A Little Change for a Lot of Good
July 29, 2008 9:42 pm Games and ActivitiesAdd novelty to everyday experiences in your child’s life by switching things aound a little, ever so often. Novelty has been found to increase alertness in kids - a predictable monotonous routine can actually dull the senses. Try a few of these ideas:
- Try rotating her toys. Put aside the ones she plays with often, and bring out less used toys.
- Rearrange the furniture in your home, and let her help you do it.
- Change the position of her favorite chair, the one she uses to watch television, for instance, - she’ll enjoy the new angle!
- Let her sleep on the opposite end of the bed for a few days.
- Eat on the floor in the living room or the yard, instead of the dining table, for a day.
Have fun!
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Alison :
Date: July 30, 2008 @ 4:28 am
Great ideas. We ate dinner under the table last night - it’s amazing how much more food the girls will eat when dinner suddenly becomes more exciting!
PlanningQueen :
Date: July 30, 2008 @ 5:39 pm
I love this concept and this is something we do a lot of at home - it breaks the ordinariness out of the day.
On non school nights, I will often let all my kids pile onto the floor in one bedroom to sleep. A bit like camping inside.
PreschoolFinder Blog » Help Your Preschooler Adjust to Change - by Changing it Up! :
Date: July 31, 2008 @ 11:55 pm
[…] There are so many changes a Preschooler goes through — going to preschool, for one (a big one), potentially getting a sibling, and eventually going to school full-time. It’s funny - when they are infants and toddlers, we are told that routine is key — they need routine to help them make sense of the world around them, to adjust to life, to keep some consistency as they go through so many changes themselves, and to keep us sane! As they get older however, they need new and different things to keep them occupied. They thrive on new discoveries. In fact, as the Preschool Mama points out, novelty has been found to increase alertness in kids. […]