(Part 2) Best family activity books according to redditors
We found 62 Reddit comments discussing the best family activity books. We ranked the 31 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 21-40. You can also go back to the previous section.
http://www.amazon.com/Best-Hikes-With-Kids-Washington/dp/0898865662
http://www.wta.org/hiking-info/children
My favorite book of the year has been The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman. I think they're even making it into a movie, which would be very cool!
Mmmmmm, books.
This is my most wanted book right now, but this would be the runner up if the first goes over $5 by May. Used books in any condition are just fine!
This book is wonderful and probably just what you are looking for:Montessori Play and Learn. It's geared towards 2-6, but there are many ideas for activities that would work well with an even younger child. The idea is to instill in the child curiosity, love of learning and satisfaction in doing things for themself.
Children's museum, art museum, natural history museum, hike, bike, blowing bubbles, books, library, pick-your-own-fruit thing, water painting (buy a professional quality paintbrush at a craft store...they are like $2-3 and greatly improve the quality of the kids' paintings).
Love this book: http://www.amazon.com/Fun-Mommy-Me-Together-Time-Activities/dp/0525946209/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1314609493&sr=1-1
Buy it used. I think people think I'm such a cool, creative mom. Nope. I just do activities from this book. Edited to add: It has such awesome, seasonal activities categorized by month and age group.
I got this book free from my insurance company when I told them I was pregnant. It has really come in handy. I understand that feeling of being sort of at a loss on what to do with this eating, pooping, peeing, sleeping creature when they take a moment to not do those things and are looking at you, like, well, what have you got for me?
One thing that our baby liked early on was books. Fuzzy Bee and Friends was a book given to us by some friends that was a big hit from the start. The Sassy Look Book (without putting photos in it) also has been a big hit.
Another thing I did early on was to assemble a bunch of photos of faces of all our family and friends (cropped the pictures in my digital photo library as needed to show the face close-up) and make a slide show for our baby to watch. Babies love faces, and from early on, ours would stare at the photos as they faded from one to the next. We are, for the most part, a no-TV/minimal screens family (when it comes to our kids anyway), but the slide show is something we do let our baby watch.
Do you know any Mother Goose nursery rhymes, like Humpty Dumpty or Mary Had a Little Lamb or any of those? When I'm out of ideas I'll sing/say a nursery rhyme while swaying with or bouncing the baby. That's actually how I got my first real giggle from my boy: I was bouncing him while saying Humpty Dumpty. It was great!
In general, young babies are pretty easily entertained. Just about everything is new, so just hanging out with you is usually enough to keep them engaged.
Congratulations!
If you’re looking for some activities to do together I really enjoyed the Baby Play book by Gymboree. It is a great guide to age appropriate activities for ages 0-12 months. Really helped me with both of my kiddos.
Baby Play book
It's been a long time since I've run groups, but I found this book to be helpful:
http://www.amazon.com/Team-Challenges-Activities-Cooperation-Communication/dp/1569762015/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1425643822&sr=8-2&keywords=group+activities+kids
Just for future reference, there's a great book called "Out and About Seattle with Kids." My mom used to have us open the book to a random page and go do whatever was shown that day. http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0961462698
You'll get better response if you post to /r/MinnesotaCamping
MinnesotaCamping is not the most active subreddit, but likely someone will respond. Better response though if you provide a little more detail - are you looking for campgrounds with showers, something more rustic but still has porta-potties, dispersed camping, hike-in, water activities, hiking opportunities, etc.?
You can also go to the library and check out some books like Best Tent Camping: Minnesota, Camping the North Shore, or Moon Minnesota Camping for ideas.
My baby is 8 months old now and I still reference this book whenever I start feeling desperate for ideas. I came across it when I was pregnant. But so far taking my son's lead is the most important part. Like, if he seems happy with what he's doing, even if it's staring at the cat giving itself a bath, I let him be until he indicates he's ready for something else! Anyway, to me it sounds like you're doing absolutely great.
I live out of state but have been able to visit DL a fair amount and I'll say one thing: going for just one day is always a bad choice. As in torture. Whenever I have done just one day I am always left wanting more, even though I have done most everything before. There is so much to do and in one day you can only scratch the surface. I always go with the park hopper because it's convenient and I never spend a full day at DCA. Everybody will have different recommendations on what to see at DL, but whatever you choose to do, make sure you have a plan of action beforehand to get the most out of your trip. I highly recommend purchasing the Unofficial Guide for that reason. Lots of really good tips for everything you can think of. We used it on our last trip over Thanksgiving weekend when it was packed and got to do everything we wanted and rarely waited over 30 minutes for any attraction.
(http://www.amazon.com/Unofficial-Guide-Disneyland-2015/dp/1628090243/ref=sr_1_sc_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1425415546&sr=8-1-spell&keywords=disneyland+unofficla)