Category: Games

Celebrating Seuss

Fun ways to celebrate the birthday of Dr. Seuss and promote reading

In honor of this favorite icon in literature, we’ve come up with a few fun ways to celebrate his birthday and promote reading and creativity in kids. more

Fall and Autumn Ideas for Kids and Families

Scarecrow treat bag

Here’s a list of some of our favorite creative fall and autumn crafts, activities, games, foods and party ideas for kids and families. more

Games that Teach Kids

Games are great way to teach kids (Photo credit: sxc.hu/juliaf)

The use of games, activities, and other hands-on methods get children and teens involved in the learning process instead of just being observers. Here is a short list of some of my favorite games that teach kids. more

Fun St. Patrick’s Day Activities for Kids

Here are some of my favorite websites and links to articles with fun ideas and St. Patrick’s Day activities for kids and families to enjoy. more

Snow Day

These creative ideas for fun games and activities to play in the snow will help you take advantage of the winter weather and have fun with your kids. more

Fun Ways to Teach Kids About Animals

Most kids are all ears (and tails!) when animals are involved, so here are some of our favorite pet theme lesson plans, crafts, games and activities. more

Teaching Kids to Tell Time

Here’s a list of helpful and creative online resources available to teachers, parents and children for teaching and learning to tell time. more

Fun Activities to Teach Kids About Senses

Great hands-on sensory activities to help kids become more aware and in tune with their environment. more



One important lesson I’ve learned is that children learn best by exploring the environment with their five senses. They need in hands-on activities that allow them to be a part of the activity or lesson to capture their attention and retain the information. By helping kids see, touch, taste, hear and smell the world around them, parents and teachers allow them to become more aware and in tune with their environment.

An excellent and safe way to teach kids about senses is through the use of interactive experiments and games. These fun ideas work great for a home school assignment, a scout badge, a school lesson, or a rainy day project. All that’s required for creating your own sensory games, experiments, and activities is your imagination and items commonly found around the house. For some suggestions, check out this article on how to teach a child about senses.

Read Eyewitnessed by Family Fun to learn about a few fun optical illusion activities to use to show teach children how and why our eyes play tricks on us.