Comments on: 3 Creative Ways to Play with Your Kids http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevinwax/2010/02/10/3-creative-ways-to-play-with-your-kids/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=3-creative-ways-to-play-with-your-kids Kingdom People - Living on Earth as Citizens of Heaven Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:45:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Chris Kidd http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevinwax/2010/02/10/3-creative-ways-to-play-with-your-kids/#comment-5984 Chris Kidd Sat, 20 Feb 2010 17:40:47 +0000 http://trevinwax.com/?p=5199#comment-5984 Absolutely love this post, as a new dad it really excited and inspired me. Thank you. Absolutely love this post, as a new dad it really excited and inspired me. Thank you.

]]> By: JamesBrett http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevinwax/2010/02/10/3-creative-ways-to-play-with-your-kids/#comment-5983 JamesBrett Thu, 11 Feb 2010 04:51:07 +0000 http://trevinwax.com/?p=5199#comment-5983 these really are great ideas -- such a practical blog post. i don't even have kids old enough to do these things with, and i still really appreciated the thoughts. we just had our first daughter in december and live in tanzania. our kids won't have the opportunity (largely because we won't afford them it) to play video games and watch tv all the time (but also because it's hard to do with such inconsistent electricity). i expect us to play lots of creative games, which is also a great opportunity to encourage imagination (and second languages) in all the neighborhood kids as well. these really are great ideas — such a practical blog post. i don’t even have kids old enough to do these things with, and i still really appreciated the thoughts. we just had our first daughter in december and live in tanzania. our kids won’t have the opportunity (largely because we won’t afford them it) to play video games and watch tv all the time (but also because it’s hard to do with such inconsistent electricity). i expect us to play lots of creative games, which is also a great opportunity to encourage imagination (and second languages) in all the neighborhood kids as well.

]]> By: Brian Current http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevinwax/2010/02/10/3-creative-ways-to-play-with-your-kids/#comment-5982 Brian Current Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:02:47 +0000 http://trevinwax.com/?p=5199#comment-5982 This is great. I love posts that give us ideas. Keep them coming! We will often push the couches around, throw blankets over them and make them a tent and pretend it's a cave. That's where the dragon lives and we have to take our super heros to shoot lasers at them (or sometimes transform them into good guys with our lasers). we will also pretend the couch is a space ship and we'll fly through space and land on a far away planet.. then we'll get out and explore that planet, find treasure, rescue pets, fight off bad guys, etc. The other thing we do is play Treasure Hunt: I make clues on note cards and hide toys and things.. i try to make it a story, but the real fun is the kids trying to figure out the clue. We'll rescue superman, for example, and they'll have to uncover 10 clues on their way. One clue, just as an example, might be something like "Go as Mr. Potatoe Head" - and they'll run to the bin, searching for the next clue... This is great. I love posts that give us ideas. Keep them coming!

We will often push the couches around, throw blankets over them and make them a tent and pretend it’s a cave. That’s where the dragon lives and we have to take our super heros to shoot lasers at them (or sometimes transform them into good guys with our lasers).

we will also pretend the couch is a space ship and we’ll fly through space and land on a far away planet.. then we’ll get out and explore that planet, find treasure, rescue pets, fight off bad guys, etc.

The other thing we do is play Treasure Hunt:

I make clues on note cards and hide toys and things.. i try to make it a story, but the real fun is the kids trying to figure out the clue. We’ll rescue superman, for example, and they’ll have to uncover 10 clues on their way. One clue, just as an example, might be something like “Go as Mr. Potatoe Head” – and they’ll run to the bin, searching for the next clue…

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