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While she is away, I am filling in for this week’s 5 Minutes for Books column.
201 Things to Do…
When Jackson says, “I’m bored!” I am often just as lost for something creative and fun to do as he is.
I might suggest, “Why don’t you play with some toys?” or “How about you draw me a picture or do some pages in one of your workbooks?” But he inevitably flops on the couch with a pathetic sigh, “No – that is all boring!”
What I know he really wants is for me to play with him – to engage with him and discover excitement together.
But in those moments when the rain is pouring down or the day is inching along far too slowly, I draw a blank. I know there must be a ton of things I could do to transform that boring day into a memory that he will treasure – but at that moment, I don’t have a foggy clue what they are.
I need HELP!
What I need is a list – a detailed book that has all the ideas and instructions I need to become that brilliant parent who whips together an afternoon worthy of remembering.
Enter Jodie Randisi, author of 201 Things to Do When Children Say I’M BORED! – The Checklist and Journal for Busy Families.
This fantastic resource of Jodie’s imaginative ideas can save us when our kids are bored and needing some creative direction.
201 Things to Do When Children Say I’M BORED! is even more than just a checklist of stuff to do – it is an inspiration for us to engage and experience the world WITH our children.
I know with my busy schedule, I am often guilty of not spending enough time getting “dirty” with my kids in their world of imagination and play. I need to make our family life special and memorable. I need to show them that they are valuable by investing time and energy playing with them.
201 Things to Do… equips me with ideas and instructions so I can create priceless family times that not only beat away boredom, but ensure I have fun with my children.
It is also a journal, where I can record notes about all of the activities we did together. It then becomes a legacy of memories. A book that we can flip through in years to come, to recall the fun times we shared together.
The book is divided by ages with ideas for children 3-6 years, 6-11 years, and 6-16 years old. Some of the ideas in 201 Things to Do… require little prep time and can be done on the spur of the moment:
- #14 Search The Magazine – Set out a pile of magazines. Ask your child to flip through the magazine page by page to search for certain types of items; for examples, food, drinks, pets, shoes, cars, trucks, etc. Have some simple stickers to mark the found item.
Set the kitchen timer for 5-10 minutes. When the buzzer sounds, count the stickers. (for ages 3-6) - #62 Take a Mystery Walk – Put on comfortable shoes and start walking. Flip a coin at every intersection. HEADS go right. TAILS go left.
SUGGESTION: Ask the children to guess where the final destination might be and give a prize for the closest guess. (ages 6-11) - #65 Family Trivia Game – Make up your own Family Trivia games. Write questions on index cards and the answers on the back of the card. Play Jeopardy style, or any way you like… it’s your game. (for ages 6-11 – but I think all ages would work great for this!)
Sample Questions:
Where did Mom go to college?
Where did Dad take Mom on their first date?
What was Bobbie’s first work?
Who came up with Stella’s nickname?
Other ideas take some planning, but the extra effort will show your kids how much you care about them:
- #1 Backyard Zoo - Create a backyard (or sunroom, porch or garage) zoo. Have children arrange stuffed animals in specific habitats. Add props to make it REAL – twigs, leaves, rocks, etc.
Give your zoo a name. Make signs, invitations and tickets. Invite people to visit. Encourage children to give mini-lectures. Doing a little research is part of the fun! (ages 3-6) - #57 Make a Tee Shirt Quilt – Make a tee shirt quilt. For a smaller project, make a quilted cover for a body pillow. Use your child’s tee shirts, or buy a set of new tee shirts from your vacation spot. If you want to use the actual shirts, check local garage sales and thrift stores for soft cotton tee shirts.
