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I absolutely love that this takes all the prep work out of engaging my children. It is so easy to just put up the calendar, and glance at it for inspiration when we are in a funk." - The Activity Room Member, Rachel My kids are definitely active kids. They rarely just sit to do activities, so we include a lot of movement in our activities.

Reuse bubble wrap to make a road. The kids will drive over it (or run!) over and over to pop all the bubbles!

Record yourself saying 'plain fun' in full sentences, then watch yourself and listen. You'll be able to mark your mistakes quite easily. A game night — especially something as absorbing and mentally challenging as mahjong — can be a bright spot in the week. NPR audience member Nancy Lomini-Perretta has developed tight friendships with her mahjong group: "We meet every Monday for an afternoon of play and lots of laughs!" People who highly value happiness may end up feeling "disappointed about how they feel, paradoxically decreasing their happiness the more they want it," wrote the authors of a 2011 study in the journal Emotion. Thank you so much for these activities. They have proven to me that I CAN be that mom that does cool and creative things with her kids! And those cool and creative things can actually be quite simple! What a revelation. Thank you!! - 7 Day Challenge, Katie M. And science journalist Catherine Price, author of The Power of Fun, published in 2021, has a similar view. (She took a break from her latest interest, online blues piano lessons, to take my call.)

These activities are the ones that the kids giggle during the most, the ones that they want to do over and over again. She borrowed the idea from poet Ross Gay, who wrote an entire book of essays on delights, including odes to handmade infinity scarves, loitering and weeds. Taking this class ... brought five women together who happen to have the same sense of humor and just plain enjoy each other's company," she says. 4. Unplug (no, but seriously!)but in the United States, it's completely normal and part of everyday conversation (eg: what are you going to do this weekend → Scheduling fun doesn't have to be arduous or expensive. When Price was working on her book during the height of the pandemic, she recruited a virtual group of people — a Fun Squad — to bounce ideas around with. Mimic each other. If you have a baby, or young toddler, copy whatever they do. Try doing it with a pet too! Create an animal run in the house! Lay out stuffed animals (or other toys) in a line throughout the house to run across! See it in action at The Spruce. But the antidote may be hiding in plain sight. Two recent books argue that making room for more fun in your life could counteract both the stress and the tendency to escape it by zoning out online.

One Fun Squad friend said that a Taco Tuesday night she held with her friends was the highlight of her week, Price says. For herself, she regularly jams with a group of musicians. NPR reader Nancy Lomini-Perretta decided to try a beginning mahjongg class for seniors at her local college in 2019. Now she plays every Monday with a group of women she met in that class. They call themselves "The Fabulous Five" or "The Mahvelous Mahjongg Madams." Just go roll down the hills. They’ll be giggling for sure. Maybe there’s new ways to roll down… somersaults? Blow up some balloons and let the kids try to pop themhowever they can (just supervise to make sure none of those pieces go in their mouths).NPR listener Kami Koontz shares her source of fun whenever she can. She bought a ukulele in early 2014 on a whim and taught herself to play it.