The coronavirus has turned our daily lives upside down. Many families are overwhelmed by the current situation. Teleworking is a fantastic measure to reconcile family and professional life, but if you have to do it at the same time as you take care of the little ones in the house, things get complicated… A lot! Pilu Hernández Dopico, teacher and educational coach at El Pupitre de Pilu proposes 10 activities that children can play alone and only require adult supervision from time to time. We are saved!
Time for puzzles
You can encourage them to make one that has already been created or propose to create one for themselves. Let them draw a picture, cut out the pieces … And let's assemble it! You will enhance their imagination, you will promote patience and their spatial capacity.
Take out the costume box
Most children love to dress up. You don't have to have purchased costumes; it is enough that you put tissues, scarves, clothes, shoes and accessories that you no longer use in a box … You will promote their autonomy and we can offer them the possibility of being what they want to be. They will have a blast making their own compositions!
Who has sneaked into the image?
Prepare a poster in which something does not agree with the rest of the elements of the image. The child will have to detect the absurd and find those elements that should not be there. Then you must argue the reason for your choice.
Encourage your mental training
Games like Veo-Veo, chained words, the battered telephone, memory … can be a good strategy for them to have fun while working their mental agility, expanding their vocabulary, improving their oral language, among many other things.
Table games
Parcheesi, Virus, Goose, Monopili, Taboo, Scattergories, Tic Tac Toe, Sink the fleet, Cluedo… these are lifelong games that are always a success. In addition, they are perfect for them to learn to organize strategies and improve their mathematical thinking. Choose the most appropriate for her age and tell her that you already played them when you were little. It will attract you even more!
What has changed?
Tell them to take a good look at all the elements in their room and invite them to leave the room. Change something of site or place something that was not before. Afterwards, they must enter and discover what is not the same as before. These tests amuse them and increase their powers of observation.
Looking for the treasure
There is nothing more rewarding for the little ones in the house than a good reward. Hide a pack of the stickers that she likes the most, a chocolate bar or something that you know she loves in some corner of the house. Do not make it easy for her and do not forget to guide her with the "cold-cold" or "hot-hot" so that she can locate her treasure.
Crafts
Drawing, painting with tempera, cutting and pasting, making figures with plasticine, origami … Everything they can do with their own hands tends to attract their attention. There are thousands of tutorials on the internet that can inspire you. It will keep them entertained for a long time and they will be working on their creativity.
Let's cook!
Teaching them to cook is another alternative that, in addition to entertaining them, can be of great help. Make cookies with them and then put them to decorate them. The hours will pass very quickly and then they will be able to eat their work for breakfast or snack. Depending on the age of each one, you can also encourage them to prepare a salad, a sandwich, a lasagna … Create your own "Master Chef" at home.
A little exercise
That they do not go out so much does not mean that they cannot be active. When they finish the tasks that have been sent to them at school, encourage their physical activity. Improvise a gym at home and encourage them to practice Zumba, yoga … You can also do a home gymkhana, which in addition to keeping them in shape, will encourage their imagination.