TIP: For complete instructions, read The COWCATCHER’S Guide to How to Make a Tee Shrit Quilt – Even If You Can’t Sew. (ages 6-11) - #53 Family Picture Bingo – Collect Family photos and makes copies of small pictures of everyone in the family. Cut them out and paste a set of pictures on bingo templates – a simple 5 by 5 column box graph will do. Choose something fun to use as markers such as pennies, uncooked macaroni, or buttons. Call out categories such as “anyone the same age as you” or “anyone whose name had the letter “h” in it.” (ages 6-11)
- #186 Begin a family diary. Take turns writing in it. Let the younger children tell of the experiences, thoughts and feelings while someone older records the entry. (ages 6-16)
With 201 Things to Do…, my kids will feel loved and cherished when, instead of brushing off their pleas for attention, I reach for my 201 Things to Do checklist and we delve into the world of play together.
Jodie Randisi – aka The COWCATCHER – is self publishing this updated and revised edition of her book, 201 Things to Do When Children Say I’M BORED! – The Checklist and Journal for Busy Families and it is available as an e-book or as soft cover spiral bound version. (A hardcover deluxe version with premium acid-free pages for keepsake quality will be available soon as well.) All purchases come with 100% money back guarantee.
If you want to order a copy, visit her website, www.201ThingstoDo.com.
With Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays coming, 201 Things to Do will be great to have on hand for entertaining your kids while they are home from school.
We have three soft cover spiral bound copies to giveaway. If you want to win a copy, just leave a comment at this post.
Last week’s three winners of the set of two books that will help you Understand Your Children are:
#114 Sarah Hanson
#99 Faeryland Mom
#74 Amy
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Sounds like a great resource to have on hand!
This book looks really great. Especially with winter coming, and spending most of our time indoors!
I REALLY want to win this!
A great resource! Thanks for reviewing and giving away.
My daughters favorite phrase is Im bored
My fried brain is often at a loss on how to educationally entertain my 3yr old! This sounds like it would fill a void! Thanks so much,
~Lana b~
Having three boys full of energy, I definitely need some ideas on how to keep them entertained!!
Thanks!
I really need to win this, I am so sick of hearing that sentence, normally in an ear piercing whine!
This book seems full of fantastic ideas to alleviate boredom. If my oldest son says, “I’m bored”, I tell him that that is his choice and that it’s not my problem. Take responsibility for your time, young man! This book might help offer suggestions for me to give to him when he comes by the sink, tugging on my pant leg. Thanks!
Oh wow…I think every mom can relate to this! Mine is only 3 but already seems to have mastered the “I’m bored” flop on the couch. Thanks so much!
This sounds fabulous!
Sounds like a great book. Lots of good ideas to keep everyone entertained.
I really should read this book, when I have my nephews over.. and they get bored of video games, movies etc.. I just start watching something and making them count how many bears there are in a show, or scolding them for being bored when there are books and movies and video games to play (while feeling bad thinking they that they are really bored of me.
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Sounds like something I’d be glad to win!
this sounds fabulous!!!!
thanks!
I’d love to win this!
I have an extremely active 3 year old boy. This sounds like a fantastic resource to have on hand – especially as winter arrives!
This would be wonderful and put to good use at my house!
I could really use this book, especially with winter coming.
Twitter: TheAngelForever
November 3, 2008 at 9:04 am
Wow, what a fabulous resource this would be in our house. Thanks for the opportunity
This sounds like an awesome resource! We’d love to win!
Very neat book! We’re always looking for more things that we can do together!
With three kids and another on the way this book would be soooooo handy!
OMG this sounds great! With 2 kids under 4 this is sure to be a great resource!!!
What a neat resource!!
Thanks!
looks great…what a neat book
What a fun book. We can always use new ideas!
with 7 kids, this would be a great book to own!
This sounds like a really fun book!
I would love this book -it would be great for my family!
I’d love to win!
What a Godsend.
I need this book!
My kids would have fun with this since there always saying there bored.
My just-turned grandson has learned the meaning and effectiveness of the whine, “I’m Bored!!!” Sometimes his Mom and Step Mom are at a complete loss to find an interesting activity that also includes his little sisters. This may be just what we/they are looking for.
I so need to win this (or buy it) as I have two 3-yr old boys so I’m sure I could get some really fun ideas of things to do with them.
