6 Ideas to Try Right Now
Dance Party
- 1Play your child's favorite upbeat song.
- 2Dance together in the living room.
- 3Pause the music randomly and yell 'Freeze!'
Verbal Memory Game
- 1Start with 'I went shopping and bought...'
- 2Take turns repeating the list and adding one new item.
- 3See who can remember the longest list!
Storytelling Chain
- 1First person starts a story with one sentence.
- 2Each person adds one more sentence.
- 3See how wild it gets!
Tape Maze
- 1Lay tape on the floor in a maze pattern.
- 2Walk only on the tape lines.
- 3Add challenges like jumping at certain points.
Balloon Keep-Up
- 1Blow up a balloon.
- 2Rule: it cannot touch the floor.
- 3Count how many hits before it drops.
Mad Libs Story
- 1Write a short story leaving blanks: 'The ___[animal] ran to the ___[place].'
- 2Without showing the story, ask for random words to fill the blanks.
- 3Read the finished (hilarious) story aloud.
