
Everything a Child Should Know About God by Kenneth N. Taylor
Seeds Family Worship – scripture songs of Courage
Dragons Legends & Lore of Dinosaurs
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Dinner with conversation and adventures as a family will trump gifts always. Children spell love T-I-M-E. Look forward to a future posts with field trip/adventure ideas like the Dismal Cavern’s glow worms or Horseshoe Bend where the Creek nation fought Andrew Jackson or the 13th century Castle of San Miguel just north of Birmingham.
The mission of More to Grow Cognitive Development Training is to improve learning ability and function through cognitive exercises that meaningfully transfer to all educational and everyday life situations so individuals maximize their potential.
Darlene Lewis, darlene@moretogrow.com, https://moretogrow.com/