Thanks,
Maureen (jnomaxx at hotmail dot com)
My kids would absolutely love this.
ktgonyea at gmail.com
This book sounds awesome, I’m already planning to make a tshirt quilt soon, it sounds like a great idea!
Wonderful…sounds like a fantastic resource!
sounds like what I need to entertain my daycare kids in the summer!
What a fabulous book! I’ve heard that “I’m bored” phrase many times.
Boy, could I use this!
fabulous prize!
Great ideas! Thanks!
sylviarj@yahoo.com
I don’t just want this book–I NEED it!
i would love this book!!! when my boys are “bored” scary things happen!!!!
What a great idea! I’d love to win this as it appears to have so many great ideas that get parents and children involved…TOGETHER!! m_huston(at)hotmail(dot)com
Fantastic book! I’d love to have a copy for those times my boys say “What can I do now?”
Would love to win a copy to keep us busy on rainy days in Seattle!
This sounds like a wonderful book of ideas to have handy! Thanks for the entry!
I love this! If I don’t win, I’m buying it! This looks like a great resource and I work with kids as well and am always looking for cool activities.
Sounds like a ton of fun! Thanks for sharing and please count me in!
I would love a copy of this book!
My son would love this! With his ADHD, I have to keep him pretty busy. This would certainly do the trick!
With three boys, this would be great to have!
Thanks for hosting such great contests!
lisaanne29@hotmail.com
I could really use this book! Please enter me
Looks like a very useful book particularly with the cold weather of winter arriving.
I have children who are always bored!
This would be great for when my 3 yr old says she’s bored…which is often!
Yay!!! I won!!! Thanks so much!
just what i need!
I must be the world’s meanest mom. When my kids say they are bored (granted, they are 14, 13, 9, and 7) I direct them to their usually unfinished chore chart. I hand them the hand-vac. I open the full dryer and request help folding. I send them to the sink – there’s always a dirty dish or two there. Or I send them off to (gasp!) read a book.
PLEASE, don’t enter me in the drawing for this – with 5 kids, I need their boredom to help me keep ahead of the laundry and dishes
As a mom and a teacher I think this book would be a great resource!
I hear those words all the time. Thanks!
I NEED this book really bad! I feel so bad when I hear my kids utter those words, “I’m Bored Mommy.” I’ve run out of new and fun ideas that they would “approve” of.
This would be a great book that we’d use. I cringe every time I hear, “I’m borrrrrred”. LOL
Sounds like a great book. My daughter just started using the phrase “I’m bored.” That phrase drives me nuts.
What a fantastic looking book. I, too, suffer from brain fog when my children give me the inevitable “I’m bored!” It’s tough, too, with children of different ages. But, this book looks like it offers some great suggestions for a variety of ages and interests. I’d love to get my hands on a copy!
This book is such a great idea. I consider myself pretty creative, but even I run out of things to do every once in awhile. The kids would love this.
This sounds like a wonderful resource for my duaghters and their preschool and young elementary age children. Sure hope I can win a copy.
Would love this book – my kids at 4 and 2 aren’t quite at the “I’m bored” stage – but I know it’s coming.
I have a 4, 8, & 11 year old! We would so enjoy some suggestions!
This would be perfect for my sister and nieces. Thanks for the chance.
This would be so great to have! Thanks!
i could use this for tomorrow, they have off for election day
Thank you so much for this giveaway. We could really use this. Our youngest son was driving me crazy just yesterday with “I’m bored.” Thanks you for offering this.
Always looking for new ideas.
This book sounds great! It’s always good to have some backup ideas on hand when you just run out of things to do.
I think if anyone uttered those words around my house I’d die of shock on the spot. That said I think it would make a lovely gift for several families that I know.
Best wishes
How fun!
great giveaway, thanks for the chance.
This would be a perfect book to have around the house!!! Thanks for the chance!
hi, pick me LOL
I’d love to have this book when I hear those dreaded words, “but there’s nothing to do!”
I am always looking for things to get the kids off the computer and games. This is the ticket.
