Age ranges are guidelines only - many activities are appropriate for children of all ages! Please remember to regularly talk through activities with your Little's parent or guardian - they are an important part of your match.

Ages 5-7

• Bake and frost cut out cookies
• Fly a kite on a windy day
• Go on a walk and collect interesting rocks, leaves or other items
• Feed the ducks at the park
• Make a present for someone special
• Play UNO, Crazy 8's, or Old Maid
• Play badminton or croquet
• Go for a walk and find interesting places to practice 'balancing'
• Have a peanut butter and jelly sandwich picnic
• Visit a pet store and decide which is the oddest pet
• Go on  Big or Little hunt and collect all things with the words big or little in them
• Cloud watch on a bright summer day

Ages 8-10

• Start a scrapbook with a page for pictures of favorite things
• Go on a camera scavenger hunt to find odd objects to photography
• Make greeting, get well, or holiday cards for special people
• Make a bug cage and catch lightening bugs together
• Visit the zoo at feeding time
• Read a selected book out loud and tape record it
• Play miniature golf or go bowling
• Play Monopoly, Life, Sorry, or Hangman
• Go on a field trip to the musueum - focus on one exhibit and discuss it
• Go for a bike ride
• Make a lemonade or a hot cocoa stand - learn basic business principles
• Go to the library together
• Participate in seasonal activities - go apple picking, carve a pumpkin, make a snowman, go puddle jumping, paint Easter eggs

Ages 11-13

• Watch a TV program and identify negative stereotypes
• Look up your state on the Internet: what is the major industry?
• Build and paint a bird house - watch for occupants
• Rent rollerblades and learn to skate, safely
• Make a list of people you admire - look them up on the Internet
• Take a long ride on public transporation to the end of the line
• Visit the SPCA and offer to walk their dogs
• Mow the lawn or wash the car together
• Play computer and video games together
• Participate in a community service activity to show your Little the importance of giving back
• Plant a garden or visit a community garden and offer to help

Ages 14-16

• Research what happened on the day and year each of you were born
• Check out the classified ads and discuss what each job requires in terms of education and experience
• Go out for dinner at an ethnic resturant - who else is eating there? What is your favorite dish?
• Explore a new radio station together - discuss ads and target audiences
• Plan and shop for ingredients to cook dinner together
• Go to a concert featuring a favorite performer
• Try mastering something difficult: juggling, cooking a souffle, water color painting
• Watch a professional or semi-professional sporting event
• Talk about what's in today's newspaper
• Buy ten shares of stock in an inexpensive company that your Little will recognize and watch it make, or lose, money