365 Smart After-School Activities

You don’t need fancy entertainment or expensive toys to stimulate your child’s imagination. All you need is a few simple tools and a bit of creativity.

365 Smart After-School Activities shows you how you can fashion a world of wonder out of common household items and engage your child in stimulating play every day of the year. These easy and enjoyable projects were chosen especially to show children between the ages of seven and twelve that they can have fun and learn at the same time.

Activities that kids can do with the help of a parent or adult include:

• Running a lemonade stand
• Making a holiday basket
• Baking chocolate chip cookies
• Creating a monster mask
• Organizing a talent show
• Planting a tree

Sheila Ellison is a mother of four and a renowned author and speaker on parenting and child care. She is the creative force behind the “365 Ways” series and is the founder of the nonprofit organization Single Moms Connect.

Judith Gray is a mother of four and is internationally known as an author, teacher, and leader in dance research. A former executive director of the Girl’s Club of Tucson, Dr. Gray is on the teaching faculty of Antioch University.