Top 3 Usborne Must-Haves for Rainy Days, Trips and other Boring Places

Everyone knows how hard long trips and rainy days can be, especially if you have a young child who needs to be entertained. These three books from Usborne can entertain even the youngest of children, and help boost their education at the same time.

Usborne’s 50 Brain Games
Usborne’s 50 Brain Games is for kids ages six and up, making it a perfect gift to tuck away for days when your young child is home from school, and stuck in bed with a cold. 50 Brain Games is a set of laminated activity cards, that comes with a special marker included for writing on the cards.

Once your little one is done with the cards for the day, you can wipe the marker away with a cloth or paper towel, so that the cards can be used again later. This set of activity cards is filled with puzzles, mazes, riddles and other brain boosters that are designed to give your child hours of entertainment, without being in front of the television.

Usborne’s 50 Rainy Day Activities
Usborne’s 50 Rainy Day Activities are great for kid’s ages six and up, although younger kids can also enjoy it with a little adult help. The activities include making crafts, drawing rainy day fairies, and even making fish from foil. The activities use supplies that can easily be found around the home, so as long as you have crayons and other basic supplies, you are ready get started.

Rainy Day Activities is designed with the finished project shown on one side of the activity card, and the simple, step by step instructions on the other side. Most young learners can finish these projects on their own, but they also make a good way to spend some family time together when everyone is stuck inside.

Usborne’s 1001 Bugs to Spot
If you have an emerging entomologist on your hands, then Usborne’s 1001 Bugs to Spot will keep them looking for beetles, spiders and butterflies for hours. The book is a look and find puzzle that features all the smallest creepies and crawlies that young kids love, which have been hidden in the pages of the book. This is a good book for kid’s ages three years and up, although some younger readers will definitely need some adult help. The bugs that you need to find are listed on the bottom of the page, but you should be warned that some are not easy to find!