Games & Toys

Play Sports Together

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Idea by Mohomad Suhaimi My Idea for Dads and Kids is to play sports together. One of the sports that I have introduced to my son is badminton. Badminton is a great sport to begin with it as it can be played… Read More ›

String Telephone

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This is a call for parents (and children alike) to ditch your iPhones or Androids, at least for a while! Gather together instead to re-make a good, old fashioned String Telephone! Use this experiment to demonstrate how sound travels through… Read More ›

Tower Power

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This is a simple fun filled experiment. Here’s how it goes: a) Get your kids to gather a pile of 50-cent coins and stack them up neatly. b) Source for a variety of “tools”, such as a metal fork, butter… Read More ›

Try this Paper Clip Trick

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This school holidays, let kids “gravitate” home and occupy them with some simple science experiments conducted right in the living room! No need for complicated apparatus: Just let them “mess about” with some string, a bunch of (4) keys and… Read More ›

English Shiritori

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Shiritori is a popular Japanese spoken word game. It’s so simple to play that Japanese children–and sometimes adults–play Shiritori to while away short periods of time, like when waiting in a queue. Shiritori works in English too. Here’s the basic… Read More ›

Ultimate Tic-Tac-Toe

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If you’re like most dads, you’ve probably tried playing tic-tac-toe with your kids. You also probably didn’t keep at it: the game’s strategies are so limited that, probably your kids got bored quickly, or they caught on that you’ve been… Read More ›