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Skills

Cards: Bullshit (we call it “I doubt it” in front of our kids) and other card games or dice games

http://www.best-family-games.com/family_card_games.html

http://www.best-family-games.com/dice_games.html

Math and Problem Solving

Drawing games or paper and pencil fun: Draw a picture and see if your kids can guess what it is and then switch roles, Hangman, and others games

http://www.pencilandpapergames.com/

Math, Language, and Problem Solving

Cook, bake and have a theme for dinner that night: Italian, Mexican,…etc

Math, Language, and Cultural Awareness

Origami with paper or food

http://www.FamilyFun.com/magazine, or http://www.origamiwithrachelkatz.com

Spatial Reasoning

Indoor bowling. golf or bean bag toss

Fine Motor

Build a fort, tell ghost stories, watch a movie and eat popcorn (for children age 1 – 8)

Imagination and Creativity

Physical Fun: Hula Hoop, Cartwheels and do them simultaneously with multiple people (I know this is mostly a girl thing)

Balance and Coordination

Play Board Games

http://www.best-family-games.com/

Math, Language, and Problem Solving

Magic Tricks: use a kit or look up some online

http://www.goodtricks.net/frameset6.html

Spatial Reasoning, Math

Play with paper airplanes

design ideas at http://www.paper-airplane-designs.co.uk/and games ideas at http://www.ehow.com/info-tip_7977004_paper-airplane-games.html?ref=Track2&utm_source=ask

Spatial Reasoning, Math, and Science