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;