Kids' Activities and Family Fun
The whole point of working from home is to spend more time with your family. So have some fun! Find enjoyable pursuits for the whole family plus independent activities for kids while you're working.
Teaching Kids Cooking With "Kids Make Dinner Night"
But you know what they say about teaching a man to fish, right? So I'm teaching my kids to cook. Kids Make Dinner Night is my attempt to teach my kids cooking and working in a team in small, weekly doses.
But you know what they say about teaching a man to fish, right? So I'm teaching my kids to cook. Kids Make Dinner Night is my attempt to teach my kids cooking and working in a team in small, weekly doses.
Share Your Tips for Picnics With Kids
Taking picnics with kids can be a logistical nightmare or a great way for kids to run off steam while parents relax. What are your tips for a relaxing picnic with kids?
Taking picnics with kids can be a logistical nightmare or a great way for kids to run off steam while parents relax. What are your tips for a relaxing picnic with kids?
Picnics With Kids
Picnics are easy (really!) and free, yet provide that "wow" factor for kids. My philosophy is you've got to eat anyway, why not make it a picnic? Picnics get overlooked as cheap summer fun because they are often relegated to weekends, which are then often too busy to fit in this kind of relaxing family fun. I like picnics on the long summer weekdays when I'm working and the kids are home. If it…
Picnics are easy (really!) and free, yet provide that "wow" factor for kids. My philosophy is you've got to eat anyway, why not make it a picnic? Picnics get overlooked as cheap summer fun because they are often relegated to weekends, which are then often too busy to fit in this kind of relaxing family fun. I like picnics on the long summer weekdays when I'm working and the kids are home. If it…
Free Summer Fun
Free summer fun doesn't have to be elaborate. Let's face it, if it's free summer fun, it's probably kind of simple.
Free summer fun doesn't have to be elaborate. Let's face it, if it's free summer fun, it's probably kind of simple.
What puts the "fun" in these ideas for free summer fun is parent participation. Work-at-home moms need everyday summer activities to keep kids busy while they work. But all wor…
Snow Day Fun - What Do You Do for Snow Day Fun?
Though stressful for parents, school snow days are special for kids. They are the stuff of lasting childhood memories. Intentionally or not, families often develop snow day traditions, like sledding or playing board games or making cookies. What are your family's snow day traditions?
Though stressful for parents, school snow days are special for kids. They are the stuff of lasting childhood memories. Intentionally or not, families often develop snow day traditions, like sledding or playing board games or making cookies. What are your family's snow day traditions?
Summer Activities - What Kids Summer Activities Do You Plan - Every D…
Summer activities for kids might be the exciting kind (summer camp, amusement parks and pool parties, etc.), but most work at home moms need a few of the more everyday kind of summer activities. Share your ideas and get some ideas from other moms on everyday summer activities.
Summer activities for kids might be the exciting kind (summer camp, amusement parks and pool parties, etc.), but most work at home moms need a few of the more everyday kind of summer activities. Share your ideas and get some ideas from other moms on everyday summer activities.
Everyday Summer Activities
There are a lot of hours in a summer day, and many of them are spent at home, so work-at-home moms need to help kids fill those hours with constructive and enjoyable summer activities.
There are a lot of hours in a summer day, and many of them are spent at home, so work-at-home moms need to help kids fill those hours with constructive and enjoyable summer activities.
Kids Audio Books
Kids' audio books are for more than just long car trips! For work-at-home moms, in particular, kids' audio books are a great independent activity for children while mom is at work. They can keep a child quietly engaged for hours, but more important than that, kids' audio books boost a multitude of developmental skills. And they are good for nearly all ages.
Kids' audio books are for more than just long car trips! For work-at-home moms, in particular, kids' audio books are a great independent activity for children while mom is at work. They can keep a child quietly engaged for hours, but more important than that, kids' audio books boost a multitude of developmental skills. And they are good for nearly all ages.
