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Banish boredom : activities to do with kids that you'll actually enjoy / Rebecca Green.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Lewisville, NC : Gryphon House, Inc., [2016]Description: v, 113 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780876593455
  • 0876593457
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Art projects -- Science projects -- Sensory projects -- Outdoor activities -- Field trips.
Summary: Taking a lighthearted approach to the serious business of parenting, Banish Boredom helps parents find activities that they enjoy, while their children learn and have fun. Green suggests ways for parents to maintain their own identities and pursue their own interests while raising children who are creative, confident, and independent thinkers. Although it offers valuable tips to parents, this book is not a parenting book. Rather, it s a source of inspiration and new ideas for parents who are looking for fun and educational activities that they can do with their kids, but that are also fun and interesting for the parents themselves. The book emphasizes adapting activities to suit the particular interests of each child, while also taking into account the personality of the parent.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Parent/Teacher Resource Collection-Children's 790.191 G797 Available 33111008979151
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Parent/Teacher Resource Collection-Children's 790.191 G797 Available 33111008858322
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Banish Boredom helps parents find activities that they enjoy, while their children learn and have fun. Based on her popular blog, Not-So-SAHM , Rebecca Green takes readers on an inspiring journey using beautiful color photos that she took of her children doing activities she describes in the book.



Although this book offers valuable tips to parents, it is not a parenting book. Rather, it is a source of inspiration and new ideas for parents who are looking for activities that are not only fun and educational for the kids, but also interesting and enjoyable for the parents themselves. The book emphasizes adapting activities to suit the particular interests of each child, while also taking into account the personality of the parent.



Banish Boredom has won the National Parenting Center Seal of Approval , Mom's Choice Award (Gold) , and Creative Child Magazine, 2017 Preferred Choice Award.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Art projects -- Science projects -- Sensory projects -- Outdoor activities -- Field trips.

Taking a lighthearted approach to the serious business of parenting, Banish Boredom helps parents find activities that they enjoy, while their children learn and have fun. Green suggests ways for parents to maintain their own identities and pursue their own interests while raising children who are creative, confident, and independent thinkers. Although it offers valuable tips to parents, this book is not a parenting book. Rather, it s a source of inspiration and new ideas for parents who are looking for fun and educational activities that they can do with their kids, but that are also fun and interesting for the parents themselves. The book emphasizes adapting activities to suit the particular interests of each child, while also taking into account the personality of the parent.

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