101 Family Vacation Games
101 Family Vacation Games

Author: Shando Varda

Publisher: Turner Publishing Company

Published: 2005-04-28

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 0897935292

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Playing with your offspring helps parents to meet their children as equals and to bring fun and laughter into family life. When we laugh and have fun together, tensions are dissolved, and we come fully alive. In this age of electronic media, families are simply forgetting the many wonderful ways of playing together. 101 FAMILY VACATION GAMES includes different types of games new and old and from all around the world that create a wonderful repertoire for parents to explore with their families. The author encourages parents to use games as a parenting skill and finds that parents who do this cause their families to blossom and bubble over with vitality. Although the book focuses on games for families on vacation, the games can be used for any time when parents or other adults want to engage with children in a positive and fun-filled manner, helping the children to learn and laugh, and building lasting relationships between children and adults. The book includes games to play at the beach, camping, in the car, on the plane, at picnics, at vacation homes, and at birthday parties. Some sample games: Word Tennis, Treasure Hunt, Pebble Pictures, Storytelling Starters. Age level is 4 and up.

101 Comedy Games for Children and Grown-Ups
101 Comedy Games for Children and Grown-Ups

Author: Leigh Anne Jasheway

Publisher: Turner Publishing Company

Published: 2014-03-17

Total Pages: 245

ISBN-13: 0897937031

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Award-winning comedian Leigh Anne Jasheway has written 101 Comedy Games for Children and Grown-Ups specifically to make readers laugh. Laughter provides great health benefits, reducing tension and improving overall mood. Jasheway’s book connects readers of all ages with their inner five-year-old, providing 101 games and activities to increase their laugh quota and decrease the pressure in their stress-o-meters. With Jasheway’s help, readers can improve their emotional health and have a great time doing it. 101 Comedy Games for Children and Grown-Ups includes eight different sections, each geared toward a different genre of comedy. The first section concentrates on introductory games for getting to know fellow participants and familiarizing oneself with the basic rules of comedy. Later chapters introduce games geared toward a specific type of comedy. Each section includes numerous games, which are presented with a general description of the activity, the purpose behind it, a list of supplies (if necessary), helpful hints, and rule variations. Jasheway also provides a key to indicate the target ages for each activity, making it easier to pick the best games for the participating group. Jasheway’s book promises to provide fun times and lots of laughs for anyone that picks it up!

101 Circus Games for Children
101 Circus Games for Children

Author: Paul Rooyackers

Publisher: Hunter House

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 146

ISBN-13: 0897935160

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Presents instructions for 101 games, acts, and tricks inspired by the circus, categorized by four different age groups, with ideas for props and musical accompaniment.

101 Music Games for Children
101 Music Games for Children

Author: Jerry Storms

Publisher: Turner Publishing Company

Published: 2011-01-01

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13: 0897935845

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This lively and imaginative book is being used in homes and schools in over 13 countries to help children learn about music and sound while they develop the ability to listen, concentrate, be creative, improvise, and trust one another. Using audiocassettes or CDs, of popular songs and simple instruments children and adults get to play listening games, concentration games, musical quizzes, trust games, guessing games, and more. The games are not competitive--they encourage and reward children for participation, not for winning. The SmartFunActivity series encourage imagination, social interaction, and self-expression in children. To make the books easy to use, games are marked according to appropriate age levels, length of play time, and group size, using helpful icons. Most games are non-competitive and none require special skills or training. The series is widely used in homes, schools, daycare centers, clubs, and summer camps.

101 More Drama Games for Children
101 More Drama Games for Children

Author: Paul Rooyackers

Publisher: Turner Publishing Company

Published: 2002-11-12

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 1630266205

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Designed to help teachers and group leaders create dynamic and supportive play environments, this book features completely different games than the first one. These improvisational, noncompetitive games encourage involvement and cooperation--the participants gain as much as they contribute. By expressing themselves physically and emotionally and by exploring a range of possibilities, players gain self-confidence and a greater awareness of the feelings and experiences of others. 39 black-and-white illustrations are included.

101 Movement Games for Children
101 Movement Games for Children

Author: Huberta Wiertsema

Publisher: Turner Publishing Company

Published: 2002-05-24

Total Pages: 183

ISBN-13: 1630265047

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The movement games in this book are intended to cultivate children’s social and creative abilities. Some are based on playground games, others on professional theater and dance exercises. The games described are divided into ten categories including touch and reaction, concentration and puzzles, impersonation and cooperation, and music and movement.

101 Language Games for Children
101 Language Games for Children

Author: Paul Rooyackers

Publisher: Turner Publishing Company

Published: 2002-10-07

Total Pages: 157

ISBN-13: 1630265012

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Language games allow children to stretch their communication abilities, enhancing vocabulary, conversation, and storytelling skills. A suggested age range accompanies each game in this book; some games may be adapted to different age groups. Language games for beginners focus on making children aware of the ways letters look, the presence of letters in their surroundings (on signs, for instance), and the different letter systems in different cultures. More advanced games include creating poems and haiku, making up stories, and joke-telling. 39 black-and-white illustrations are included in this wonderful resource for teachers, therapists, and social workers.

101 More Dance Games for Children
101 More Dance Games for Children

Author: Paul Rooyackers

Publisher: Turner Publishing Company

Published: 2003-03-05

Total Pages: 202

ISBN-13: 1630265020

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This book is filled with dance games that the whole classroom or family can play and learn from. These noncompetitive games reward children for their involvement, encourage them to use their imagination, and show them how to express how they feel without using words. Black-and-white illustrations add to these simple games that release a child’s spontaneity and self-expression.

101 More Music Games for Children
101 More Music Games for Children

Author: Jerry Storms

Publisher: Turner Publishing Company

Published: 2001-11-13

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 1630265039

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This action-packed compendium offers parents, teachers, and anyone else who works with kids a wide array of ingenious sound and dance activities from a variety of cultures to get kids singing, dancing, listening, interacting, and involved. 101 More Music Games for Children includes games that facilitate musical development, such as sound games, rhythm games, game projects, and card and board games. All of them have simple, clear rules, and they stress excitement, humor, challenge, surprise, and cooperation rather than competition. Whether or not kids are "musical" or play an instrument, these activities can help them: develop musical skills such as spontaneous singing; create, play, and recognize various rhythms; appreciate the structure of sounds; and learn how to play with all kinds of instruments. Like its best-selling predecessor, this book encourages and enhances creative expression, social interaction, family relationships, and kids' budding powers of listening, concentration, and discrimination.