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Catch a Fish, Throw a Ball, Fly a Kite

21 Timeless Skills Every Child Should Know (and Any Parent Can Teach!)

by Jeffrey Lee
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Knowing how to fold a paper airplane can make you a better parent!
Well, maybe not better, but you’ll certainly have more fun with your children, who understandably assume that you know how to do just about everything. If they only knew!
Catch a Fish, Throw a Ball, Fly a Kite is for parents who want to teach their children what they really want to learn—even the skills you never mastered or haven't practiced in a few decades. This book contains clear, simple, step-by-step instructions for teaching more than twenty little life skills that every child should know, including how to:
• Work a yo-yo
• Build a fire
• Eat with chopsticks
• Skip a stone
• Fly a homemade kite
• Throw a Frisbee
While you teach your children, you get to learn the skills too, or at the very least improve on them. Activities range from practical, like locating the constellations, to completely frivolous fun, like turning a blade of grass into a musical instrument. Some are simple enough for four-year-olds, and others will appeal to the most jaded adolescent. Each skill is illustrated and is rounded out with fascinating trivia (did you know that the world’s largest sand castle measured six stories high?) or funny jokes. Age-appropriate information is given for each skill, but they all have one thing in common: You and your kids can do them together!

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    April 14, 2010

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      • ISBN: 9780307516954

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      • ISBN: 9780307516954
      • File size: 3677 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Library Journal

      Starred review from March 15, 2004
      In dealing with the compound stresses of 21st-century life, many people long for simple, uncomplicated pleasures. This book, then, should find a welcome audience among parents-and their children. In brief, well-organized chapters, Lee, a family physician and YA author (True Blue), covers 21 activities that, if approached with the kid's perspective in mind (for which the author offers numerous tips), virtually guarantee quality time. Beside those mentioned in the title, the activities covered include such pastimes as riding a bike, spinning a yo-yo, skipping stones, planting a tree or a garden, and throwing a Frisbee. While some skills (e.g., throwing a ball or casting a fishing line) may be better illustrated in an audiovisual format, Lee's clear descriptions, along with illustrator Philomena O'Neill's line drawings, provide competent and entertaining guidance. Highly recommended for all child-rearing collections.-Kay Hogan Smith, Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham Lib., Lister Hill

      Copyright 2004 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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