This book is for all the moms (and dads) who love to spend time with their children. You may be a working mom, who wants to make the most of the valuable time that you have with your children when you are not working. Or you may be a mom who spends lots of time at home, and is always looking for new things to try.
Mom’s Big Book of Things to Make contains over fifty art and craft projects you and your children can make together. Each project is explained in easy to follow instructions, and full colour photographs are included to help you along.
To start off, there are projects that will teach children the basic skills of drawing and colouring; cutting and gluing; painting and modelling. For each of these skills there are projects that range from very easy (for the little ones from as young as two years old), to more advanced (for the children up to ten years old).
The section on making gifts are filled with ideas on gifts to make for girls or boys, Mom, Dad, Granny, Grandpa and teachers. These projects are slightly more advanced than the basic skills projects, and it’s likely that mom and child will work together to make these special gifts. You will also find ideas on how to make wrapping paper and gifts cards.
There is also a section on projects for special occasions. These include special decorations for Easter and Christmas, as well as art and craft ideas for birthday celebrations.
 

Mom’s Big Book of Things to Do

In today’s world, children are easily caught up in the fast pace at which we live our lives. We are ruled by technology and it’s rapidly filtering through to the younger generations. Yet, the basic needs of children have not changed from when we were young. They need nutrition and shelter, love and attention and they need to PLAY. They need to play physical games and they need to play games that stimulate imagination, creativity and learning. This book provides moms and dads with loads of ideas for children’s games and activities.
The section on active games includes ideas for ways to keep the children off the couch and getting physical exercise. The games range from learning basic ball skills to doing treasure hunts and obstacle courses. A section of the book is devoted to party games and activities for all ages.
The brain games section of the book provides easy to follow instructions for games and activities that will aide in the development of memory and observation; listening skills; numeric skills and literacy. It caters for the little ones, with easy games such as Simon Says, and the older children, with games such as anagrams, solo dominoes and soduko. The games in this section are also ideal for keeping boredom at bay on long car trips.
A section in the book is devoted to ideas for stimulating a child’s imagination through role play and let’s pretend games.
In the science and magic section of the book, easy science experiment that illustrate basic science concepts such as surface tension, density and static electricity are explained with step by step instructions. Also included are a few magic tricks and illusions, bound to have your child’s audience in awe.
The book ends off with a survival kit of things to keep around the house in case of boredom emergencies. The kit includes many things that you already have around the house, and which can be put to good use in keeping the children occupied.