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Toddler groups are great fun for little ones and a good<br />
way for you to meet other like-minded parents whom<br />
you can team up with for fun-filled park trips and bike<br />
rides in the future.<br />
5) Get out and about.<br />
Whether you head to your local beach or playground,<br />
kids are never too young to enjoy the great outdoors.<br />
Engage in play and outdoor activity at least twice a<br />
week, so that fun is associated with being away from<br />
the house.<br />
2 to 5-year-olds<br />
1) Buy them their first bike.<br />
Kids can start riding a tricycle before they start to walk,<br />
so it’s never too early to encourage them and once<br />
they are ready, they can try a bigger bike with stabilisers.<br />
Go out on family cycling trips together in your local<br />
park - it will benefit all the family.<br />
2) Play an old school game with your kids. Re-introduce<br />
old favourites like Hop Scotch, Tag, Skipping,<br />
Hide and Seek, Leapfrog or Elastics, in the garden -<br />
fun and nostalgic for you, a blast for them!<br />
3) Let them choose their own talent.<br />
Pushing your kids into an activity will only make them<br />
lose momentum, but that’s not to say you shouldn’t<br />
encourage them at all. Kids know what they want from<br />
a young age, so ask them what they would really like<br />
to try, and within limits, try to adhere to it. If your son<br />
fancies trying dancing over footie, then let him!<br />
4) Be inventive.<br />
Getting your kids excited doesn’t need to cost the earth.<br />
Create a bowling alley in your driveway using empty<br />
plastic water bottles or cans as<br />
pins or in the summer set up a<br />
“water-shoot” using a water hose<br />
and a large sheet of plastic for<br />
them to whizz down.<br />
5) Take the kids to a pick-yourown-berries<br />
farm.<br />
Kids love getting involved in these<br />
kinds of “grown up” activities. Al-<br />
Sanity is a madness put to good uses.<br />
George Santayana (1863-1952)<br />
lowing them to pick their own will give them a sense of<br />
self -importance while helping them to appreciate<br />
healthy food.<br />
6) Don’t replace good old fun with computer games.<br />
Although the Nintendo Wii can help kids to stay fit,<br />
don’t use this as a replacement to sport. Allow them to<br />
use such games from time to time, but make sure they<br />
have a go at the real thing too.<br />
Some More “Definitions”.<br />
From The Not So Correct<br />
Dictionary<br />
Abbreviations used:<br />
acro. - Acronym; adj. - Adjective; adv.<br />
– Adverb int. - Interjection; n. - Noun;<br />
phrs. - Phrase;<br />
v. – Verb<br />
ABASH n. A great party.<br />
ACTOR n. Someone who tries to be everything but<br />
himself.<br />
ACUTE n. The opposite of an ugly.<br />
AFTER-MATH n. The period following algebra.<br />
ALIMONY v. Bye now, pay later.<br />
APPARENT n. A large, old, bossy person who tortures<br />
youths.<br />
BABY PHILOSOPHY phrs. If it stinks, change it.<br />
BOASTING n. Pitter patter of little feats<br />
CAT TOY n. Any object on the ground.<br />
CATACOMB n. Used for brushing cat hair.<br />
CATHOLIC n. A cat with a drinking problem.<br />
CHOCOLATE n. The other major food group.<br />
COMPUTER n. Machine that makes very fast, very<br />
accurate mistakes.<br />
CREDIT CARD n. A way to increase ones yearning.<br />
DIPLOMACY n. The art of letting somebody have your<br />
way.<br />
DOOR n. Something a cat or dog wants to be on the<br />
other side of.<br />
EXPERIENCE n. What you get when you don’t get<br />
what you want.<br />
FLASHLIGHT n. A device used to store dead batteries.<br />
HANGOVER n. The wrath of grapes.<br />
HUMAN n. Useful domestic animal, popular with cats.<br />
JOB n. A really, really, really, bad joke.<br />
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