Smart parents know that TV-free play is good for a child's physical health and great for parent/child bonding. Steve and Ruth Bennett have updated their bestselling book to include 50 all-new activities - there are now a total of 415 in all - with extensive indexing to make it easy to find the best activity for any day according to simple criteria such as age group, exhaustion factor, indoors vs. outdoors, materials required, skills already learned, and more.

If you can find a stack of paper cups, a broom, a cardboard box, an old mesh onion bag, or any of dozens of other common objects, you can open the door to a world of creative outdoor play for your child. Switch off the TV - and switch on a world of outdoor fun!