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Give winter or rainy-day exuberance a calming outlet while improving your kids' strength, flexibility, and concentration. THE SETUP: Assign a yoga pose (such as cat pose, downward dog, or warrior pose) to each number or color on the spinner. TO PLAY: Take turns rolling a die to see which activity each person will perform, then roll a second die to discover how many times it must be completed. [Extracted from the article]

FAMILY SCAVENGER HUNT Make a list of family-themed items for players to find, then give each person (or team, for large groups) a copy of the list and a bag. To play, one player on each team runs to their pile, reads questions out loud until they can answer one, then runs back and tags a teammate. To play remotely, have the teams alternate answering the questions; the team that answers the most correctly wins. [Extracted from the article]

The article focuses on brain health and how to optimize cognitive function, emphasizing the importance of adopting a healthy lifestyle that includes physical exercise, a balanced diet, stress reduction, social interaction, and mental stimulation to support neuroplasticity and prevent dementia. It presents various strategies to support brain health and highlights the ability to make choices that can positively impact brain function throughout one's life.

The article offers ideas to beat children in various games. In hangman, flummox the child by coming up with words that have few real vowels. Do not move to the sides of the board in checkers. According the World Rock Paper Scissors Society, rock is a primal, aggressive throw, scissors are crafty and paper is quiet power. Go first when playing tic-tac-toe. Put the X in one of the four corners.

Offers tips for men on fatherhood. Support of fathers for their children who are involved in games; Ways to avoid boredom.

Recommends activities for children that are both fun and enlightening. Having children tell stores, sing songs, or `interview' other passengers while riding in the family car; Having school-age children write compliments to other family members of small pieces of paper; Teaching children how to make long paper chains out of construction paper.

The article presents parenting tips for fathers. One of the best tools that fathers can use to calm antsy children and keep them from destroying the restaurant/car/aunt's house/doctor's office is a wristwatch. It suggests timing the tykes such as monitoring how they can stand on one leg, how fast they can say the alphabet, how long it takes them to name all the teams in the National League. This strategy keeps them occupied and then calms them right down.

Presents the pendulum mind game that can be used in finding misplaced objects.

Describes several games for children without parent participation. Playing an old-fashioned game of ring toss using a candlestick and paper plates; Name game; Identifying toys.

Describes `Noodle Talk,' a party game invented by Alan Goldsmith. Three hundred questions on colored paper strips; Instructions; Price; Contact information.

Presents an article about taking care of a Labrador retriever named Gabo. Background on the time when the dog first settled in his owner's house; Game played with Gabo; Impact of the dog on his owner's understanding about animals.

The article features several toys that can be taken during a family road trip, including the compact Travel Bingo from Eeboo, the Travel Scavenger Hunt game from Pazow and Hands Free audio travel trivia games from Family on Board.

Presents a game examining the nature of ambitions. Object of the game; Direction of the game; Rules of the game.