Skip the screen time! Engage your little ones. We think these are the best kids activity books to strengthen mental and creative skills.
Snow storm outside? At the airport? On a resort trying to relax? Add a bored kid to the mix and its a classic situation that all parents have encountered at some time or other. Screen time is an option but not a good one. Kids get enough exposure to phones and tablets already. Better to engage their minds and creative forces through puzzles, logic games, coloring and other fun activities. (If interested, here is some information from the NIH on screen time.)
Here are some great options for parents to have on their list:
1. Logic Puzzles for Clever Kids
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Welcome to Logic Puzzles for Clever Kids―a new collection of challenging problem-solving games perfect for kids from pre-K through first grade. These endlessly fun logic puzzles for kids will stimulate young minds and keep children engaged and entertained for hours.
2. My book with no pictures
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This fill-in-the-blanks book that puts the power of words directly into your hands. Bonus sheet of nonsense stickers included!
3. Where’s Waldo: the fantastic journey
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The elusive little guy you loved as a kid has ventured into an affordable format, ready to boggle a new generation. He’s easier to carry around — but just as hard as ever to find!
4. Learn to Letter with Luna the Llama
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With nine fun projects, Learn to Letter with Luna the Llama pairs lettering exercises with clever humor, teaching crafty kids how to improve their handwriting skills and creatively express themselves on homemade crafts, cards, school notebooks, and more!
5. Totally Awesome Mazes and Puzzles
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Totally Awesome Mazes and Puzzles has over 200 brain-bending challenges. Complete word searches, number puzzles, connect-the-dots, and matching games. Then journey your way through tons of fun twist & turn mazes! Help Peter the plumber count how many wrenches he has or spot the differences between the alligators and so much more. Perfect for grades 1-3 or ages 6 to 9. This is one of the best kids activity books for airports!
6. The Everything Kids: Puzzle Book
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Decode a secret message using the phases of the moon, wind your way through a pizza maze, find hidden presidents, borrow some drachmas, unscramble an invention time line, play super duper tic-tac-toe, classic hangman, match up snowflakes, and more with The Everything Kids’ Puzzle Book!
7. Hey Duggee: ABC: Alphabet Sticker Book
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Journey through the alphabet with Duggee and the squirrels! Featuring all your favourite characters from the Triple bafta-winning CBeebies show, now your little ones can learn their ABCs duggee-style! Every letter features multiple characters from duggee’s hilarious, adorable world, plus a sticker to add to each one.
8. Sticker Activity ABC
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Children will love learning the alphabet as the find the stickers and match the outlines, answer the questions, and color the pictures in this fun activity book!
9. The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book
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With The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book, you’re the author, illustrator, and main character. Filled with loads of interactive pages and plenty of space to write your own life’s story, this book is all you need to create your masterpiece. Whatever you do, make sure you put it someplace safe after you finish. Because when you’re rich and famous, this thing is going to be worth a fortune.
10. My First Toddler Coloring Book
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Toddlers learn best while having fun. My First Toddler Coloring Book helps children ages 1-3 learn fundamental concepts like reading and counting through coloring. Whether your child prefers to use My First Toddler Coloring Book with you or independently, they will have fun while nurturing their earliest learning skills with this imaginative toddler coloring book approved by teachers, parents, and children alike.
