150+ Screen-Free Activities for Kids: The Very Best and Easiest Playtime Activities from FunAtHomeWithKids.com! Kindle Edition

As a fan of the website Fun At Home With Kids, I was all too eager to order this book. I had great expectations and, oh man, did Asia deliver! She really gets kids. She gets how they learn, how they interact, how they develop and makes it easy for you to find activities appropriate for your child's age/skill level.She's made things easy for parents with babies and young toddlers by pointing out which recipes are taste safe. If your child has allergies, THIS. BOOK. IS. FOR. YOU. Asia has made a huge effort to include as many allergen free recipes as she could. Each recipe has an allergen key for quick and easy reference for busy parents.Each recipe starts off with the basic ingredients and execution. After the recipe, there are several suggestions for variations, allowing you to turn one activity into several!As a previous preschool teacher and a current stay at home mom to a 9 month old, I see how this book has activities that truly span the age range. This is a book of ideas that will grow with your child. It's great for siblings!Perhaps most importantly, I want to point out that this book is pure gold for busy, working parents. Open ended play doesn't have to be elaborate or expensive, but it does take some forethought. Don't assume that teachers and stay at home parents or caregivers are the only ones who can plan out play activities. This book takes the guesswork out of planning, especially for working parents, giving you more time to play and learn together.

I have purchased several kinds of these books, but this one has quickly become my favorite! First. I love that the author has taken the time to breakdown each activity according to a simple key highlighting if it's something safe to taste, and if it contains dyes or allergens. The pictures are great, simple, but easy enough to see what the end product should/could look like and each activity has at least one picture. I appreciate each activity has a very easy guide for how long it will take to make/prep, and what ages it would be best for. I have done at least 10 projects and they have all been huge hits with my toddler, make me look like mother of the year, but really aren't a lot of work. I love that my little one is learning through play, and I really love that the ingredients list doesn't contain a long list of ingredients that are hard to find. This is the book to buy if you are looking for crafty, fun, and sensory projects for your little one, don't look any further, just buy it. I would say most of these activities are best suited for toddlers to early school age, but I could definitely see some use for older elementary school age children as well.

I honestly expected completely different content based off the title. I didn't read any reviews. Most of the book is more of a recipe book for baby/kid safe playing material (foam, goo, slime, paints). It's a very artsy crafty book but extremely well organized and if you have the time & interest I think it could be a great addition to your book collection. The chapters each begin with an introduction and the authors experience and tips. The chapters are: slimes, doughs, paints, small worlds, simple sensory activities, and do it yourself toys. Each activity lists prep time, ages (baby/toddler/preschoolers/5+) ingredients/supplies, detailed instructions, and what I like is that there are also variations/troubleshooting/budget tips. It also lists if it's dye free, taste safe, dairy/gluten/egg/soy etc free. Also there are instructions on turning what you make into art. The book ends with information on the science behind the activities, where to find supplies, and additional resources. If you're looking for activities for your kids to do on their own this is not the book. These are activities that require your involvement and can end up being very messy. The recipes are easy and simple and cost friendly. Most of the items you'll probably have and need to only get one or two others. For the right family this book is great for others it will be useless.I bought this cheap little pen to help contain some of my toddlers activities. It worked great: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B01I0TU1UG/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_t1_j7TLBb2MW14MM

This is an inspiring book as far as sensory activities to do with your child. But I am so very irritated by the photos in the book. This book is about messy play...but the photos show children in spotless clothes, in a perfectly clean room, playing with materials that magically stay in the "sensory" bin. Make no mistake, if you do an activity such as presenting your toddler with a bin full of beans, you will end up with beans in every corner of the room. I suppose in this pinterest perfect age, such photos were a necessity for marketing or whatever. But they do not represent reality at all of what it would look like if you were to do the activities in this book. Also...many activities would require quite a bit of setup beforehand (like dying dry rice with food coloring and setting it out to dry overnight), as well as a lot of cleanup afterwards (see original comments about beans in every corner of the room). Still inspirational though and has a lot creative ideas...I stilp consider it a worthwhile buy.

Finally managed to get this book to open on my kindle after months of no success!!!So many fun activities for little ones. I've been struggling to find activities which leads me to putting my baby in front of the TV which is what I never want to do for prolonged periods of times but this gives me a new lease of life and allows me to try new things.I love the pictures and the simple easy to read explanations. I do also like there is an age rating, so I skip the ones that are 5+ as my daughter is only 17 months old.

A fantastic book for parents that just begun creative games. The most important thing is that the games are very easy to structure, and the materials very easy to find (except the fluorescent vitamin; that's a mystery to me).

É un e-book molto carino che consiglio a tutti coloro che lavorano con l’infanzia ma anche ai genitori curiosi! Con gli esperimenti contenuti in questo libro mi sono divertita sia a casa con la mia bambina che a scuola ! Sarebbe bello che ne scrivessero una traduzione perché è tutto in inglese

The media could not be loaded.  I love this book. Easy to follow, great pictures and lots of hints and tips. I will be buying this book for all my mum friends and family. Great 1st birthday idea. Cannot recommend enough. Just buy it.

O livro sugere atividades interessantes para crianças pequenas e/ou com deficiência. Interessante para escolas. Fácil leitura em conjunto com o dicionário mesmo pra quem não tem inglês fluente.