Ways to Spend Quality Time with Your Children at Home

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During quarantine time we had to stay at home,so it was probably the most overwhelmed children. Children need to throw their energies. This can be physical or mental. Since the parks, schools and entertainment centers are closed, we can create favorable conditions for our children to throw their energy. Phone, tablet and computer may be the first method that comes to mind. But their long-term use affects our children negatively. On the other hand, there are many other activities that can be done with children.

Below, we have listed the activities that your child can lift and have fun from the tablet.

Games that can be played together

If you want to take your child away from the tablet, the best thing you can do is to communicate with her or him and show that you can have fun together. Games that you can play together considering your child’s wishes:

Play your child’s favorite box games. (Such as Scrabble,Jenga, Monopoly.)
Playing with intelligence developer toys. (Like Chess, Checkers, Solo Noble.)
Play games where they can improve their skills. (Such as Play Dough, Mind Cube, Puzzle.)
Play nostalgic games. ( Like Marble games, Silent movie game.)
Have foreign language learning while playing games. (Like Foreign language vocabulary cards.)

Activities that create family awareness

You can get away your children from the tablet not by putting bans on children or approaching them with a harsh attitude, but by letting her spend time with the family. Here are the activities to be done with children who can increase family awareness and loyalty:

See the old family album with together, his childhood photos. Meanwhile, you can tell him what he’s wondering about.
Take family photos or selfies, make it fun.
Turn off lights and technological devices completely. Light a candle and chat with your family.

Physical Activities to De-energize

Exercise with age-appropriate movements, so as not to tire your child.
Listen to music and dance together.

Activities that can be done at home

Repair something that has defective or broken together at home.
Prepare a favorite meal or dessert together.
Plant flowers, water the flowers in your home, change their land together or care for the flowers.
Sofa, pillow, bed sheet etc. in the house. Build tents with that things and play inside.

Activities that can improve creativity

Children need activities to nurture their creativity in every period. There are many activities that can be useful for huge dream worlds.

Write a story together using your imagination.
Children’s favorite activity: Painting.
Do handicraft activities such as sewing, making mock-ups.
Try painting a wooden item or furniture together.
Organize tiny shows with puppets by age.
Write and animate a story for her favorite toys or characters.

Social responsibility activities

It is very important that your child gains social responsibility awareness at any age. If you want your child to learn about cooperation and the importance of other creatures, you can do activities together:

Organize a clothing or toy closet together, donate excess items to those in need, and tell her or him about the importance of it.
Plant seedlings in your garden or a green area around you.
Leave food and water to stray animals, love them.