Plans with babies for when the cold arrives
With the lowering of the thermometer and the increasingly short days, we parents have the great difficulty of having to spend a lot of time at home with children. However, it is also not advisable not to leave the house. Although the weather does not go along, it is advisable Take the kids for a while for a walk every day so I can give them the air. But the rest of the day, we have many options to enjoy with the children.
One of the most frequent mistakes that we usually make when we are at home is to take advantage of pending tasks in the home and let the children entertain themselves. It is true that it is good that they learn to entertain themselves and, on the other hand, it is inevitable to have to have a time to do things of their own, but it should not be abused.
If we can not go out too long because it's winter, we have to pay attention to the children, be with them and interact. In this way, we will get the children to behave better because they are cared for, to enjoy our company and we of theirs, to take advantage of the time to be able to stimulate them and even teach them to play. To achieve all this it is important that the activities we carry out are of different types in terms of their purpose:
Psychomotor development activities for your baby
- On the floor and mouth to bass. With babies, who still do not walk, it is essential that they stay on the floor for a long time and face down. At first they do not like it much and prefer to be face up but it is very effective to facilitate their movement. While they are on the ground we can stand by their side, caress them, offer them a toy so that they have to move to pick it up, or move as if we were a soldier so they can imitate us *
- Like a cat. Another activity is to help them get into a crawling position and crawl with them to try to imitate us. In the case of children who already do it is fun and positive to crawl with them pretending to be an animal and play chase.
- Game space. When they are already walking, they need movement, therefore, we can not pretend that because they are inside the house they are sitting or standing still all the time. We must provide a space where they can play with us, for example with a soft rubber foam ball, in a controlled manner, teaching them certain standards of behavior.
- Moving. To facilitate the movement, it is also positive to ask them to help us carry out certain tasks that involve movement, even if they have to go back and forth to the same place repeatedly. They will find it fun and we will get them to "spend" adrenaline.
The game as baby training
- Free play. Inside the game we can use the toys as free play so that they can, in a spontaneous and creative way, entertain themselves and have fun. This moment should not be too long because there comes a time when they do not know what to do and get bored.
- Symbolic game. It consists of playing with them simulating everyday situations: kitchens, moms and dads, shops *
- Play with everyday objects that are not toys: children enjoy a lot of manipulating and exploring boxes, tarteras * It is not negative to let them use them so they can discover them and develop their imagination.
- Play with clothes to make costumes: it is not necessary to have costumes made or purchased. If we provide them with our clothes that we do not use, they will be able to create beautiful designs and enjoy them.
- See family photos: They like very much to see images of all the members of the family and, even, of themselves when they were babies. Naming each one of the people that appear in the image will help them to recognize and identify.
- For the elderly, cooking activities they are interesting There is a certain fear among parents for the mess or dirt they can generate and the danger of cooking utensils, but if we cook from small with them, besides being an activity that they like a lot, it relaxes them and allows them to learn to work as a team if they do it with other family members. In our section of Holly Fortuny we usually include recipes that do not need fire.
In conclusion, it is advisable to dedicate ourselves to them so that they get to behave better, while we are educating them and enjoy mutual company. Do not forget that children need to change their activity with some frequency, they do not have the capacity to maintain attention for too long and they are motivated to change. Neither should we forget that it is a time of leisure and enjoyment, although we take advantage of it at times to stimulate them. But it is not convenient to demand them as if the stimulation were our only objective, but to keep in mind the priority of enjoying them.
All the activities and advice proposed are designed for children between the ages of 0 and 3, but they can be perfectly adapted to a family plan if we have more children and of different ages. Each of them can be molded in terms of time and goal requirements.We must remember that all time dedicated to our children is the best gift we can give them.
María Campo Director NClic-Kimba.
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