Before I became a Stay At Home Mom, I was a kindergarten teacher. All my life I have heard the words, "Go do something productive." Productive included so many things, but mostly arts and crafts for me. As a teacher, I see many children that are completely plugged in to everything electronic and they just can't seem to grasp the idea of creative and interactive play. With that said, we set a 30 minute time limit each school day for electronics (which include tv/movies/iPod/Nook/video games). On the weekends and school breaks, there are no electronics past 10 AM. That's a pretty good chunk of time seeing as our kids get up between 7 and 8 on these days. Our school-aged children, 7 and 9, have adjusted to the 30 minute time limit (with occasional sighs and pleas), but often need a jumpstart as to what to do once they've been "unplugged". I've come up with a printable list of activities that are available in our home that the children can do. I printed off the list and hung it in each child's room on brightly colored paper. This way, they can't ever say they have nothing to do! Ingenius, huh? Use this idea with what's available in your home and help your kids BE kids!
What can
I do when my electronics time is up?
Bananagrams
Doodle
book
Boogie
Board Drawing Tablet
Legos and Lego Friends
Play
restaurant
Play Ping
Pong
Play Air
Hockey
Read a
book
Drive
your remote controlled car
Listen to
music
Make a
craft
Play with
Star Wars Figures
Write and make a
book
Put a
puzzle together
Play with
Spy Gear
Draw a
picture
Play a
board game
Play
Angry Birds Jenga
Play
tic-tac-toe
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