Anthing to keep them occupied.
I COULD REALLY USE THESE TO KEEP MY KIDS OCCUPIED
I would love a copy of this! Too many days I feel brain-dead and can’t come up with new ideas!
i do want to win
I would love this.
I hear this from my child at least 15 to 20 times a day. “I bored”! It is frustrating to me as a parent sometimes trying to find things the kids want to do.
Sounds like a great book!
What a great book, it would get used a LOT around my house!
I have a daughter who has a daughter who now knows what its like to be a mother; hope that made sense!
I’d love to win this book for her!
Thanks
WOW! This is absolutely perfect for my son and I’s daily adventures! He’s a very curious boy, who’d rather pick my brain than watch TV – which, I’m not complaining about at all, mind you – but it’d be nice not to run out of new and fun things to do!
Sounds like a very useful book. Thanks
We definitely need this book. It looks great!
I would love to have this book! Thanks for the opportunity to win!
Sounds great,incredibly useful.Thanks for the chance.
what a great book!! I would love this for my kids!
love to win this
Oh my gosh this book sounds wonderful. I would love to win this. Thanks for the giveaway.
This sounds exactly like what we need! My kids would love this!
We would love to have one of these on hand at our house!
This would be a GREAT resource for interacting with my autistic son!
I’m so bad at coming up with fun things to do, this would really help!
Thank you!
janetfaye (at) gmail (dot) com
Looks like an interesting read. Please sign me up for your contest.
what a great book!
Boy do I need this book.
Sounds like a fabulous book and an excellent resource!!
Great prize!!
I’d love to be entered in your giveaway!!
Thanks so much!!
Michele R.(CA)
luvkittysmeowmail@gmail.com
Unfortunately I hear those words all to often in my house. I would love to win this!
I love to read and this looks like a very useful book.
Thanks for this prmotion!
I get really tired of hearing Im bored This would be great
My grandsons watch too much t.v. and play too many video games. I would love to have some ideas that get them moving!
smchester at gmail dot com
Sounds very useful! I need some new ideas.
Wow, how often do I hear that one?
This book would be so much fun!
Jodie has done a great job at catching children and adults alike, to engage in fun and action packed activities! This book is a must for all bookshelves of fammilies, young and old alike !
I would love to win this! I need all the ideas I can get.
Thanks
Jen:)
We could really use this book as the cold season approaches! Thanks for the chance!
want to win this
With three children, we could really use this book.
wow, what a great resource!
That sounds great! I like the backyard zoo idea.
I want to win
Would love it!
Sounds wonderful. would love to win. Thanks for the chance.
This would be perfect. I am always stuck on trying to find creative yet productive things for my son to do.
What a great book. We would love to win one. Thanks!
I would love to win! Thanks for the chance!
My wife would like this because the boys are always saying I’m bored.
Very Cool Resource!
Maemae
This would be great for Gracie and I. Thanks!
This looks awesome!
With four kids that is all I hear…this would be great.
Sounds like a great book
nice
I am not very creative so I am always looking for new ideas to keep the level of chaos managable!
Sounds like a great book!
I’m sure this book is filled with great tips and will make interesting reading
What a great book to have on hand coming into these cold, winter months!
Please enter me.
My little ones would be so happy if we won this one!!
Thanks for the great giveaway!!
Sounds great. Yes please.
I’d love this book, especially since when my son thinks he is bored he has to play the PS2.
This would be a life saver, now that it will be raining more and outside play is not an option. We would love to win this one!
~Danielle
I need this. I’m tired of hearing how “bored” my 10 year old is. (Yes, the one who has a game cube, a Wii, a TV with tons of channels and about a million DVDs in the house, plus a huge trampoline in the big backyard!)
The world is so different from when I was young, I can’t allow my kids to roam freely to friends homes or around the neighborhood as I did. It’s harder to keep them entertained in this digital age when TV and computers sometimes take over play and imaginations. I would love to have a great book that would help them and myself be more creative. Thanks!
sounds like a good resource for my buggy.
