All locked at home, parents with their children, unable to leave. Only to work with a person in the car or to buy food or medicine ... the Coronavirus (COVID-19) has given us a reality check to all the people of the world. It makes us aware of what really matters in life and to value the things that really matter: people's health.
All the families in the country and much of the world are at home with children. Children ask and want to know what is happening, it is necessary to be able to tell them, taking into account their ability to understand what is happening and why it is important to stay at home.
Children at home
Many parents may be running low on resources and not knowing what else to do with their children at home. But there is something that is forgotten and that is really important: enjoying family time and time for reflection. We are facing an extraordinary situation for the social good and for all of us, and each one of us has that social responsibility that unites us as a society.
You can do with the children all those activities that are not normally done due to lack of time ... due to daily stress and not knowing how to make a break in life to be able to take care of the little ones at home. Now, the circumstances of life compel us to do so and we should be grateful. Being healthy and having time to enjoy as a family is undoubtedly the best gift for all of this unpleasant situation.
What to do with the children
The options to do with children are innumerable and imagination and creativity will be your guide at this time. Of course, patience will be essential in these days when children are stuck at home all day.
Before starting to give ideas about what to do at home, it is necessary to emphasize that what really matters first of all, is to have daily routines. For older children, you can make a schedule so that they have in mind in a structured way what to do each day when they wake up.
- Make a schedule with daily routines
- For the little ones, the schedule can go with drawings
- Do school homework
- Read a specified time
- Cooking as a family so that children learn and feel valid in family nutrition
- Hygiene habits so that they become aware of how important it is
- Fun crafts
- Board games
- Reflect together
- Talk
- Dance with the family
- Listen to music
- Painting and writing together as a family
- Prepare fun recipes for snacks or dinners
- Watch movies or series as a family
These are just some activities that can be done as a family and that of course, is fully expandable depending on the needs and interests of the families. For example, if your family is a family of musicians, maybe make music together and Playing instruments is a good idea to have a good time with the family.
If you are writers, what better way to pass the quarantine than writing a story with your children! Put your imagination in motion And enjoy this extra time that circumstances allow us to have!