if you have children or care for age between 2 and 8?

Question

What construction toys are in
What are some good outdoor games to play (most times 4 people) ring a ring a rose is a game they love.
What is a good clean new joke
A good sing with actions

Answer 1

1, Any building blocks, or lego (mega blocks for the youngest)

2. Grand old Duke of York, the Okey Kokey

3. Pass, I don't know any jokes!

4. Down in the Jungle
Sleepy bunnies
The Wheels on the Bus
Roly Poly
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Dingle Dangle Scarecrow
Wind the Bobbin up.

Answer 2

Tonka trucks (especially with a sand box)
legos/duplos, yard toys such as a slide,
tag, hide and seek, bike riding, rollerblading (those two aren't games but can be very fun for kids) red rover, red lite green lite, follow the leader
Pop goes the weasel
Father Abraham
Hokey Pokey
Wheels on the Bus
Sorry I don't really know any jokes
what do you get when you mix a car, a dog and a bird? A flying car-pet
How are a car and an elephant similar? The both have a trunk

Answer 3

1. no clue

2. Rocky and Adrienne
Stand in a circle. Blindfold one kid and put him or her in the middle of the circle. Pick another kid to be the second player, not wearing a blindfold. Using only the words "Rocky!" and "Adrienne!", player one has to find and tag player two just by following the voice. The other players keep the two within the circle. Since I seriously doubt the kids would have a clue where the name "Rocky and Adrienne" came from, you can try "Ken and Barbie" or even something like "Bert and Ernie"

3. Knock, knock!
Who's there?
Impatient cow!
Impati--
MOO!
(timing on this joke is everything... it's funny when it's done right)

4. Father Abraham, if you don't mind religious songs. It's high-energy, does right and left arms, right and left legs, touch your nose, cover your ears, etc. This is a particularly good "end of song time" song, since it ends with "Right arm, left arm, right foot, left foot, touch your nose, turn around, sit DOWN!" and they land on their bottoms.

Answer 4

1. I don't know about "in", but my children love LEGO's. DUPLO blocks also work for younger children. Check packaging for ages. Also, my daughter likes generic wooden building blocks - various shapes and sizes and colors.

2. Hide and seek, depending on age. Easter egg hunt (or any similar objects that have colors that will clash with the outside). Tag is great for kids of reasonably similar ages and abilities. Scavenger hunts (who can find a red rock?) . Simon Says

3. See http://www.ahajokes.com/kids_jokes.html or http://www.lotsofjokes.com/kids.htm

4. Itsy-bitsy spider.

Answer 5

construction toys:

tonka trucks are still popular
caterpillar remote control cars (I found at wal mart) actually pick things up and sounds like the trucks

k'nex or kid k'nex for younger kids (they have bigger pieces)
tinkertoys or plastic tinkertoys (there are more pieces and dont break as easy)
legos (many different sets and sizes)

outdoor games:

oversized games like basketball, tennis, football, frizbee (at Target---these are loads of fun for that age range. it is oversized equipment for the sport, most of them are blow up)

scavenger hunts, jump rope, hide and seek, steal the bacon, freeze tag, red light green light, mother may i

jokes:
What fish only swim at night? a star fish
What are Mr Potato Heads kids called? tater tots

songs with action:

head, sholders, knees and toes
this old man
baby bumble bee
im a little tea pot
itsy bitsy spider