| Well, it’s already Friday … and time to have some fun with the grandkids. Two of our grands will be spending this weekend with Pops and me. Although it’s not supposed to rain in the next few days, it’s going to be too cold for the kids to play outside. So, I’ve been looking for some activities that we can do together indoors. Here are a few ideas: Make a doll couch. This activity can provide hours of fun and imagination for older children. Play storybook bingo. Make a bingo card by drawing 16 squares on a piece of paper or cardboard. Ask the players to list common words that they can recognize. Then cut the words out and place them in a small bowl. Before you begin reading out loud, select a word from the bowl. As you read, the kids will listen for the word that you drew, and they will cover the appropriate square (with a marker from another game, coin, etc.) when they hear it. You may want to play straight-line bingo (cover four squares in a straight line in any direction) cover the card, etc. You also could use a deck of word flash cards for very young readers. If you do this, you will simply draw the “bingo word” from the stack of cards. This activity can easily be done with grandkids who live out of town. Mail them the bingo card and markers, read a story on the phone, and play bingo together. Storybook Bingo is one of the rainy day activities that I found on a family education website. They have a long list of activities that include games, reading and writing activities, science activities, gardening, kitchen fun, dance and movement, and more. Make a Bear Hospital. Simple to do and good for the imagination. Go on a Scavenger Hunt. We can download scavenger hunts from the Internet and enjoy them with local or long-distance grandchildren. Just mail a copy of a downloadable scavenger hunt to long- distance grandkids, and follow up with an e-mail or phone call. For small children, two other ideas or a scavenger picture hunt or color hunt. Just draw pictures of things in your home and go on a scavenger hunt with him/her to find them. (You may want to find pictures of objects in a magazine and look for them instead of drawing). Also, you can draw some circles or squares on a sheet of paper and ask your young child to find objects in the house that are the same color. Visit a library online such as the South Dakota State Library (arts & crafts, games and activities, museums) Work a simple jigsaw puzzle together. This is always a fun activity to do and great for the entire family. Make a puppet. Until I went to the Family Fun website, I had never thought about making puppets out of vegetables! Hummmm so much to choose from. Right not, an indoor scavenger hunt, storybook bingo, and making a bear hospital sound good to me. |
Ideas for Grandmothers Indoor Fun |
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