{"title":"Shando Varda","description":"\u003cp\u003eSHANDO VARDA is a storyteller, musician, community artist, teacher, workshop leader, and playleader who has worked with groups from kindergarten to corporate levels since the 1970s. He is the author of \u003cem\u003e101 Family Vacation Games: Have Fun While Traveling, Camping, or Celebrating at Home\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eFamily Holiday Games\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003e101 juegos de vacaciones en familia\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen he’s not writing, Varda leads play and workshops with people of all ages, drawing on the cooperative play approach pioneered by the New Games Foundation. Much of his work reflects that commitment to inclusive, cross-generational participation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShando lives in Lyme Regis, England.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShando Varda’s books are published by Hunter House, an imprint of Turner Publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrowse more: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/books-new-releases\"\u003eNew Releases\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/award-winning-books\"\u003eAward-Winning Books\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"101-family-vacation-games","title":"101 Family Vacation Games: Have Fun While Traveling, Camping, or Celebrating at Home","description":"\u003cp\u003ePlaying with your offspring helps parents to meet their children as equals and to bring fun and laughter into family life. When we laugh and have fun together, tensions are dissolved, and we come fully alive. In this age of electronic media, families are simply forgetting the many wonderful ways of playing together.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e101 Family Vacation Games\u003c\/em\u003e includes different types of games new and old and from all around the world that create a wonderful repertoire for parents to explore with their families. The author encourages parents to use games as a parenting skill and finds that parents who do this cause their families to blossom and bubble over with vitality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlthough the book focuses on games for families on vacation, the games can be used for any time when parents or other adults want to engage with children in a positive and fun-filled manner, helping the children to learn and laugh, and building lasting relationships between children and adults.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book includes games to play at the beach, camping, in the car, on the plane, at picnics, at vacation homes, and at birthday parties. Some sample games: Word Tennis, Treasure Hunt, Pebble Pictures, Storytelling Starters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eWe earn a commission for purchases made through the following links.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0897934628\/ref=nosim?tag=tpcecomm-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Amazon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003c!-- bookshop-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/book\/9780897934626\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Bookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/bookshop-buylink --\u003e","brand":"Shando Varda","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43215032352984,"sku":"9780897934626","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43215032418520,"sku":"9781630266387","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/7786\/8475\/files\/AmazonFC_mockup_v2_1661442335_983111b0-3cd4-430f-b9a4-d305970b4afc.jpg?v=1791006813"}],"url":"https:\/\/turnerpublishing.com\/collections\/author-shando-varda.oembed","provider":"Turner Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}