Yes please, enter me in the contest.
This looks great.
Sounds wonderful….especially now that Chandler has decided to use that word A LOT!
I’d love to win a copy of this book!
I need this to help entertain my four kids ages 5,6,7,8. This last summer was difficult. They got bored to quickly with all the video games, computer, and yes everything they have in the backyard!
Hi.
I love you site (and twitters, too). We have 5 kids,live in the inner-city in a crazy small house with a yard the size of our livingroom. I’m determinded to continue doing fun activities with my children and not resort to the TV as a sanity-saver!
Being Mom (and wife, too) are my highest callings! I’d be so grateful to have a copy of this book… and would share the book with many on my blogsite and circle of friends.
Thank you!
This looks like a fantastic resource! Thank you!
Meg
Though mine kids are probably older than this book is meant for, hopefully we will have grandchildren within a few years, and my son’s girlfriend works with children, so I might give (or loan!) it to her.
I’d love to win a copy. I have five kids and it would be great to have this book to explore together. I keep hearing how they’re bored and there’s nothing to do!
wow! you guys have great contests. This is just the thing for weekends and holidays for my kids. Saturdays afternoons can be really boring… I can’t count how often I hear “what else can I do?”
I would love to have help for the cold, rainy, winter days ahead!! Thanks for the chance to win.
This would be great to have! My daughter is always “bored”.
This sounds like a great resource. Would love to win. But better than that, this would make great gifts for friends! Thanks for writing about it!!!
my son is always saying he’s bored. would love to win this.
imjessica(at)mail(dot)com
This is something that would be well used at our house. Thanks for the contest.
I just hate the word B-O-R-E-D, don’t you?!
Sounds like this book will help return harmony to my life.
Wow, sounds like a GREAT book! I’m sure we’d get a lot of use out of it.
My children are often ‘bored’ I could use help
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This book would be great for the times I volunteer in the nursery at our church and it would give me ideas for Sunday school too. Thank you.
Sounds like a very valuable book to have.
With a 3 and 6 year old little boy and play dates with their friends…. OH please pick me!!!
This sounds like a lot of fun. I have 2 little ones that will be getting to the I am bored stage much to soon. I would love this book.
I need this book! I babysit my 4 year old niece along with my 4 year old son every day. I’m constantly looking for new ideas to keep them entertained! This book would be awesome!
LOL, this is a great idea for a book. Seems like the kids area always bored, hope there are some new ideas in here!
This is Great! Is there a sequel. LOL.
It is funny how with my girls aging, their boredom changes too, this would be so helpful!
Oh, that sounds like such a great book to have on hand! This would be a great addition in our household.
This sounds great! I always need ideas for what to do with my kids. This sounds like the perfect thing.
This would be a welcome adddition in my own home. We definitely need it.
Sounds neat! Count me in!
I would love this for my family!!
sounds like a perfect book to have on hand as the weather gets more and more dreary…
Sounds like a great book. Please count me in!
I’ve been trying to find a book like this. Sometimes I feel like I’m a bum and not doing enough with my little one…I need help in the creativity department. GREAT giveaway! Thanks for introducing me to this book.
~melody~
melody at penniesinmypocket dot net
My 3 and 5 year olds are just getting to this stage and the creativity just doesn’t come easily some days! I’d love to win this!
those dreaded words “mom we’re bored” are almost over now that I’ve learned about this book. thanks for such a great blog
This books looks awesome! I would love to use it.
I’ll try anything to find things for the little ones to stay occupied
This would definitely get a lot of use around my house! Great find. Thank you!
That sounds like something that’s perfect for my brood. They keep themselves entertained well enough, but I’d love to have a whole book of tricks up my sleeve.
I would love to win this!
Please enter me
I would love to win so thanks for the contest
I like the zoo idea, we certianly have enough animals
What an awesome book! I would love to have this on my bookshelf!
This book looks fantastic!!
this book rocks! Thank you soo much!
This book sounds great!
