Interactive activity books inspire a 7-year-old to stay motivated about her academic subjects while learning about the world around her. Internet book sites offer a multitude of educational interactive books that augment cognitive development. For example, the activity book "Sing, Play, Create: Hands on Learning for 3- to 7-year-olds" by Lisa Boston has creative art projects that teach 7-year-olds about nature and animals. A math activity book that 7-year-olds might enjoy is "100 Math Activities: 1st Grade" by Carolyn Brunetto. This math book has colorful activity sheets and games that complement math lesson plans and reinforce math homework skills.
The average 7-year-old has a lot of energy and enjoys playing; playing enhances the fine and gross motor skills. Activity books that keep 7-year-olds positively engaged by themselves or with other children around the same age can be found online or at local bookstores. A book that may help develop a 7-year-old's fine motor skills is by Laura Check and Norma Jean Jourdenais "Little Hands Paper Plate Crafts: Art Fun for 3- to 7-Year-Olds"; this book is full of entertaining paper plate arts and crafts projects that allow a 7-year-old to expand his imagination by drawing, coloring, cutting and gluing. Parents and children can also make fun activity books with the help of Internet sites like crayola.com. Crayola.com has more than 1,000 coloring pages, craft ideas and games that parents can download for free.
Road trips can be long and boring for children. Two activity books for a 7-year-old suggested by Karen Macpherson, a writer for the Post --Gazette.com books section, are The "Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed" activity kit series and "Andy and Sam: Hide- and- Seek" by Kane Miller. "Five Little Monkey..." includes three audio CD's book, stickers, crayons and a bingo game and "Andy and Sam..." is an illustration book where children have to answer questions and find things hidden in the illustrations.
Seven is an age where children are beginning to learn about bodies, how to become more helpful around the house and more attentive to the surroundings. "Let's Fold" and "My Book of Telling Time," two books by Kumon Publishing, are activity books that teach 7-year-olds how to complete necessary life skills tasks while having fun.