Family

Activities

There's nothing like quality time with your family. We’ve got fun ideas for indoor games, camping and travel tips, holiday crafts, and everything in between.

Backyard science for babies and toddlers

Backyard science for babies and toddlers

Camilla Cornell

Green baby: Lowering your carbon footprint

Green baby: Lowering your carbon footprint

How to protect your baby's health and leave a cleaner world for her to grow up in.

Susan Spicer

Whatever gets you through the night

Whatever gets you through the night

John Hoffman

Playful Pumpkin Stencils

Madeleine Wong with Jane Dorward, stencils by Sara Tyson

Painted Pumpkins

Madeleine Wong with Jane Dorward

Controlling biting in toddlers

Controlling biting in toddlers

Kathy Lynn

Get on board: Skateboarding

Get on board: Skateboarding

Helaine Becker

Six times tag: different ways to play tag

Six times tag: different ways to play tag

Helaine Becker

Have a ball

Helaine Becker

Off school property? Safety on field trips

Off school property? Safety on field trips

Dan Bortolotti

Bullying with Words

Bullying with Words

Teresa Pitman

Going it alone: Choosing to be a single parent

Andrea Curtis

How to Throw a Ball

How to Throw a Ball

Jeffrey Lee (adapted from his book Catch a Fish, Throw a Ball, Fly a Kite: 21 Timeless Skills Every Child Should Know)

Preschooler's masturbation

Kathy Lynn

Benefits of cooking with kids (and tips for getting started!)

Benefits of cooking with kids (and tips for getting started!)

Holly Bennett

19 websites for kids

19 websites for kids

Anjali Kapoor

Special-needs travel

Special-needs travel

When your child has physical or cognitive issues, vacations can be tricky. Read these travel tips from parents who’ve been there.

Amy Baskin

Kids and music lessons

Kids and music lessons

Susan Spicer

Milk carton haunted house

Milk carton haunted house

Madeleine Wong