When you’re stuck somewhere with an impatient preschooler to entertain, play these games to save your sanity:

1 - Play a game of What If?

• What is our pet was an elephant?
• What if horses could fly?
• What if you were Mommy?

2 – Play a game of This or That. Give her a choice of things to choose from

• Cats or dogs
• Vanilla or chocolate
• Walking in the rain or playing in the sun
• Swing set or see saw

3 - Ask your child to stand a distance away and throw a soft plastic ball at him. Shout the name of a body part just before you throw the ball. For instance, leg, head, etc.  She has to use that body part to hit the ball.

4 - Play a body part game. Start with her eyes. Let her tell you a few thing she can do with her eyes – see, blink, squint. Continue with other body parts.

• With his hands – clap, shake,
• With his legs – walk, dance, run, kick etc.

5 - OK, So I ran out of boredom busters. Any ideas?