Category: Leisure

Teach Your Child How to Make Puppets

March 24th, 2008 by Nick Ramsay

Puppets are fun to make! They can be made from almost anything and can be as simple as a Popsicle stick or as fancy as a marionette. Designing and crafting puppets at any age challenges the imagination and always gives a sense of accomplishment when the finished product comes to life.
Puppets are found in almost […]

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Teach Your Child to Play Basketball

March 9th, 2008 by Nick Ramsay

Basketball is excellent exercise and good fun. Teaching your child how to play basketball will give you an opportunity to interact with them, get a good cardio workout, and help them develop large motor skills and hand-eye coordination.
Playing basketball involves knowing the rules of play, handling the ball, and learning how to work as part […]

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Teach Your Child How to Make a Scrapbook

March 6th, 2008 by Nick Ramsay

Scrap-booking is a very popular family hobby. It’s inexpensive, fairly easy, and brings out the artist in everyone! Teaching your child to make a scrapbook can be something fun to do together.
Some good reasons to teach your child to make a scrapbook:

Scrapbooks document life, saving precious memories for later.
Scrapbooks preserve photographs safely through time.
Kids can […]

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Teach Your Child How to Play T-Ball

March 5th, 2008 by Nick Ramsay

Playing T-Ball is a way for your child to keep fit and have some fun. T-Ball is the entry sport to the internationally popular game of baseball. It is often a young child’s introduction to team sports.
In brief, T-Ball is a game played by boys and girls aged 4-8 with a ball, a stand the […]

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Teach Your Child How to Crochet

March 5th, 2008 by Nick Ramsay

Children are fascinated by crocheting. Seeing a single string being transformed into something with form and beauty is almost magic. If your child shows an interest in this relatively easy and useful craft, why not teach them!
Crocheting is basically a series of knots. Basic stitches can be learned in an afternoon. First efforts should center […]

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Teach Your Child How to Do Needlepoint

March 5th, 2008 by Nick Ramsay

Needlepoint has been used for hundreds of years to create beautiful visual art. Children are attracted to the colors and textures and of course to the needle and thread. Teaching your child to needlepoint can be the beginning of a lifelong pastime.
Knowing when your child is ready to learn will depend on two things: their […]

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Teach Your Child About Hunting

February 6th, 2008 by Nick Ramsay

Hunting is a sport many adults enjoy taking part in. It was, of course, the only way pioneers could eat meat in the old west and throughout the early years of American society. Although times has changed and our fifteen year old doesn’t have to get out the shotgun and hunt their first catch anymore, […]

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Teach Your Child How to Ski

February 6th, 2008 by Nick Ramsay

The crackle and squeak of the bottom of a smooth ski sliding through the crisp cool mountain snow is more exhilarating than any other winter sport, although you personally might enjoy other winter sports just as well. But there is a certain feeling of freedom when you are flying down mountain peak, a feeling of […]

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Teach Your Child How to Dance

February 6th, 2008 by Nick Ramsay

Dancing has been around since the beginning of time. Before writing was invented people use to tell storied through dance, seek rain through dance, celebrate marriage through dance. In even earlier dates dance was used to heal the sick or wounded and break an evil curse that was placed on a tribe or village member.
Since […]

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Teach Your Child How to Sew

February 6th, 2008 by Nick Ramsay

Sewing uses products that can be harmful to younger children who don’t truly understand what certain tools are used for. Therefore sewing should be taught to children older than preschool. Learning how to sew is a great life skill for children to have. If they have the basic sewing skills they’ll fly through Junior High […]

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