If the child does not go home

In winter, when outside is cold and getting dark quickly, children have much time to spend at home. After several days of seclusion, even a TV, computer and board games are beginning to seem dull and uninteresting. Not to mention the fact that all these classes passive, and the child is almost not moving.

It is especially important to think for a son or daughter some interesting mobile occupation, when it is time for the winter blues. Otherwise, they might spoil the mood, and they become irritable and withdrawn.

If it's too cold outside for walks and games, take the child one of the following methods.

Mobile Games

* Basketball with boxes. Put one end of the room a few open boxes, and the other end of the note folded blanket throw line. Give your child the competition, who were packed into boxes rather balls or, for example, bags of dried beans. For older children, you can throw line to push away.
* Swimming in the bathtub. Let the child would put on a bathing suit and popleschetsya in the bathroom (supervised, of course).
* Jumping rope. Arrange a competition, who can jump rope longer. Record results. Let your child (and you, too!) Tries to break the record.
* Garage - stadium. Put the car on the outside (if the snow is not too much) and allow children to ride in the garage on roller skates and bicycles. 'll Have to dress them warmly, but the icy wind they will not terrible.

Art classes

· Making greeting cards (for example, on Valentine's Day). Zagotovte paper, glue, scissors, markers, magazines, glitter, and let the will of the children's imagination.

· Diary of the drawings. Give each child a small notebook, and let them paint it every day something. For a start can set the theme of the week or day, for example, family, places, favorite food, etc.

Improvised · puzzles. Take a nice picture of the magazine and stick it on a piece of cardboard. Then cut into several large pieces (or smaller pieces for older children).

Nature home

* Plant a mini-garden. Together with the children sow seeds in a pot herb and put on the windowsill. Every few days of watering. When the plants reach the desired height, cut the grass for use in the kitchen, or simply podravnyayte grass with scissors.
* Decorate the windowsills. Together with the children Plug artificial flowers and plants in the upside-down boxes for shoes, get a cheerful decoration for windowsill or kitchen table.
* Make the name plates. Assemble outside the thin branches and mangled them so that the pieces of the child is able to lay out the letters. Let the children glue the twigs out of them their names on colored cardboard and hang signs on the door of the room.

Feel inspired? Then with the children think of other exciting games and write them on cards. Once children become bored, they can draw, not looking, any card, and fun and useful employment for the house will be found!
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