Keep Cool with Water Games
Virginia JohnsonFamiliesSelf-Help and InstructionalAll FunGamesParty ideasSummer kidsWaterSummerBackyardKids BlogWhether you’ve got a pool nearby or just a yard and a hose, you can have fun staying...
View ArticleNo Batteries Required: Serious Fun with String Games
Virginia JohnsonAll FunGamesKids BlogPeople all over the world, from the Arctic to the South Pacific, love to play with string. They often use the pictures that the string suggests to tell stories from...
View ArticleZoom! Make and Fly a Paper Airplane
Virginia JohnsonCrafts and HobbiesScience and TechnologyAll FunGamesAirplanesToysScience experimentsModelsKids BlogThere's your basic paper airplane, the one that's folded fast out of sheet of notebook...
View ArticleSidewalk Games
MulticulturalSelf-Help and InstructionalTeacher ResourcesAll FunGamesSummer kidsKids BlogFace it. Cartoons and video games are boring. You can only sit in front of the tee-vee for so long before your...
View ArticleFinding Your Marbles
Virginia JohnsonCrafts and HobbiesHistoryAll FunGamesKids BlogNeed a game that's good for springtime? Marbles can be played outside or inside, so it doesn't matter if a quick, spring shower comes...
View ArticleMake Your Own Board Games
Virginia JohnsonCrafts and HobbiesFamiliesHistoryTeacher ResourcesFYI ArticlesAll FunAncient historyGamesVikingsRomeKids BlogGather your family together for an hour or two of face-to-face gaming with a...
View ArticleColonial Virginia
Virginia JohnsonAfrican AmericanTeacher ResourcesVirginia HistoryKids Homework HelpSlaveryGeorge WashingtonColonial...
View ArticleAbout Anno
Virginia JohnsonArts and ArtistsAutobiography and BiographyScience and TechnologyAuthor ProfilesJapanGamesMathematicsMarch kidsMitsumasi Anno grew up in a traditional, beautiful Japanese village named...
View ArticleOurSpace: An After-School Teen Program at the Salem Church Branch
Kari PatrickTeensProgramsafter-schoolHomeworkGamesLibraryPoint BlogunRequired Reading BlogTeen BlogOpen to all in 6th through 12th grades, OurSpace is a teen social space for playing games, doing...
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