Product Type: Books
Age: Early Elementary School Years
Categories: Activity Books
2004 Award
(Klutz $16.95 Score:
) Kids will make discoveries about aerodynamics as they transform flat pieces of paper into a fleet of handmade airplanes. Comes with directions for making 10 different planes with 40 sheets of full color paper. Fun to fold and fly. Takes visual skill as well as dexterity and following direction. Sometimes it’s easier to get kids to read directions when the outcome has a fun pay off. Use planes for distance races to discover which fly longer distances or greater heights. Age: Early School Years,Later School Years. Award Year: 2004.
2008 Award
(Klutz $14.99 Score:
) A good take along book. It’s a lot like I Spy with special viewing tools that add to the fun. Objects to be found are pictured on the flaps of busy pages. Use the “light up” wand to see into the dark pages, a magic color wand to see hidden lines on squiggly pages and a “magnifier” to find small items buried in larger scenes. There is no real reading but this is an entertaining kind of activity book to pull out on a long trip. They say 4 & up, we’d say more like 5-8.
Age: Early School Years. Award Year: 2008.
2008 Award
(by Roz Streeten, Chronicle $8.99 Score:
) We do not do a lot of coloring books, but this has a new twist. Fanciful costumes are pre-drawn on the blank pages. The fun is in adding heads, hands, legs and color to the drawn costumes. Stories might also follow. This is an inexpensive but inviting kind of activity book that will fit in a holiday stocking or small birthday gift. Add colored pencils or markers with fine points and you are in business! A good take along travel activity book, too.
Age: Early School Years, Later School Years. Award Year: 2008. Click here to purchase the product on Amazon.com.
2009 Award
(by David Sheldon & Klutz Editors, Klutz $16.95 Score:
) A simple way to discover how to draw a range of emotions in cartoon form. Each page shows a model and below it a blank faced form that kids can copy. The book comes with 3 markers, a mechanical pencil and eraser and plenty of fundamental ideas that can be carried away for more original drawing. There is also a template for making cartoon bubbles and turning drawings into a comic strip. A fun book for a long flight or for quiet time on the porch or lakeside. 7 & up.
Age: Early School Years. Award Year: 2009. Click here to purchase the product on Amazon.com.
2004 Award
(by Jane Bull, DK $12 Score:
) Full-color photos add to the motivation and clarify how a project could look. A perfect book of "recipes" for kids to dip into for inspiration on how to turn your hand into a puppet with face paints, turn a shoe box or paper plate into a weaving loom, make papier-måché, and many more! 5–8.
Age: Early School Years,Later School Years. Award Year: 2004.
2004 Award
(Price Stern $3.99 Score:
) Remember how much fun Mad Libs were when we were kids? They still produce a great deal of giggles and are fun to do as a group or independently. Also recommended, Mad Lib Junior which introduces kids to the concept of parts of speech (nouns, adjectives, and verbs) by using symbols that correspond to lists of words to choose from -making it much easier than the original version. Age: Early School Years. Award Year: 2004.
2005 Award
(Doug Stillinger, Klutz $16.95 Score:
) Here are the instructions for ten different paper airplanes. Our testers raved about the interesting patterned paper (40 sheets) that comes with the kit. If you're a novice, the instructions are clear, and if you’re a pro, you might pick up some new designs. 7 & up. Age: Early School Years,Later School Years. Award Year: 2005.
2006 Award
(by Dawn Sirett,et al, DK $12.99 Score:
) Here’s a combination pop-up, paper doll, and try-this-stretching-and-these-positions book. Not a lot of text, but a variety of activities for the beginning dancer. 5 & up. Age: Early School Years. Award Year: 2006.
2007 Award
(by jame Bull, DK $15.99 Score:
) Kids will find quality materials and an idea book that demonstrates how to make pop up and other interesting cards. The twenty colorful blank cards and matching envelopes are packaged with markers, glitter paste, tissue paper, colored paper, and stickers. This is a fun choice for making invitations and greeting cards that will become family treasures. 5-10. Age: Early School Years,Later School Years. Award Year: 2007.
2007 Award
(by the editors of Klutz, Klutz $9.95 Score:
) With just a little help kids can put together a fleet of foam gliders and let the high flying fun begin. Punch them out of the spiral pages and follow the simple directions. These call for some dexterity, but are relatively simple to construct. Test fly them inside to find the one that flies the highest, furthest, and trickiest. This is an inexpensive book/toy that is ideal for play date or a rainy day at home. 5 & up. Age: Early School Years. Award Year: 2007.
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