Top Five Tips To Keep Children Busy At Home
In this pandemic situation, it is really tough to do household works, attending office from home, and keep children busy at the same time. But you need to involve your children in some work and watch that they are not glued to the TV or spend time idle without doing any work because the idle brain is a devil’s workshop. Daycare Cypress CA teachers emphasize keeping children busy in quality work for the development of their brains.
Montessori experts say that keep your children busy always with something that will make them self-dependent, disciplined, logically more accurate, creative, and intelligent. Daycare experts in a primary school in Cypress CA tell about some easy works which the children can do of their own without the help of their parents. The most important thing is that the activities are quite simple and there is no such risk. These are the activities given below
Toy wash:
Toy wash is a simple hazard-free work that even a preschooler can do without the help of their parents. The most important thing is that they enjoy it. To keep them engaged you need a few simple things — two buckets, a basket, a few clean dry cloths, shampoo, and water. Mix a few drops of shampoo and water in a bucket. Tell your children to soak some of their dirty toys in the soapy water for ten to fifteen minutes. Then with the help of small cloth or a brush they can gently rub their toys to remove the dirt. In another bucket provide plain and clean water and tell them to give a final wash of their toys in that bucket. Tell them to dry those toys with the help of a clean dry cloth. When the toys are fully dried, tell them to arrange them in the basket. This simple method will keep your children busy for an hour or two. It also helps to enhance the sense of responsibility.
Let them help you:
Allow them to assist you in preparing food for the family. Activities like making flour dough, washing vegetables, cutting vegetables with a blunt knife, arranging vegetables in a basket, etc. While preparing food, tell them to measure the ingredients. Observe whether they can do it or not. Measuring helps a lot to improve the mathematical power of the brain. Besides, taking part while preparing food enhances their self-respect. It has been found that children, who do not want to eat foods easily, gladly finish their meal when they make it by their hand. Moreover, involving them in the cooking help to enhance their practical sense.
Let them take care of their room:
To make them self-dependent tell them to arrange their room. Encourage them to make their bed, arrange their wardrobe, and taking care of their daily items like books, etc. Reward them and praise them when they keep their room tiptop and in order. Rewarding is an age-old Montessori technique that helps a lot to make children energetic and encouraged.
Dusting is a good exercise:
Dusting is a good activity that keeps children busy for quite a long period. Moreover, it is an excellent exercise too. In this pandemic situation when children cannot go outside to play freely dusting helps them a lot to keep the whole body active.
Watering Garden:
Keep them engage in watering the garden twice daily- in the morning and the evening. Watering does not mean watering the plant whenever you wish. Make a specific time when they should water the plant. Maintaining the time enhances their sense of responsibility and time management.
