150+ Screen-Free Activities for Kids: The Very Best and Easiest Playtime Activities from FunAtHomeWithKids.com!

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Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-249). Biographical Note: Asia Citro, MEd, creator of the popular blog, "Fun at Home with Kids," has a strong science and education background, and is an experienced teacher and mother of two. "Fun at Home with Kids" launched in 2013 and has been featured on Babble, Red Tricycle, Disney Baby, Apartment Therapy, and MSN.com, among others. Review Quotes:"With the irresistible fun in..."150+ Screen-Free Activities for Kids" kids...will be clamoring to get their hands on paint and slime instead of the TV remote. If you're looking for the perfect present...pick [it] up." --"Seattle's Child Magazine"""150+ Screen-Free Activities for Kids" is a book by Asia Citro that tries to bolster parents' arsenals in the war against screen time by providing a number of simple but fun projects that parents and kids can enjoy together. If you have the time and energy to give even one of these activities a try every week, you'll be doing both your children and yourself a huge favor." --BabyCenter""150+ Screen-Free Activities for Kids" provides easy, step-by-step instructions for creating open-ended activities for babies, toddlers, and older children. Whether you're new to sensory play or just looking for some fresh ideas, "150+ Screen-Free Activities for Kids" can help you inspire hours of screen-free fun." --Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood"If you want your kids to enjoy more doing and less watching, get this book." --Boston Mamas"A refreshing and extensive new book... Citro's activities are multi-sensory and wonderful for getting little hands and minds going, and her book is a great reminder to parents that creating a stimulating exploratory environment for our kids can be inexpensive, simple, and homegrown." --Inihabitots"Remember childhood before iPads and laptops? It's still there, and it's still fun.... "150+ Screen-Free Activities for Kids" offers doable indoor ideas for children's play, using easily acquired materials." - "The Chicago Tribune"Table of Contents: Introduction -- Chapter 1. How to Use This Book -- Chapter 2. Slimes -- Simple Two-Ingredient Slime -- Borax-Free Gak Dough -- Basil Seed Slime -- Easy Flax Goo -- Flubber -- Chapter 3. Doughs -- Easy Dough -- Foam Dough -- Gluten-Free Playdough -- Classic Playdough -- Banana Playdough -- Magic Foaming Dough -- Cloud Dough -- Melting Ice Cream Dough -- Moonsand -- Colored Salt Dough -- Gluten-Free Play Clays -- Baked Cotton Balls -- Fizzy Colored Slush -- Chapter 4. Paints -- All-Natural Gel Fingerpaints -- Natural-Due Liquid Watercolors -- No-Cook Fingerpaints -- shaving Cream Paint -- Natural-Dye Fingerpaints -- Magic Expanding Paint -- Sidewalk Paint -- Crystallizing Watercolors -- Puffy Paint -- Chapter 5. Small Worlds -- Frog World -- Dinosaur Rescue World -- Dragon World -- Medieval Dragon World -- Dinosaurs in Sticky Mud -- Farm World -- Fizzing Ocean World -- Insect World -- Fizzing Foaming Car Wash -- Erupting Volcano Dinosaur World -- Glow-in-the-Dark Insect World -- Bubbling Swamp World -- Penguin World -- Fish World -- Beach World -- Butterfly World -- Desert World -- Chapter 6. Simple Sensory Activities -- Miniature Water Beads -- Colored Water Play -- Colored Pasta -- Colored Beans -- Oobleck -- Soap Foam -- Colored Salt -- Shaving Cream -- Dried Oats -- Dirt and Worms -- Reusable Gelatin -- Colored Rice -- Sand -- Ice Excavation -- Glow Water -- Colored Noodles -- Chapter 7. Do-It-Yourself Toys -- Pompom Shooters -- Outdoor Sound Wall -- Hatching-Egg Bath Bombs -- Recycled Cardboard Butterfly Wings -- Recycled Mix-and-Hatch Magnet Robots -- Sticky Window or Wall Art -- Foam Reusable Window or Bath Sets -- Recycled Giant Lacing Box -- Recycled Pompom Straw Push Toy -- Recycled Car City -- Recycled Pulling Toy -- Funnels and Tubes Window or Beth Set -- Discovery Bottles -- Sensory Boards -- Texture Wall -- No-Sew Dinosaur Land Playmat -- No-Sew Doorway Puppet Theater -- Dyed Rainbow Building Blocks -- Appendix A. Scientific Explanations -- Appendix B. Where to Find the Supplies Listed in the Book -- Appendix C. Resources -- Index. Review Quotes:"Citro's activities are like nothing we've ever seen before. They combine colors, smells, tastes, and textures that would be irresistible for any child." --Ashton Kutcher, Aplus.com"With the irresistible fun in..."150+ Screen-Free Activities for Kids" kids...will be clamoring to get their hands on paint and slime instead of the TV remote. If you're looking for the perfect present...pick [it] up." --"Seattle's Child Magazine"""150+ Screen-Free Activities for Kids" is a book by Asia Citro that tries to bolster parents' arsenals in the war against screen time by providing a number of simple but fun projects that parents and kids can enjoy together. If you have the time and energy to give even one of these activities a try every week, you'll be doing both your children and yourself a huge favor." --BabyCenter""150+ Screen-Free Activities for Kids" provides easy, step-by-step instructions for creating open-ended activities for babies, toddlers, and older children. Whether you're new to sensory play or just looking for some fresh ideas, "150+ Screen-Free Activities for Kids" can help you inspire hours of screen-free fun." --Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood"If you want your kids to enjoy more doing and less watching, get this book." --Boston Mamas"A refreshing and extensive new book... Citro's activities are multi-sensory and wonderful for getting little hands and minds going, and her book is a great reminder to parents that creating a stimulating exploratory environment for our kids can be inexpensive, simple, and homegrown." --Inihabitots"Remember childhood before iPads and laptops? It's still there, and it's still fun.... "150+ Screen-Free Activities for Kids" offers doable indoor ideas for children's play, using easily acquired materials." - "The Chicago Tribune"

Contributor Bio:  Citro, Asia Asia Citro, MEd, creator of the popular blog, "Fun at Home with Kids", has a strong science and education background, and is an experienced teacher and mother of two. "Fun at Home with Kids" launched in 2013 and has been featured on Babble, Red Tricycle, Disney Baby, Apartment Therapy, and MSN.com, among others.