Summer holidays are here, and the most frequently heard words from kids are “Mumma, I am bored!”. To engage kids is the toughest job for parents and we often end in letting them watch TV or phone, so we get some peace of mind or just relax over a cup of coffee and a book. Here are a few ways to indulge your kids during summer while they have fun and also learn at the same time.
Board Games
Teach them games like Chess, Monopoly, Scrabble, Lido, Snakes & ladders, etc. These games can keep them entertained for hours. You can also encourage them to create some of these games at home. DIY is fun, isn’t it? You can also teach them some lost traditional games like Chowka Bara(Kannada) or Aligulimane(Kannada). Such games help kids build
- Logic and Reasoning Skills
- Memory
- Vocabulary
- Planning and Strategy
Book Clubs
Reading sessions are fun. Get your kids enrolled t a library or a book club and let them get engrossed in the world of books. Play vocabulary building activities at the end of each story. Ask your kids to identify new words that they read in the books and help them use that word. You can also let the kids play a role play using the story or just have them narrate the story. The benefits of reading are innumerable
- Vocabulary
- Memory
- General Knowledge
- Writing skills
- Focus and concentration
- Analytical skills
Day trips
Take them on a trip to visit a public monument, a library, a museum, a park. Let them explore new places and get back home ask them to record what they saw or remember. This activity boosts
- Language development
- Writing skills
- Creativity
- Memory
Cooking
Get those little hands involved in the kitchen. Teach them the skills of chopping and let them help you with chopping cleaning, etc. Look for fun recipes for cooking with kids. Cooking with kids help them enhance
- Practical and life skills
- Communication
- Self-esteem
- Math skills
Activity Boxes
Activity subscription boxes are carefully curated with activities that are apt for different age groups. These fun based activity boxes help kids stimulate their intellect and creativity. There are a lot of activity boxes available like
- Flintobox
- Podsquadbox
- Digitox kids
- Enchantico box
- MagicCrate
- Explorabox
These are a few ways to keep your kids engaged at home during vacations. Apart from these let them go swim, go out and play in the open fresh air. Basically, it’s okay to let them get bored. Boredom makes your kids more creative, motivated, and make them more awesome.
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what a lovely ideas to kill boredom of kids and keep them engage some other activity
These are some great ways.. Specially the board game, cooking and activity boxes.. Those activity take time and kids learn to be patient doing one thing at a time
This post is very much related to me , i always keep my kids busy in activities like this.. Thanks for sharing
Awesome ideas! Thanks for Sharin
Loved all the ideas. Many times we have to think out of the box to keep kids buzy during summer break.
I think the list you put up is a Mandatory to-do list for all moms to keep their sanity intact!!!
This is a very thought out list of activities to keep the kids busy during vacations. I am eagerly waiting for my kids to grow up patient enough to sit in one place and enjoy board games. Theres still a couple of years to that.
Fanstastic ideas
These are some brilliant ways to keep the kids happy and engaged during summer vacations. I was also thinking to try these activity boxes. Thanks for sharing!
Great list and I loved it. indeed during summer kids need variations in activities and it is good idea to pre-plan for great summer.
With a growing toddler, I am.also on a lookout for activities to keep him.engaged. situation becomes tough to handle as I have a full time job as well. So this post is really comprehensive one to try on for me. Thanks for sharing 🙂
Activity boxes look very promising, and the board games are my personal fav. I still like them. 🙂
Love the idea of board games and book clubs. Board games were a hit during my childhood. Will try them with my son too.. Thank you for reminding..
Amazing ideas !!
No more boring days in summer vacation,what a nice ideas.
I have a toddler and activity boxes works for best.. I personally love board games and they are one of the best ways I find to keep kids engaged
I have a toddler and find activity boxes work the best.. Personally I find board games are best way to engage older kids
Board games are indeed saviour in summers and my son love it the most. love ur posts.
Awesome ideas shared by you .. LOved the post.
All the ideas look super easy. Thanks for sharing