Sounds like a lifeline to me, when I have the grandkids for a weekend, there is not as much to do as home so I occasionally here we are bored and usually from the girls, this might be the answer not to mention spending some one on one time with them, thanks for the giveaway
With 2 kids, this would be great! Thanks!
What a neat book! And useful for anyone
What a wonderful book! I would love to win it.
I hear “Im bored” a LOT. This would be awesome to win.
Im a subscriber!
This would be great fun to have!
wow cool book
This book looks great~ I could have used it today. hahahaaa
Would love this book.
I would just love to have this handy book! Even with 4 built-in playmates, each of my 5 kids is constantly complaining about being bored.
I would love to win. Thanks for the giveaway!
This would be great! My 4 year old just learned the phrase “I’m bored!”
What a great resource! All parents need to be bailed out from time to time!
Please enter me, thanks!
I’d love a copy of the book. I am a teacher and am always looking for new and exciting books to share with students and parents.
I could really use this. My kids say they are bored all the time. Thanks
We need this book in our household!!
I know that we would put this book to good use!
Love the title of this book, my daughter needs it and maybe suggestions other than “Mom” ones
would be more easily accepted.
I’m bored runnning out of inventive things to do with active 7 year olds
I’m a first time Mom that could really use this!
Perfect…. especially during the winter.
gkstratos@yahoo.com
I would love to have this for my kids!
They have a gazillion toys but somehow ALWAYS say they’re bored…
-Erica G.
msrica03@aol.com
oh my gosh if i hear im bored one more time i may have to just rip my hair out!!!
Looks like a useful book.
i would love to have this with 4 kids enter me please
This would be great for my kids!!!!!!!!!1
Thanks for the great contest!
I would love to win this for my son’s or my daughter’s family. Looks like a great book!
My three kids are always complaining of this problem, even though we have a school playground facing our backyard!
I never have good ideas. This would be great!
Perfect. I have bored kids all the time.
I could really use this!!
sounds great my grand children are always telling me they are bored
This would be perfect for my granddaughters!
I actually made my daughter do this with her own ideas once. She only got to 17 ideas, so we could use this for some more! Thanks for the contest!
This book is great for people with little imagination and bored kids- like me!:)
Sweet niblets!
How many times do I hear I am so bored!!
I need this book!
Carla
cpullum(at)yahoo(dot)com
We hear how bored my step daughters are all the time. I have run out of ideas. May be this book could help.
I could really use this book! The kids are always saying they’re bored!
I would love some ideas for the family.
Lo0ks like a super book to keep on hand for a rainy day.
I’d love this as I have day care kids and a 3 year old son. We will never run out of fun ideas.
Would be Nice to have a stack of variety all ready and waiting when Mom yells out “I better not hear that SAME video game one more time today!!”… ’cause you KNOW as long as the power isn’t out they’re gonna find SOMEthing repetitive (and noisy) to be doing.
My kids are good about finding (or inventing) SOME way to get into mischief when they’re bored, but this could be a lifesaver for those days when they’ve run out of obvious options and are climbing the walls…
Looks great! Thanks for the giveaway!
Sounds good. We have five kids and the three older kids have our four year old saying he is bored now and that there is nothing to do
I would love to have this for when my little one gets bigger. He will never ever be bored!
We could use this around here!
A great resource! Thanks for reviewing and giving away.
Looking for some great new ideas–thanks!
I would love to read these ideas and see how they could benefit my kids.
This sounds like a wickedly awesome book, and as a mom of two young girls I’d love to get my name in the hat. I don’t think the “I’m bored” phase has hit here too strongly yet, but my 5 year old definitely knows how to throw it out there when she wants.
Thanks for the entry.
RebekahC
littleminx@cox.net
Sounds like a great book for when Mom is at her wit’s end for ideas. Somehow, “If you’re so bored, why don’t you clean the bathroom” just doesn’t get them very excited.
Sounds fun Thanks
Dance to “mom’s music” and use hair brushes as a microphone.
