By Stephen P Flanagan
It can be tempting to turn on the television or pop in a movie to keep your kids occupied when the weather turns rainy. While these options have their place, it can be more fun to plan some indoor activities.
Old fashioned board games are always fun and don't need electricity or internet access which can be unreliable in stormy weather.
Have a treasure hunt with your children. Draw a treasure map for each child and instruct the children to go to a spare room while you hide the treasures. Once the treasures are hidden, they can follow their treasure map until they find their prize. It's a good idea to keep new inexpensive toys handy, but the children will have fun looking for just about anything.
Let the kids help you bake cookies. Older children can follow a simple recipe under your supervision, while younger children can use the cookie cutter and help decorate the cookies using sprinkles or sugar.
Turn lunch time into fun time by creating an indoor picnic. Lay a beach towel on the floor of any room, preferably close to a window for the outdoor effect, and set up a picnic lunch. The children will enjoy the novelty.
It's always fun to draw pictures, and you can add to the fun by helping the children create frames for their pictures and allowing them to find the ideal spot to hang their creations.
I Spy is a great indoor game. Have one person describe something in the room, and let everyone take turns guessing what the object is until someone guesses correctly. The person who guesses correctly gets to describe the next object.
Memory games are popular at baby showers and can also be fun on a rainy day. Place several items on a tray and cover them with a towel. Uncover the tray and let everyone look at the items for about one minute. Cover the tray again and have everyone write a list of the items. The person who remembers the most items wins.
Don't forget to remind your children to wash their hands regularly whether they are at home or away. A bottle of hand sanitizer is always handy when you don't have access to water and soap. Maintaining good hand hygiene is important, especially during the rainy season when everyone is confined indoors. A good rule to teach them is to recite the alphabet song while they are washing their hands. This will help them clean their hands thoroughly.
It can be tempting to turn on the television or pop in a movie to keep your kids occupied when the weather turns rainy. While these options have their place, it can be more fun to plan some indoor activities.
Old fashioned board games are always fun and don't need electricity or internet access which can be unreliable in stormy weather.
Have a treasure hunt with your children. Draw a treasure map for each child and instruct the children to go to a spare room while you hide the treasures. Once the treasures are hidden, they can follow their treasure map until they find their prize. It's a good idea to keep new inexpensive toys handy, but the children will have fun looking for just about anything.
Let the kids help you bake cookies. Older children can follow a simple recipe under your supervision, while younger children can use the cookie cutter and help decorate the cookies using sprinkles or sugar.
Turn lunch time into fun time by creating an indoor picnic. Lay a beach towel on the floor of any room, preferably close to a window for the outdoor effect, and set up a picnic lunch. The children will enjoy the novelty.
It's always fun to draw pictures, and you can add to the fun by helping the children create frames for their pictures and allowing them to find the ideal spot to hang their creations.
I Spy is a great indoor game. Have one person describe something in the room, and let everyone take turns guessing what the object is until someone guesses correctly. The person who guesses correctly gets to describe the next object.
Memory games are popular at baby showers and can also be fun on a rainy day. Place several items on a tray and cover them with a towel. Uncover the tray and let everyone look at the items for about one minute. Cover the tray again and have everyone write a list of the items. The person who remembers the most items wins.
Don't forget to remind your children to wash their hands regularly whether they are at home or away. A bottle of hand sanitizer is always handy when you don't have access to water and soap. Maintaining good hand hygiene is important, especially during the rainy season when everyone is confined indoors. A good rule to teach them is to recite the alphabet song while they are washing their hands. This will help them clean their hands thoroughly.
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