4 kids activities to do at home
With more and more people working from home, the line between work and parenting are combining, so we’ve put together our 4 (tried and tested) kids activities we’ve done between Zoom meetings and emails!
We’ve put together our 4 (tried and tested) kids activities we’ve done between Zoom meetings and emails!
Send letters to loved ones
Saturday play dates and Sunday family catch ups are a little differently recently. How many Facetime catch ups have you had around the table because you’re missing your loved ones? Us too.
We got pen to paper and spent time to write letters to the people we miss seeing the most!
Help by providing postal addresses and letter-writing supplies. Crafty kids might draw a picture or create a handmade card, but your unused stationery can be just as good. Teach your children about the structure of a letter and give them some tips on what to write about. Make sure they ask the recipient for a response, too. This way, they’ll have something to look forward to when the post officer comes around.
Cardboard box around the house = hours of entertainment
Recently put together an Ikea flatpack and have a giant box hanging around your recycling bin? As we all know, kids love drawing and painting on random objects. Instead of recycling cardboard boxes hand them over to your kids with a few crayons.
Think: toy car garage, a house for their teddy or a sign to be made for their bedroom door. The fun of using existing items around the home means the kids learn the activity of upcycling, whilst producing something for their entertainment!
Bring the Zoo to your lounge room
There are many kid-friendly virtual tours of Zoos Victoria, Sea Life Melbourne and Melbourne Museum that can easily be found online. These are especially great for the little animal-lovers in your family.
On the Zoos Victoria website and YouTube channel, you can access live stream videos like their Zebra Cam and other sneak-peeks that show the animals at play. Sea Life Melbourne’s website and Facebook page also offer live stream feeds of the fish as well as downloadable colouring pages and activity worksheets to keep the kids engaged.
Write and perform a play
Encourage literacy and artistic expression by having your children write and perform a play for the rest of the household. Have them create a list of characters and brainstorm story ideas. With the beginning, middle and end decided, show them how to write out a script with lines for each actor.
Then, challenge them to gather costumes, props and any key scenic elements. They could even turn an old bed sheet into a backdrop with fabric markers and felt. Allow them to rehearse and, when they’re ready, invite friends and family members to sit in on the performance via a video-chatting tool like Zoom or Skype.
