• Do simple crafts. Little children can do some gluing e.g. gluing beans on an art paper to form the letter B.  There are lots of things you can do with paper plates and toilet rolls too.  See how I did this kite craft with my kids.  If you need more craft ideas, check out this affiliate link: LITTLE KIDS CRAFTS
• Older children can learn origami.
• Maybe someone’s birthday is coming up, or a celebration like Christmas or Father’s Day. How about crafting a card.
• Make a candy flower.  Or a lollipop flower.
• Teach them to do some Manga drawing.
• Give them balloons to play with. Oh, this one will definitely keep them occupied for a long while. You can also encourage them to draw on the balloons. This is actually a good pre-writing activity.
• Alternatively, make water balloons for them to burst. Of course this one has to be done outside the house.
• Playdoh. Here is a recipe for uncooked playdoh and another for cooked playdoh.
• Go bicycling.
• Make cookies or muffins together.
• Play boardgames, card games, puzzles and many other kinds of interesting indoor games you can find on the shelves of at the stores.
• Bubbles
• Singing time. Sing nursery songs, folk songs, church primary songs etc….
• Read books.
• Make a smoothie.
• Play with Lego or building blocks.
• Put out the kiddy swimming pool.
• Playing with a ball. Use it to bowl over some bottles. Try to throw it into a box or your laundry basket.  Toss it up and catch it to improve coordination.
• Play hide and seek. An alternative is you hide their teddy bear (or whatever) and they have to find it.
• Pretend play. Pretend to be a doctor and care for all the injured soft toys. Pretend to work in a restaurant where they need to take people’s orders and cook the food. Pretend to be a teacher.
• Play charades. Take turns acting out something and the other has to guess what it is.
• Give them simple house chores like wiping dust off the furniture.
• Give them blankets and sheets to put over chairs and tables to make like a camp.
• Let them watch you as you cook. Teach them the name of foods and vegetables. Give them kitchen tips like “how come mommy doesn’t cut her hand when she cuts the vegetables?”
• Make and play with sock puppets.
• Take a walk round the neighborhood and count stuff like trees, cars, houses etc….
• Make flowers out of colored tissue paper. Here’s a video to show you how.

There are lots of things children can do, so don’t just let them sit in front of the television. What are some things that you do to keep your children away from the television?

Is it enough for your child to only learn the fundamental skills of reading, writing, math, and science needed to be competitive in the high-tech workforce of 21st century? While these skills are essentials, they may not prepare a child to face the complex and evolving society of tomorrow when they enter their adult life.

At home, you need to teach your child skills that they must acquire as they step into adulthood and begin their life independently. You can teach these skills by setting examples, by talking to them, and giving your child some freedom to practice these skills even if they fail initially. So, what are these skills?

Social skills like compassion, love, listening, etc. are difficult tasks for many children. One of the most difficult tasks is listening and we find lots of adults lack this skill because they were not taught how to listen to others when they were young.

Teach your child the importance of listening and trying to understand what others are saying before she speaks out. Set yourself as an example by not interrupting your child when she is telling you something.

As kids, we learn how to be competitive and we carry those competitive instincts in to our adulthood by resorting to back-stabbing, undercutting and feelings of resentment. Instead, let your child learn that there is room for many people to be successful as a group.

Encourage your child to participate in group sports and games like baseball, volleyball, etc. where the success of the team depends on the cooperation among team members. This will instill in your child the sense of helping each other to be successful.

Teach your child how to manage failure. Childhood is filled with ups and downs. Many parents resort to bad examples when their child fails in an endeavor. Don’t set examples that will be interpreted as “failure is bad” by your child.

Instead, help them develop can-do-attitude by setting examples for your and child’s failures. Encourage them to move on and learn lessons from their failure so that they can apply those lessons to succeed the next time.

Many parents avoid asking their children to do household chores because they think that their children are not ready yet. The same is also true for giving the financial responsibilities to a child. But parents should teach the concept of responsibilities to their kids from their early ages.

Give your child small age-appropriate jobs to accomplish within a time frame. There should be age appropriate reward and punishment components to the job. You should also teach your child the concept of saving, budgeting, paying your bills on time, living within one’s means, and other personal finance matters.

There’s research to show that pro-biotic drops can help reduce baby colic. However, experts are saying that the idea is still new, so they are holding back the recommendations for now. If you want to try this baby colic remedy, it s safe BUT consult with your doctor beforehand. To discover what others have tried for colic, click this: HOW TO STOP BABY CRYING