Every day I discover more and more beautiful things. It’s enough to drive one mad. I have such a desire to do everything, my head is bursting with it.
- Claude Monet
Dad Suggests was created to share with others the many different things that we have loved sharing with our own children.
Our hope is that - by reading or visiting our children’s bookstore - you will find something special to enjoy with your own family.
- Ryan
All tagged creativity
Lulu the Beaver is a wonderful new picture book to add to your toolbox of stories that teach kids to be themselves. Art matters, and pursuing your interests is vitally important.
Bluey is a kids show about a family of dogs from Australia, and it’s the best kids show on TV right now. And, best of all, adults honestly love it too. You should absolutely be watching it with your kids right now.
“Would You Rather?” is a fun game to play that appeals to our kids’ sense of humor and their creativity as well. Discover some of our family’s favorite “would you rather?” questions - and then use that imagination and start making up some of your own.
The Color, Cut, Create! books by Merrill Rainey feature hundreds of paper craft projects for kids to build with their own hands and imaginations. The creativity they cultivate is a sight to behold, and our kids are obsessed. And we recently sat down for an interview with their creator.
LEGO Super Mario brings your LEGO set to life with incredibly innovative and creative interactivity. LEGO Mario engages kids with their LEGO kits like never before while still inspiring creativity and relying on their imagination to really bring playtime to life. It’s a real no-brainer for LEGO and Mario fans.
Discover the brand new picture book Best Day Ever - by debut picture book author Michael J. Armstrong. We interview the author and take a behind-the-scenes look at how fatherhood inspired this story of childhood imagination, and how he broke into the world of picture book publishing.
Escape rooms are cooperative adventures for your family that are full of role playing and puzzle solving. The teamwork and the immersion involved make them fantastic family activities. Discover the best family escape rooms to do at home.
Simply Piano is the perfect app for teaching kids or adults how to play the piano. It gets you playing popular songs very quickly, and it can unlock the love of music in children with its satisfying immediate feedback and engagement.
Just Because by Mac Barnett and Isabelle Arsenault is one of the best bedtime picture books ever created. It’s drop-dead gorgeous and hilarious, and it will help you develop that perfect zen attitude to answer all of your kids’ questions.
These are the best family board games to play if you’re stuck inside. Whether it’s a rainy day, a big blizzard, a long summer, or school was unexpectedly cancelled for a month - if you’re looking for good family board games to pass a lot of time, look no further.
Parents should definitely dress up with their young kids on Halloween. The potential consequences of sitting out the spooky festivities simply pose too big of a threat to those precious childhood imaginations. So put on those silly costumes, adults!
These are the best Halloween jokes for kids. Celebrate the Halloween season and laugh together with your family using this list of spooky jokes - worth memorizing to share every October.
These are the best family games to encourage storytelling with the kids. These are board games, card games, and dice games that inspire and nurture your creativity and your imagination, and help release the storyteller inside during family game night.
These are the best picture books about the imagination. They all do a magnificent job celebrating the magic of childhood and reinforcing the importance of creativity and imagination in life. Share these inspiring kids books with your family today.
Imagine That by Jonathan D. Voss is one of the best picture books of 2019. It is an inspirational reminder that our imagination comes from our heart - and we need to do whatever it takes to hold on to it. Hoot & Olive are destined to be beloved characters in the world of children’s lit.
These are the best picture books to read on the first day of school, whether your kids are starting kindergarten or 6th grade. Use them to remind your kids to believe in themselves, and to be kind and stand up to bullies. And use them to remind your kids what’s really important in life.
Comic Quests is a series of graphic novels that you can actually play. Become a character in the story and keep track of your items and stats with your own character sheet. Solve riddles, fight enemies, and make many choices during your adventures. Reading and playing with our son is a pure joy.
Society is doing a very good job making children believe they’re worthless if they aren’t good at tests. I recently discovered the absolute perfect way to teach children otherwise - a picture book called All the Ways to Be Smart by Davina Bell. You simply must read this one with your kids.
