> her.  I have
 > saved Donna Ransdell's crafty stuff, but would like
 > other ideas for crafts such as sewing and ????
Do you have one of those cheapy little weaving looms that you can teach her 
to make potholders with? They cost about a dollar or two at WalMart and can 
keep a child interested for hours. Weaving is a good skill!
How about reading to her? If you can't do it, perhaps you have an older child 
neighbor or friend who might like to do so? (Good practice for that child, 
too) If you could come up with a way to have an activity related to it 
afterwards, that would be fun for both - maybe the reader could read aloud, 
"The Gingerbread Man" or "The Little Red Hen" and then bake gingerbread 
cookies or bread afterwards.
Let her sort your silverware for you (math; sorting). (Well, maybe not the 
knives; depends on the child!) Do you have lots of spools left over from 
sewing/quilting projects, or can you get some? She can string them together 
like beads or build stuff with them. Speaking of beading, that is a skill 
that most K students should have under their belt. Stringing beads onto a 
shoelace or string is fun, time consuming, and has a result.
Though you say traveling is out, does that mean you can't take her on a 
picnic to a nearby park? Let her collect things found there...pinecones, 
leaves, rocks or stones....and make a collage from them.
Let her take charge of the family recycling. My girls could
crush cans and sort recycling at that age.
Thrift stores have some neat stuff for just pennies, as do garage sales. You 
can probably get simpler jigsaw puzzles and games like "Chutes and Ladders" 
there for dirt cheap.
Hope this helps...
                                 -donna
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