As a new father and an old daycamp director, I know something about how important keeping a child entertained can be. That's one of the reasons I was so eager to check out the new Website It's All Kids Play, which is free to all. Created by Canadian writer (and fellow Agent Query denizen) Jean Oram, the site boasts more than 700 cheap (even free!) things to do when the kids whine, "I'm borrrrrred!"Of course, many of the ideas are well known by children everywhere. (I think I was born aware of how to make armpit farts, for example. Though I suppose my brothers may have had a hand in teaching me.) But I suspect most American kids don't know about curling, and I didn't have a recipe for Glop.
There are too many sections to review at one sitting — and where's the fun in that? — but the navigation bar is blissfully intuitive. For those who need things even simpler, there's also a site map. Actually, the site map provides a handy source to get the RSS feed.
Not to be missed is the related blog, which includes a tip of the day. Today's was an ice cream sundae. Sorry, folks. I've got to go. I just had an idea.
While I'm gone, check out It's All Kids Play.ca. You and your kids will be happy you did. ... Now, where did I put the chocolate syrup?
1 comment:
Hi!
I hope you enjoyed your sundae. Did you make enough for the whole class?
While I wasn't born with the knowledge on how to make a good armpit fart, I was born with the intuition on how to choose a good climbing tree. Maybe the armpit fart comes in boys and not girls?
Thanks for the review, Matt.
See you over at It's All Kid's Play!
Jean
P.S. The site search function should work soon--Google's bots have to crawl it and index it before it will work--however it does work for the activity of the day blog.
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