School holidays have arrived. This is the right time for parents to bond with children and let them play freely. However, a holiday season like this can also trigger stress when boredom begins to appear in children.
Many parents are confused about how to keep their children busy during the school holidays.
So, here are several ways parents can engage their children during the long holidays, summarized from Citizen Digital.
1. Make Cake
Cake Making/Photo: Unsplash/Annie Spratt
If you want to stay productive at home, involve the children in cooking and baking activities. Let them choose various recipes with simple ingredients that you have at home.
Kids can work through the recipe instructions step by step, while you can help them in the process. This is not only a fun activity, but also an important life skill for children.
2. Swimming
Swimming/Photo: Unsplash/rajat sarki
Swimming is a fun and healthy activity. A study states that people who live near water have lower levels of psychological stress.
Blue spaces such as oceans, lakes and rivers have a much more positive impact on humans than green spaces such as parks and lawns. You can take your children on holiday to the beach or just swim at the water park. This will have a calming effect on children.
3. Outdoor Games
Outdoor Games/Photo: Unsplash/Markus Spiske
Outdoor playtime should not only be fun, but can also encourage kids to turn off digital devices. We certainly know that it is very difficult for children today to stay away from digital devices such as gadgets. So, the best solution is to invite children to play or do activities outside.
Playing outdoors allows children to exercise and gain fine motor skills. It can also help strengthen bones and prevent obesity. Moreover, fresh air outside will also help you feel much better, Beauties.
4. Gardening
Gardening/Photo: Unsplash/Filip Urban
An outdoor activity that is no less interesting for children is gardening. You can prepare a small plot in the garden so that children can plant whatever they want, choose plants that grow quickly. Watching the plants grow will give them the satisfaction of successfully planting them.
5. Make crafts
Making Crafts/Photos: Unsplash/Sigmund
One fun activity that can explore children’s creative side is painting and sketching. Apart from that, children can also design jewelry using beads or shells. Craft activities like this can help children not get bored during school holidays.
6. Go on a Picnic
Going on a Picnic/Photo: Unsplash/noor vasquez photo
Picnics are a great excuse for you to get out of the house and enjoy time with your family. Remember to pack things to enjoy on the picnic, such as kites and soccer balls.
If you don’t want to go far, you can invite your children to have a picnic in your backyard, Beauties. You can make a treasure hunt game to make the picnic more exciting. Make a treasure map with clues to find the treasure you have hidden in an invisible place around the house.
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