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IDEAS FOR A LONG DISTANCE PARENT
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 | 101 Ways to be a long distance Super Dad - by George Newman (ISBN:
0-88247-800-2)
| Boys! - by William Beausay
| Girls! Helping Your Little Girl Become an Extraordinary Woman - by William
& Kathryn Beausay (ISBN: 0-8007-1716-3)
| Parents are Teachers Too - Enriching and Encouraging Your Childs First
Twelve Years - by Claudia Jones
| What a Difference a Daddy Makes (The Indelible Imprint a Dad Leaves on His
Daughter's Life) - by Dr. Kevin Leman (ISBN: 0-8407-3449-2) | What Daddies do best - by Laura Numeroff (ISBN: 0-439-18692-7)
| What Mommies do best - by Laura Numeroff (ISBN: 0-439-18692-7)
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| "Blues Clues" or "I Spy"
| Letterman (the common game name of Hangman isn't very child friendly)
| "Go Fish!" card game
| "Crazy Eights" card game
| "Counting" card game
| Yatzee!
| Create word Search Puzzles. Here is a program that is our favorite
"Word Search Construction Kit 4". | |
| Buy your child a fax machine! One of the best investments I made was for a fax machine. I highly recommend it. When you get one, set it up with your child and teach them how to use it as well as how to set it up when they get back home to their other parent. It can be used to send homework to you, signed homework sent back to your child, love notes or drawings, puzzles, etc. Be sure to tell the other parent that you will buy all paper and ink for it to avoid any possible rejection from them. |
| Finding Nemo |
| Shrek |
| Monsters Inc. |
| Spy Kids 1 |
| Flubber |
| Kindergarden Cop |
| The Santa Claus |
I find following seemingly children movies, not appropriate for my child.
| Austin Powers |
| Dr. Doo Little (with Eddie Murphy) |
| Create an interactive web site that you continuously add things to and then send it on CD to your kids. This went over so well that I had to give the nieces, nephews, and neighbor kids a copy! |
Monitor various web sites for youth oriented play's in the area that you will next be with your child. below are some examples:
| Clear Channel Entertainment: http://cc.com/artist.asp?artistid=22299 |
| Racine Theatre Guild Childrens Theatre 262-633-4218: http://www.racinetheatre.org/childrens/children%27stheatre.htm
| METROPOLIS PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, 111 W. Campbell St., Arlington Heights, IL, 1-847-577-2121
www.metropolisarts.com
| First Stage Milwaukee: http://www.firststage.org/
| Kenosha and surrounding area events - kids: http://www.kenoshacounty.com/entertainment/kids.shtml
| Tremper High School Kenosha, WI: http://www.kusd.edu/schools/tremper/tremper.html
(click on Special Events)
| Bradford Theatre Arts Program: Office: (262) 653-6200
| Greasepaint plays
| 7:30pm Aug 8th: Greasepaint presents "Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs" desert stages | Location: Stagebrush Theater (Scottsdale Community Players) 7020 E. 2nd St, Scottdale (480) 874-3221 Tickets are usually: $4/kids and $8/Adults Desert Stages 8473 E McDonald Dr SCOTTSDALE, AZ 85250-6335 (480) 483-1664
http://www.desertstagestheatre.com
| Valley Youth Theater in Phoenix - 602-253-8188 http://home.digitalcity.com/phoenix/family/venue.adp?vid=39333&type=eventschedule
or | http://www.vyt.com/events.php Mesa Youth Theatre: 1st & 3rd Friday shalyndri@hotmail.com
for info. Located at the Sheraton on 200 N. Centennial Way in Mesa (northeast of Mesa Arts Center by the Amphitheater)
| Great Arizona Puppet Theater in Phoenix - 302 W Latham 602-262-2050 http://www.accessarizona.com/shared/events/calendar/venue.html?id=Calendar::Location%3d527
| Childsplay Arizona's theatre company for young audiences and families: 480-350-8101
http://www.childsplayaz.org
| American Theatre Web: http://www.americantheaterweb.com
| Theatrikos Theatre Company in Flagstaff: http://www.theatrikos.com/flashhome.html
| Arizona Theatre Company http://www.arizonatheatre.org
(my Am/West Flightfund card gets me a discount)
| Hale Theatre (opens August/Sept 2003) http://www.haletheatrearizona.com
(downtown Gilbert)
| Harlem Globetrotters: http://www.harlemglobetrotters.com
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