While being engaged in fun activities, your children will be practicing important age-appropriate skills such as visual discrimination, sequencing, small muscle coordination, following directions, reading comprehension, and critical and creative thinking. The activities in The Never-Bored Kid Book, Ages 8 and 9 are organized around 20 age-appropriate themes: – marsupials – hearts – frogs – primates – whales – knights – dogs – Japan – princess – designs – Little Red Riding Hood – helicopters – foxes – rabbits – robots – barn fun – chickens – lions – little books – ducks – sports