I would love this. A great thing to have with a 4 year old.
This book would be great to have!
This is a must for anyone with little ones
I’m going to need this when my son gets a little older!
I need this for my 8 year old who has been known to wander around the house aimlessly
please enter me, thank you
really would like this!
ahdrad2932(at)msn(dot)com
I also draw a blank sometimes when I am faced with a long block of unplanned time so this would be a great resource.
Great resource to have on hand.
I could use this.
I would love to win this for my daughter. Her daughter is 3 and will soon start learning how to be bored.
I wish I had it right now
I really need this.
I would greatly appreciate this book and use it everyday!
Nice prize! I would love to win this book for use with my kids! Thanks so much for the giveaway!
This is exactly what we need for those cold winters here in ND when the kids are stuck inside!! Thanks!!!
very cool count me in please
Thanks for the giveaway.
PLEASE COUNT ME IN ON THIS AWESOME GIVEAWAY
Helpppppppp!!!!!! I need it for my 4 grandchildren.
Thanks for this great giveaway!
I need some new ideas. Thanks for the contest,
OMG – I hear that at least 100 times a week. Please enter me
Sounds like a great book to have around for the kids and a good one to add to my library
Would love these for my girls
Wow, we could really use this around our house. Thank you so much for giving us the opportunity to win!
i’m bored;i entered
Please enter me into the contest. Thanks!
What a great idea for a book- this will definately be on my Christmas list.
Great giveaway, I’d love to win!
I need this for my sons and my nephews!! great giveaway!
bliss319@hotmail.com
I could definitely use this book. Raising six kids has fried my brain, and I feel like I don’t think of near as many fun things to do now as I did when my DH and I weren’t so out numbered.
This sounds like a great book! I’d love to win it. Thanks for a great giveaway.
My hyper thing might go through this book in one day. haha. Thanks!
I could use this with a 4 and 6 year old.
Great read.
Sounds like a great resource to have on hand.
Wow I want this book Right now my toddler is two and doesn’t know the word, but I know its coming!
This book looks great; we homeschool and I’m always on the lookout for fun stuff to do! Thanks for the chance
This books looks great! We need this book at our house!
Hollie
Sounds like something to keep in the glove compartment!
What a wonderful book! This would be sooo helpful!
What parent doesn’t need ideas at one time or another when kids say “I’m bored?” I would love to own a copy of this book for those moments.
Great book.
sounds like a Great book.ty 4 the contest!
Would love to have a copy on hand. I have kids who get bored when I turn off the TV, but they cannot be glued to it. Some of them will play with Legos, but some of them will follow me around with how bored they are. LOL!
would love to win! My daughter is always bored.
That family trivia game idea is brilliant and I’m totally going to start one! If that idea is any indication, I think I could really use this book!
Thank you, Jennifer (and Janice)!
I got your message that I was selected at random as one of the winners. Interestingly, I have a “Google search” setup, watching for my ‘nom de plume’ and IT reported back almost immediately also — nice ‘quality control’ check!
And a comment for any and all — in the course of double-checking “just what is this I’ve won” I went to the “201 things” website, and was captivated by a whole set of useful links and things, very pertinent to my older son’s educational process and progress.
Check out the “Bonus stuff” section in particular!
Once again, very excellent, and thank you much!
Very cool book of ideas!! I could really use this now with the children I nanny…and in the future with my own little ones (the first one of which is on the way)!!
This book would get a lot of use in our family!
This sounds like an awesome read!!! I would love this book because I’m always having a problem coming up with something to do for the kiddos.
HI,
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Wow…if I don’t hear that a thousand times a day… I could use and “I’m bored” helper ….
thanks for the chance,
Perri
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Sounds fantastic! Would love to have a copy!
I didn’t realize you get extra entries for feeds and newsletter…so here is my extra entry.
Perri
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I didn’t realize you get extra entries for feeds and newsletter…so here is my extra entry.
Here is the one for feeds,
thank you,
Perri
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Hopefully I made the deadline.
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