Games and tricks to entertain the little ones during the forties (By age)
We give you 9 ideas for making them at home with children of different ages. And with everyday objects.
Quarantine can be a complex time for children and adults alike. And while many children have come to understand to a greater or lesser extent what is happening in the world with COVID-19 (coronavirus) and why we are all safely tucked away in our homes... That doesn't mean that so many days of confinement don't take their toll.
And if you, who are fully aware of what is happening, have moments when the house becomes almost Lilliputian, imagine the little ones in the house.
That's why we bring you a few ideas for spending time at home in a creative and fun way. Don't worry, we're not going to start drawing pictures with salt on the floor, we'll leave that to the more artistic types. Although you might have to do a bit of work.
The youngest: 2 to 4 YEARS OLD
Shall we tell the story? Remember the last party the kids went to and then choose four or five photos. Try messing them up - you can do it on your own mobile phone - and then let them put the story in order.
For example, a picture of when the grandparents arrived, a picture of when they blew out the candles, a picture of when they were decorating the party and a picture of everyone playing. Help them by reminding them what happened that day so they can put the sequence together.
Find the pairs. Look for things around the house that they can touch and manipulate. Let them find the pair that has the most synchronicity. For example, let them find relationships between the soap and the towel or between the pencil and the paper.
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Children from 4 to 6 YEARS
Remember the pairs game? Let's take it up a notch. Get a series of cards with different objects, you can even select them by theme, and then place them on the table face up.
Give them a moment to memorise the cards and then turn them over. Who will have the better memory?
Also, a plus for this game is to design the cards yourselves. If you have paper and colours, the sky is the limit!
Once upon a time. It all started like this, 'once upon a time', and each player says a sentence to follow the story, the fun is in not stopping, even if the story gets crazier and crazier! You can also immortalise the story by drawing it in a notebook.
Children from 6 to 9 YEARS
Mum, I want to be an architect. A shoebox can be a world of possibilities: a castle, a farm, a laboratory or a tower. All the little ones need to do is to have anything at their disposal that gives free rein to their imagination, and decorate!
The autocorrect: Have you ever been tricked by your mobile phone and, as soon as you notice, the autocorrect has created the most insane sentence possible? Well, that's what we're going to play.
And as we like to recycle a lot, we are going to take advantage of the things we have at home to put it on the table. If you have an old magazine or newspaper at home, now is the time.
Cut out all sorts of words and, when you've got a good pile, it's time to play. You can even set up different categories - who will be the fastest, and the one with the quirkiest sentence?
For older children: 9 to 11 YEARS OLD
It's never a bad idea to learn origami, the paper art where anything is possible and there are no scissors to cause drama. If you don't have special paper at home, no problem - how about recycling paper and painting it with colourful designs before you get between folds?
If they manage to create some fun frogs, they can then take part in a race!
I'm sure that these days at home have helped you to go through it from top to bottom. We know, we've all done it and discovered unimaginable, forgotten things and heard a lot of "So you were here!
And do you know what that means?COSTUMES! Not the ready-made Carnival ones, and not the Halloween ones either. Let everyone in the house unleash their creativity by turning every day into an art form.
FOR ALL AUDIENCES
A final gift to finish, a game for all ages. They can always play detectives. The basis is simple, hide things around the house.
You won't be able to give them clues, but they will be able to ask you questions about its weight, its size, its shape, or any question they can think of that doesn't require answering with the name of the object itself. Get out your magnifying glasses and trench coats!
