http://www.savvydaddy.com/groups/activity-ideas-your-kids fun activity ideas, resources, and tools for you and your kids en http://www.savvydaddy.com/groups/age/infant/activities-toddlers-and-young-children <p>Open thread for activity ideas, links, resources for younger kids.</p> <p>I'll kick it off with a few links we've run across, but feel free to add your ideas.  The best ideas I love to hear are tried and true from the frontlines...</p> <p><a href="http://www.twinslist.org/toddler.htm">Activities for Toddler Twins</a><br />1 and two year old activities<br /><br /> <a href="http://www.parents.com/baby/care/preemie-care/ways-to-keep-little-kids-happy/;jsessionid=XAEUCKHLO1SCXQFIBRACBHQ?page=1">100 Ways to Keep Little Kids Happy: Pretend-Play Games</a><br />Activities and games for toddlers<br /><br /> <a href="http://familycrafts.about.com/od/toddlersandpreschoolers/Crafts_for_Toddlers_and_Preschoolers.htm">Crafts for Toddlers and Preschoolers - Free Arts and Crafts Age Guidelines</a><br />Toddler and Preschooler Crafts<br /><br /> <a href="http://www.sheknows.com/articles/801355.htm">Rainy day activities for kids and dogs | SheKnows.com</a><br />For Kids and Dogs Younger kids- 1-5<br /> <a href="http://www.dltk-kids.com/"><br />DLTK's Printable Crafts for Kids</a><br />Lots of activities in different categories ages 2-5<br /><br /> <a href="http://www.rif.org/readingplanet/activitylab/results.aspx?Query=&amp;Age=6-8&amp;Category=&amp;Search.x=23&amp;Search.y=10">Reading Is Fundamental | Reading Planet | Activity Lab</a><br />Activities for kids Ages 3+  Prinable coloring pages, online educational games, and online stories.<br /><br /> <a href="http://familycrafts.about.com/od/prekandkindergarten/Crafts_for_PreK_and_Kindergarten.htm">Crafts for Pre-K and Kindergarten - Free Arts and Crafts Age Guidelines</a><br />Pre-K and Kindergarten crafts <br /><br /> <a href="http://www.coloring-book.info/coloring/">Coloring pages - Coloring Book</a><br />Tons of coloring pages themed on different animated characters. </p><div class="og_rss_groups"><ul class="links"><li class="first last og_links"><a href="/groups/activity-ideas-your-kids" class="og_links">Activity Ideas With Your Kids</a></li> </ul></div> http://www.savvydaddy.com/groups/age/infant/activities-toddlers-and-young-children#comments Infant Toddler development Fun http://www.savvydaddy.com/crss/node/1044 Activity Ideas With Your Kids Sat, 02 Aug 2008 21:34:22 -0700 tony 1044 at http://www.savvydaddy.com http://www.savvydaddy.com/groups/age/all-ages/all-ages <p>For all those ideas that don't fit any particular age group.  I'll start it off with a few links we've run across.</p> <p> <a href="http://www.crayola.com/">Official Crayola Site</a><br />Over 1,000 craft ideas All ages - free coloring pages, crafts, lesson plans, games, and more<br /> <a href="http://www.activitytv.com/default.aspx"><br />Kids Activities with Printables</a><br />Activity TV. Three levels- Beginner, Intermediate, and advanced<br /><br /> <a href="http://www.savvysource.com/activities/home">Kids activities for children, fun things to do with your child (Savvy Source)</a><br />Savvysource.com Encycopedia of activities indexed by age and reviewed by users<br /> <a href="http://home.howstuffworks.com/family-kids-crafts.htm"><br />Family and Kids Crafts (Howstuffworks)</a><br />Find craft ideas by material, theme, or difficulty level<br /> <a href="http://childfun.com/"><br />The ChildFun Family Website</a><br />Activities and crafts for all ages- not indexed by age, though. Several activities under each theme.<br /> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/mostof_cookingwithchildren1.shtml"><br />Cooking with children (BBC)</a><br />Article from BBC with recipes and good tips on how to handle children in the kitchen<a name="s1c:39"></a><br /> <a href="http://blog.wired.com/geekdad/"><br />Geekdad - Wired Blogs</a><br />Not dedicated to activities per se, but has a lot of interesting ideas not found elsewhere (papercraft Star Wars figures, etc.)<br /> <a href="http://www.helium.com/knowledge/96229-great-rainy-day-activities-to-do-with-your-children"><br />Great rainy day activities to do with your children - Childrens Activities Article on Helium</a><br />29 articles from helium on rainy day activities<br /> <a href="http://www.centerofweb.com/kids/games/xtra_games.htm"><br />Kids Games (Centerofweb)</a><br />Index of over 250 traditional games for kids- unfortunately, only indexed alphabetically<br /><br /> <a href="http://www.creativekidsathome.com/">Kids crafts - free childrens activities and gifts for kids (creativeactivitiesathome).</a><br />Creative kids at home lots of activities and creative activities, including a section for younger kids.<br /><br /> <a href="http://www.make-stuff.com/kids/">kid stuff! - Easy craft activities and projects for kids (Makestuff)</a><br />Make-stuff.com some activities have video clips. annoying advertisig on the site, though. Can be all ages, with parental help. i.e., "potato prints"- parent can cut potatoe with design, and child can stamp print.<br /><br /> <a href="http://www.gameskidsplay.net/">Kids Games</a><br />Website of kids games, indexed by category and alphabetically</p><div class="og_rss_groups"><ul class="links"><li class="first last og_links"><a href="/groups/activity-ideas-your-kids" class="og_links">Activity Ideas With Your Kids</a></li> </ul></div> http://www.savvydaddy.com/groups/age/all-ages/all-ages#comments All ages activities kids http://www.savvydaddy.com/crss/node/1043 Activity Ideas With Your Kids Sat, 02 Aug 2008 21:13:22 -0700 tony 1043 at http://www.savvydaddy.com