How to entertain a child at home?

Every mother knows how difficult it is to combine household chores and caring for a child. There are plenty of household chores - washing, cleaning, cooking, and the baby always needs attention. There are many ways to keep a baby busy while mom is doing her own thing. At the same time, the baby will be in front of your eyes, under your sensitive supervision. Interesting ideas on how to entertain a child at home, we will consider in this article.

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Kitchen games

Loving parents buy their children expensive toys, educational modules, robots and talking dolls in the hope that the baby will be interested in these gifts and give mom and dad a few minutes of freedom. But their expectations are not always met. If you are wondering what to do with your child at home, then try giving your child freedom in the kitchen.

Idea 1

Select a box with items safe for it - containers with lids, plastic dishes, pans will do, and you will see how much your baby will be absorbed in playing with them. How much pleasure it will bring him to pound a saucepan with a spoon, put a container on his head and put sponges for dishes in a plate.

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Idea 2

An infinite number of options not only for the game, but also for development, you can come up with croup:

• Put some semolina on the table from the highchair and show your young artist how to draw waves, straight lines, zigzags and geometric shapes.
• Fill the beans and different types of pasta in one jar, invite the baby to arrange them in different plates. To make it more interesting, do not forget to tell a story about how a dog loves beans and a cat pasta.
• Another exciting activity in the kitchen is pushing beans into the neck of a bottle. At first glance, a simple idea, but it is a variant of an educational game for a child. The most interesting thing at the end is that wonderful maracas are made from this bottle.
• A colander and packing of colorful tubes will take your baby for a long time. In a few movements, a regular colander can turn into a prickly hedgehog. Show how to insert the tubes into the holes, and then pull them out with safe plastic tweezers.
• The refrigerator is simply perfectly designed to show real theater on its doors with the help of magnetic figures. And you don’t even have to participate in it - let your child invent the story himself.

Important! Pay attention to the quality of the figures and the mounting of the magnets. They must be securely attached.

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5 universal games

Want more ideas than to get your child at home? - Easily!

“Bring me”

In general, this game is good for practicing in any of the rooms. But especially in the living room, because often in this room there are a large number of toys and things of the child. The essence of the game is very simple and understandable to a child from the age of one. You ask the child to bring you an item, while indicating its characteristics. For example, a blue cube, a small dog and a yellow bucket.

“Bring me” helps not only take the child for a long time, develop attention, but also repeat the concepts of “color”, “shape”, “size” and “quantity”. Many children are so enthralled by these subjects that they begin to come up with their own rules.

Important! For older children complicate tasks. Adding quantity to the items - three small cars, two large red cubes.

“Airplanes”

Going through documents and other papers, show the child how to make a paper airplane, teach him how to launch it.This is a universal way to interest a child at home. When the baby can do this on his own, give the tasks: “Launch the airplane to the table,” “Let it land on the bed.”

Important! Arrange a competition with the baby. Whose airplane will fly longer or fly further. It is possible that the child will start playing without your participation and launch these aircraft in turn.

Magic clothespins

Games with clothespins will entertain any child, provided that they are correctly presented to him. Most likely, he will not be interested in clinging clothespins to the edge of the box, but he will be happy to build a fence for the garden. In the same garden, vegetables can grow, which do not grab the tails, or sit butterflies that have lost their wings.

Important! There are many stencils on the net for such games. All you need to do is print and cut. The manual for the development of fine motor skills is ready!

Create different images.

If your child loves to create, then occupying it is not difficult. While you wash the floor and dishes, give him some colorful napkins. Ask the baby to tear them into small pieces - it will give him pleasure. Then glue these napkins together in any coloring.

You can also supplement your masterpiece with any grits that stick well to PVA glue. Here is a wonderful application ready!

Important! Such an idea for creativity with a child is not only a great exercise for fine motor skills, but an excellent occasion to spend time together in a pleasant and useful way.

Stickers

They are loved by all the kids. Stock up on several packages of stickers with your favorite cartoon characters, highlight the place where you can glue them. It can be a wall section, a notebook, a favorite book.

Important! Discuss this in advance with your child, otherwise - a couple of colorful stickers on the mirror and TV are provided to you.

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Stock footage

Everything you need for each of these games can be found in every home. Nothing needs to be bought and prepared in advance, the main thing is the desire to occupy your child with a useful and interesting thing. There are times when it’s easier for parents to turn on cartoons and leave their child on the screen than to come up with a game for him. Then you need to remember that the moment may come when the phone and tablet will become more interesting for him than the time spent with you.