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 ›
Games & Toys
String Telephone
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
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
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 ›
More Ideas for Beating the Exam Stress
Here are more cool ideas from our “Exam” dads for beating study stress: • Use humour. Read the daily comics together. Tell jokes. Dads can share silly stories of what he did during his exams in school. • Doodle and… Read More ›
English Shiritori
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
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 ›
Solve Crimes with Ace Attorney
We all love police or courtroom dramas. Especially those that are so well-written, they give us, the audience, a chance to solve the cases along with the characters. The well-loved Ace Attorney series of interactive courtroom games by Capcom have… Read More ›
Twister with a Twist v2
Here’s another version of our earlier post “Twister with a Twist”. And it’s just as much fun as the first one! Number of players: 2 – 8 Age: 7 and up. Materials required: Sheets of vanguard or mahjong paper (pre-cut… Read More ›