| Is your active
pre-schooler starting to drive you
crazy from boredom? Janine Lynn is
sure to help out with these sample
ideas, straight from her book,
"Help! I'm bored!" Remember, busy
kids are happy kids!
PUDDING PAINT
Make your favorite flavor of
pudding, according to the
directions. Then, use clean fingers
or kitchen utensils to "paint"
pictures or designs on a cookie
sheet. Have a few licks now and
then.
PEANUT BUTTER
PLAYDOUGH
Mix together 1 C. peanut butter, 1/2
C. honey or corn syrup, and 1 C.
icing sugar (or Graham Wafer crumbs,
powdered milk, or flaked coconut).
Use a rolling pin, cookie cutters,
forks, garlic press, or your fingers
to make various creatures or shapes.
PAINTED TOAST
Stir a few drops of food coloring
into 2 T. milk. With a paatry brush,
paint a face or design on bread.
Toast and serve.
COLORED MACARONI
Sprinkle several drops of food
coloring into a bowl of dry
macaroni. Mix well, and spread on
cookie sheet to dry. Glue different
colors onto heavy paper to make a
picture.
KITCHEN SANDBOX
Partly fill a large plastic tub with
cornmeal, rice, or colored macaroni,
as described above. Then, use cups,
spoons, colanders, sieves, etc. to
dig, scoop, and measure "sand".
CARPET TUNNEL
Roll up a scrap piece of carpet or
foam mattress to make a tunnel to
crawl through. Tie to secure.
RADICAL RAMPS
Build ramps or tunnels for your toy
cars to run down by balancing skinny
boards or tubes on chairs of stairs.
WONDERFUL
WET-PRINTS
Pour water into cake or bread pan.
Dip your bare feet or hands into
water and make "wet-prints" on the
sidewalk.
BAGEL BIRDFEEDER
Sandwich bagel between plastic lids.
Thread string through hole in lids
and tie a big fat knot on bottom.
Hang on tree for birds to enjoy.
COUNTING CRUNCHIES
In turn, two or more players shake a
dice and take that number of
Cheerios from a bowl. When bowl is
empty, count your Cheerios to see
who has the most.
Janine lynn is a
parent, author, and educator. Born
and raised in Alberta, she is the
author of "Help! I'm Bored! - Over
300 Children's Activities for Ages
2-12". She wrote this book because
she wanted all of her favorite
teaching ideas collaborated into one
book , ready to use for any
occasion. Find out more about "Help!
I'm Bored!" at: http://www.telusplanet.net/public/cscltd/page16
or E-mail Janine at: dale&janine@3web.net |
