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Podcast #600: What Board Games Teach Us About Life
Board games have long been a source of social activity and family entertainment. But my guest today makes the case that board games can be more than just a way to while away the time, and can also...
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Kid Craft of the Week: Easy, No-Sew Teepee
While much of the world is in quarantine of some form, and often sequestered with children who are itching for something to do, we thought it would be fun to offer a weekly craft/project idea you can...
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5 Pencil and Paper Games to Do When You’re Bored
With our archives now 3,500+ articles deep, we’ve decided to republish a classic piece each Friday to help our newer readers discover some of the best, evergreen gems from the past. This article was...
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The 50 Best Jokes for Little Kids
While we’ve compiled the best jokes for kids of all ages, as well as the best riddles, and even non-cheesy knock-knock jokes, little kids — roughly between the ages of 3 and 7 — need a category all to...
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30+ Tricks, Games, and Stunts to Entertain Your Kids on Long, Dark Winter Nights
The pandemic has canceled tons of activities, outings, and extracurriculars, leaving our calendars, including our familial ones, rather empty. Quarantining with kids in summer — when the sun doesn’t...
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Cool Uncle Tricks: “Rock the Baby” With a Yo-Yo
An essential part of being an awesome uncle is having a repertoire of tricks and jokes that will amaze your nieces and nephews, and crack them up. So from time to time we’ll be offering you current...
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Corkball: The Mutant Baseball Game That’s a St. Louis Tradition
The batter tightens his grip around the bat and stares down the pitcher with a flinty look. The pitcher winds up and hurls the ball with all his might. WOOSH PLOP! As the golf-ball-sized ball lands in...
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How to Play a Game of Pitch-And-Toss (And Never Breathe a Word About Your Loss)
If you can make one heap of all your winnings And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss, And lose, and start again at your beginnings And never breathe a word about your loss; If, like us, you’re a...
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Podcast #809: Why We Like Puzzles, and What We Get From Them
Puzzles may seem like fairly pedestrian pastimes — fun ways to while away a rainy afternoon. And while they certainly do make for satisfying diversions, my guest would say they’re also more than that,...
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Cool Uncle Tricks: How to Stick a Pencil in Your Ear and Nose
An essential part of being an awesome uncle is having a repertoire of tricks and jokes that will amaze your nieces and nephews, and crack them up. So from time to time we’ll be offering you current...
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