Indoor Activities

        Indoor activities should limit screen time on mobile and T.V. What will your kids do when it’s raining outside or kids suffering from cold or cough? Some schools advise,” Please Do not send the child to school when your kids are running with temperatures”. However, it affects other children’s health too. In this kind of situation, What will your kid do? Please Don’t provide a mobile or TV to pass the time. Limit their Screening time. Then what else can be done?

Puzzles, reading out books aloud, Scrabbles, Chess, Carom, and cubes might help for children above 4 years. Preschoolers or toddlers can also have indoor activities.

There are many fun activities which can be done at home. These fun activities help to spend quality time with your kids. Also, it helps to limit the screen time.

#1)Show and tell activity–

            This activity plays a vital role. It helps to develop their vocabulary, oratorical skills, and observation skills and removes shyness developing courage and confidence. 

Take any object like a car, airplane, fruits like Apple, grapes, or veggies like carrots, or peas ask various questions, and make the child speak.

Educate them on the various benefits of taking fruits and veggies and vitamins present in them. Even while eating ask, what vitamins are available, the shape and color of the fruits and veggies.  Interact with the child which helps the child to develop spatial skills, vocabulary, and language development. Click the below link [YouTube videos – demo video] Show and Tell Activity

         This game is an interesting activity and kids enjoy a lot in this activity. Collecting a few different shapes and sizes of dried leaves, bottle caps, or carom coins will help. Keep the objects in a container and keep separate boxes for each object. The child has to pick the dried leaves and put the leaves in one box. Similarly, with bottle caps, and carom coins. The child can sort different sizes and shapes in the dried leaves. It will be more interesting.

         This requires planning and collection of objects and imagination too. Gather objects like a)Cup and saucer, b)plate and spoon, c)small cloth and thread, d)pencil and eraser, e)notebook and pen, f)small toys like table and chair, g)bat and ball, h)toy mirror and comb, i)small slate and chalk. Use your imagination and please comment on the comment section on what other objects you used. Please do not give sharp objects like a knife, scissors, and glass objects too.