Family Games for Family Fun

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Puppetry: The Playful Art
Puppetry has been described as the "possible art for children." They take to it naturally. If you, the parent, realize puppetry's potential and know some basic rules, you can help children do more than just "put on a puppet show"; they can transform a corner of the living room into an enchanted place.
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Are We There Yet? ... You Tell Me!
No family vacation is complete without a healthy dose of “are we there yet?” coming from the peanut gallery. Why not turn this question into an educational game for those inquisitive kids and let them answer it for themselves?
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A Creative Toy Story

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Our Favorite Monsters
With the season of ghosts and goblins and monsters and mischief upon us, we thought we would share a few of our favorite monsters with you. From traditional Halloween tales to monster tunes with a twist, this list is sure to provide spine-tingling fun!
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Shapes, Colors, Letters & Numbers
For infants and toddlers learning begins at home with shapes, colors, letters and numbers. Get a head start with these award-winning toys, videos, and books that are sure to entertain little ones while teaching them fundamental skills.
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Treasure Hunting
Follow our suggestions for a treasure trove of entertaining indoor activities that are sure to stretch your children’s limbs as well as their imaginations.
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Classic Toys
How do toys like these become classics? And more important, why? Learn more about the enduring qualities that make a toy a classic.
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Did You Hug Your Planet Today?
Activities like gardening, cooking, and crafts offer numerous opportunities to teach kids of all ages to respect and appreciate the planet's resources. These books, toys, and audio selections offer suggestions to get them started ...

The Backyard Olympics
So you're planning the big family picnic/reunion/anniversary/birthday/barbecue bash, and you're wondering how to keep all the guests entertained? Games are just the thing to work off excess energy and work up a good appetite.
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Arts & Crafts

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Encouraging Invention
From bookshelves to kitchen tables or playroom floors, the following suggestions will help awaken imaginations, cheer on creativity and instigate exploration.
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Silly Songs That Tickle Funny Bones
A terrific family movie can be a blast for families to share, but entertainment that’s listened to, rather than watched, goes just about anywhere—during travel time, chore time, bedtime—and the best part is that the imagination supplies the pictures.
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Introducing Fitness Through Playful Activities
Establishing a fit and healthy lifestyle is vital - for parents and kids. Parents' Choice offers the following suggestions for products designed to introduce and encourage physical fitness in young children from infants to age 6.
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Promoting A Healthy Family Lifestyle: Be Active
Just as parents guide and monitor their children’s academic health, parents need to take responsibility to initiate healthy habits for their children’s physical health and well-being. Don't miss these 30 tips for families to exercise together to promote a healthy lifestyle.
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Movie Creatures Great and Small
Children are drawn to animal movies because the creatures are usually cute, cuddly, and innocent – much like kids themselves. From puppy dogs to clownfish, children also like to learn what makes the animals behave the way they do. This is why a truly worthy animal flick teaches as well as entertains.
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Fitness, Yoga and a Healthy Lifestyle

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The Summer Fun Guide
Summer vacation is an opportune time for kids to explore the world around them - as close as their big backyard or as far as a family road-trip may take them. Whether looking for new things to do on a warm afternoon, ways to keep entertained on a long car-ride, or simply a good book to curl up with on a rainy day, our Summer Fun Guide offers something for everyone.
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Playmakers Part III: Wiffle Ball
In 1952, 13-year-old David A. Mullany had an unquenchable need to play baseball but was faced with the friendly confines of his own backyard. Not content to give up on his game, David and his friends devised a way to play using a broomstick and perforated plastic golf ball. Learn how that backyard game evolved into a new national pastime.
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Create a 3D Town & Nurture Young Explorers
Children are explorers by nature. They are curious about their own backyards, their neighborhoods, and the world at large. Summer vacation, when many families travel about town, around the state, or across the country, is a perfect opportunity to nurture the explorer in every child. During this time when a child’s world is expanding, you can nurture curiosity and help children develop mapping and geography skills that will serve them both now and later in life as they set out on their own adventures.
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Inspiring Gratitude: Cool Stationery for Thank You Notes
Teach your children gratitude, and you share both an important social skill and a positive worldview. When children give thanks, they acknowledge the kindness and generosity of others and recognize their own good fortune. They become part of the cycle of giving and receiving. Saying thank you is more than good manners; it’s a way for children to give back.
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Discovering the Universe with Your Family
The subject of stars and planets is naturally intriguing to young children. In studying the night sky, children need fun, comfort, and certain simplicity. Parents need affordability. Fortunately, there are many exciting, uncomplicated, and very reasonably priced ways to share astronomy with your children.
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International Children's Films for 2007
While Disney Studios is still responsible for slightly more than 50% of all blockbuster movies aimed at the young, in recent years more and more interesting children’s films have been international offerings. However, for parents interested in going beyond Disney fare and sharing foreign films with their kids, the problem has always been learning about and locating these cinematic alternatives.
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Mollie Katzen's Top 12 Plant Foods
You don't have to choose between good food and good health. You can have it all! If you learn a few good cooking techniques and acquaint yourself with the vibrant world of fresh fruits and vegetables, exquisite, healthy eating will simply become a given in your life over time, I guarantee it.
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Having a Sense of Humor About Humor
Anyone who’s had to listen to the same knock-knock joke from a two year-old seven times in a row or had to endure a five year-old running around a party reciting potty jokes knows that humor isn’t always about peace and tranquility. It is, however, a happy and healthy part of childhood.
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Film School
Movies can often set the mood for holidays, milestones and rites of passage, so why not use a school theme to segue your kids into the proper frame of mind?
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Endless Possibilities

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Facebook: The Phenomena, The Power, and The Pitfalls
Social networking --- building communities that bring people together on the Internet has manifested itself in countless and clever ways, but it’s the youth market that will push the notion of building communities of user generated content and connections to new levels.
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Plug & Play

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Gardening at Every Age

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For Less Than a Tank of Gas

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Let the Games Begin!
It's never too late to start training for the Summer Olympics! Create your own Backyard Olympics. The next one is right around the corner in London, in 2012. These Parents' Choice Award winners will deliver a stadium full of family fun until then. Let the Games Begin!
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The Great Outdoors

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Avoiding a Nightmare on Your Street
When it comes to entertainment — scary movies in particular — many parents are simply unsure of where to draw the line.
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March to Your Own Drummer

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Family Movie Night with New DVD Releases

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Fun in the Tub

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A Lot of Play for a Little Dough

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The Price of Admission

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Back to the Future

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The Power of Play

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Up

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Hitting the Right Note: Ten Musical Movies That Make First Chair

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Portable Picks: Fun on the Way

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10 Creative Projects for Crafty Kids

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Puzzle This

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Make-Your-Own Indoor Olympics

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Chinese Lantern Festival

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Introducing Games to Kids
Our friends at I Can Do That Games!, creators of several Parents' Choice Award-Winning games for children ages 3 & up, answer some frequently asked questions about introducing children to game play. They cover the tough issues like selecting age-appropriate products, hating to lose and hating to cleanup, but in the end, of course, it all comes down to good old-fashioned fun and games.
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Creature Comforts

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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

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Shopping for Children with Special Needs
Finding the perfect toy for any child can be a challenge; for family and friends shopping for a child with special needs, the task can be overwhelming. Where can I shop? What will he like? What will she be able to manage? How can I find a toy that fits my budget? Knowing how to select appropriate toys, gift givers can shop in any toy store - large or small, online or off, and find fun, therapeutic and reasonably priced toys and games for children with special needs.
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Toys for Children with Special Needs

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Eco-Friendly Toys

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