Independent Activities for Kids
Independent play is an important skill for all kids, but children of work-at-home moms, in particular, should be able to find their own fun. A work-at-home mom needs a repertoire of independent activities for kids.
Independent play is an important skill for all kids, but children of work-at-home moms, in particular, should be able to find their own fun. A work-at-home mom needs a repertoire of independent activities for kids.
Books That Keep Kids Busy
These wordless or almost wordless picture books will keep work-at-home moms' kids--ranging from non-readers to voracious readers--engrossed. They use vivid illustrations that cleverly tell stories or engage the mind. When you're not working, you'll enjoy them too. And when you are, you can add them to your child's repertoire of independent play activities.
These wordless or almost wordless picture books will keep work-at-home moms' kids--ranging from non-readers to voracious readers--engrossed. They use vivid illustrations that cleverly tell stories or engage the mind. When you're not working, you'll enjoy them too. And when you are, you can add them to your child's repertoire of independent play activities.
School Snow Day Activities
Making school snow day contingency plans is extra work for parents, but kids love snow days! When school is cancelled, parents need to make child care arrangement and also think up some fun snow day activites. Snow days can be an opportunity to build lasting memories with your kids.
Making school snow day contingency plans is extra work for parents, but kids love snow days! When school is cancelled, parents need to make child care arrangement and also think up some fun snow day activites. Snow days can be an opportunity to build lasting memories with your kids.
Let the Kids Help
When working from home, you can use all the help you can get, right? So let the kids help out with your job or business wherever possible. As kids grow and gain new skills, parents must recognize when kids are ready for more responsibilities and privileges. Think of ways to encourage your kids to help both at home and, if possible, at work.
When working from home, you can use all the help you can get, right? So let the kids help out with your job or business wherever possible. As kids grow and gain new skills, parents must recognize when kids are ready for more responsibilities and privileges. Think of ways to encourage your kids to help both at home and, if possible, at work.
Top 10 Ways to Spend Quality Time with the Kids
Yes, you want your kids to play independently, but that shouldn't replace quality time with parents. Wayne Parker, About.com's Guide to Fatherhood, has 10 ideas for connecting with kids.
Yes, you want your kids to play independently, but that shouldn't replace quality time with parents. Wayne Parker, About.com's Guide to Fatherhood, has 10 ideas for connecting with kids.
Indoor Play for Active Kids
Kimberly L. Keith, About.com's Guide to Parenting K-6, has a few ideas for how kids can burn off energy indoors.
Kimberly L. Keith, About.com's Guide to Parenting K-6, has a few ideas for how kids can burn off energy indoors.
Ten Old-Fashioned Ways to Have Fun
Don't let the grandparents have all the fun! Susan Adcox, About.com's Guide to Grandparents, has ten suggestions for "old-fashioned" fun (you know, the kind of things you did as a kid). But there's no reason parents can't enjoy these activities with their kids too.
Don't let the grandparents have all the fun! Susan Adcox, About.com's Guide to Grandparents, has ten suggestions for "old-fashioned" fun (you know, the kind of things you did as a kid). But there's no reason parents can't enjoy these activities with their kids too.
CrayolaStore.com
A well-equipped art space can go a long way in keeping kids busy and work-at-home moms working.
A well-equipped art space can go a long way in keeping kids busy and work-at-home moms working.
AreYouGame.com
Games are a great way to keep the kids of WAHMs busy while they work. Having a wide selection to choose from keeps boredom at bay. Stock up here, and save money on this game sellers "deals and steals" page.
Games are a great way to keep the kids of WAHMs busy while they work. Having a wide selection to choose from keeps boredom at bay. Stock up here, and save money on this game sellers "deals and steals" page.
StuffKidsLike.com
This online shop's clever toys and puzzles keeps kids busy and learning while you work.
This online shop's clever toys and puzzles keeps kids busy and learning while you work.