- 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, and critical and creative thinking. The activities in The Never-Bored Kid Book, Ages 7 and 8 are organized around 15 age-appropriate themes, including: - play ball;- soup;- a flock of birds;- bats;- off to the races;- outer space;- rainforest animals;- pirate"s treasure;- popcorn;- insects;- cowboys and cowgirls;- earth movers;- flightless birds;- bread;- unusual fish;