Great Big Book of Children's Games

by Debra Wise

Book Overview

The perfect antidote for rainy-day sulks and backseat boredom

Your kids are buzzing bundles of energy, ever eager for new experiences and new challenges. And one of your toughest jobs as a parent is finding ways to channel kids' energies that promote healthy development while keeping them entertained. Good news, your job just got a little easier.

Great for car trips, rainy days, and even power outages, the Great Big Book of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0071422463
• ISBN13: 9780071422468
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.4" x 10.9"
• Age Range: 3 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 9

Customer Reviews

Terrific Resource

A brilliant book, full of classic, familiar games, along with new ones. Simply the most complete resource out there. This is a book kids below chapter book reading level will probably not use by themselves--it's really aimed more at adults or older children who are game leaders. I used this one for years in after school care and a summer program; because it's so encyclopedic we were able to settle disputes about the rules of traditional games (capture the flag, etc.) using this book. This book, along with "the ultimate indoor games book," kept the kids (ages six to ten) busy all summer long!

lots of fun

Great book. Filled with lots of games and indexed so that they are easy to find. Could be used for the whole summer.

a keeper

This is such a great book! I was looking for some activities to keep the kids from being bored. What a wonderful surprise! This book was way more than I expected. There are tons of activities--card games, outdoor games, pen and paper games, travel games, table top games, blacktop games, and much more. As we looked through the book I remembered some of these from my own childhood, but I probably wouldn't have recalled them without this book to prompt the memories. I was very pleased and the kids love it. There are so many games that they will not be bored for a long time.

Reader's Digest Great Big Book of Children's Games

This is a wonderful book and I really enjoyed learning more about games to play with my two children. The author is great, Debra has four kids of her own!

A wonderful idea book for all ages.

Ms. Wise does an excellent job thinking of terrific games for kids with helpful explanations and innovative twists on old favorites. One problem is that the age ranges are sometimes too restrictive. My 4-year-old loves to play 20 questions and "Wrong!", games they suggested for 8's. Try things out and have fun!