Staying at home for a prolonged period will test the limits of even the most patient people. Think about kids, who will love to have fun playing outdoors. As a parent we are in need to guide them with indoor activities for kids. Let us explore on 15 indoor activities during lockdown.
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, whole country is in lockdown. As a parent, they have started to accept the fact that schools are going to be shut for quite some time because of the corona virus pandemic. It would be a wretched feeling for parents to stay at home and also forced to have their kids indoor for days.
The corona virus pandemic situation sprang up unexpectedly, but no matter the cause, it is important to know how to navigate this situation and make our kids engaged.
Here are a few activities to engage your kids during lockdown.
1. Practice yoga
Yoga improves body balance, strength, endurance and aerobic capacity in children. Yoga teaches discipline and reduces impulsivity. Simple breathing exercises, meditation and relaxation techniques learned from practicing yoga can help children with stress management and anxiety. Motivate your children to learn and practice yoga from the digital source, Internet.
2. Involve your children in cooking
Cooking encourages children’s cognitive development like thinking, creativity and problem solving. Lockdown period is the best time to teach our children simple dishes that they can make by themselves. Kids love to learn new things, they will be thrilled and joyous to eat the food prepared by them. Allow your kids enjoy planning and cooking to experiment various new easy recipes available from various online resources. Your little chef will be ready with the cooking skill which is required for the rest of their life.
3. Gardening
Gardening helps your children to learn about where food comes from, how things grow and also the life cycle of a living being. Planting trees and watching them grow gives a sense of purpose and social responsibility. To start with, try growing crops. Teach your kids learn various seed types and catalogues for growing and slowly they can begin planting them.
4. Reading
Books can be your best friend at anytime. Whether your little ones are strong reader or they are learning to read, it helps encourage them to do, so that it helps them build their vocabulary. Reading along with you may give them different perspective and also make them to understand the pause and intonation. Small story books and magazines related to kids makes your excellent first choice to start reading. You’ll enjoy the snuggle time together!
5. Story telling
Story telling helps children to share and interpret their own experiences. It can used to teach them ethics, values and morals. Encourage your kids to recite a story along with the moral; it would be effective when it takes place in social environments that provide an authentic social cue about how knowledge is to be applied. To start with bedtime short stories can be recited which are immensely available in online resources.
6. Get into arts and crafts
Creativity is something many children are born with. Encourage your little kids to shine out their thinking. They can practice quilling, making origami hearts or involving in various crafts, designing themselves a greeting card. Kids can learn how to draw and color using different coloring materials. You can also engage them to do with small activities using clay, glue and color papers. You’ll be surprised to know how quickly they learn and how creative they are!
7. Plan a treasure hunt game
Children love games, pick their favourite toy or items and hide them in different places of the house. Lay clues to the hidden treasure which the kids try searching with the hints. The process of searching will sharpen the cognitive skills.
8. Learn a new language
Knowing an additional language can be really beneficial to our children. It will play an important part in opening up new horizons. Learning together helps in practice speaking the new language around the house. There are numerous options to learn a language in this online world. There are many apps teaching new language with fun which the children can enjoy and add a benefit to their life.
9. Cultivate discipline
Proper discipline leads to self motivation, self-control and emotional stability over the long haul. It is an important component of your child’s development. Discipline helps your child learn how to behave as well as how not to behave. It works best when you have a loving relationship with your child. Creating a schedule with a daily routine like waking up, eating, learning, playing etc. will make an effective way to instil discipline in kids.
10. Create family bonding time
A familial bond is a strong connection between family members. In this busy world, all are busy with their work and so time is very hard to spend together. Lockdown is the time you get to spend an ample amount of time with your family. Utilise it and make a familial connection along with your kids.
11. Play educational board games
The social aspects of playing board games with the educational components make playing an edifying experience for everyone around. It encourages your children learn along play which makes them understand easy and improves cognitive thinking. Board games are the fantastic way to learn, laugh and have fun together. Never miss them!
12. Create a scrapbook
Scrapbooking is a unique, personal way to highlight your favourite memories. DIY scrapbook for kids and make them involve in the activities like brainstorming the theme and list, photo selections, placement of page elements, crop and add your pictures and create a memorabilia.
13. Become a bird watcher and feeder
Bird watching is called as birder. It is a popular hobby. Feeding birds can be a fascinating educational activity for children. There are different bird feeder styles and food types which you and your children can learn about birds that visits. They can also know about bird’s behaviour, avifauna and how they change season by season.
14. Watch an awesome documentary together
Watching a documentary provide an opportunity to understand and connect with the world as it deals with the facts and real life events. The main purpose of documentary is to inform and educate.
15. Spend screen time smarter
The less time spent in front of a screen, the better. The less screen time can be given to your children for educational purposes. Encourage your kids to reduce the need of watching the screen for long time. Instead they can concentrate more with educational activities that can be done offline.
The Takeaway
Whatever it is, the thing that locked up you and your kids indoor for longer than usual is sure to get back in time, and then of course you’ll be missing your little buddies while they’re at school. Enjoy the time together while it lasts!
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