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With the scorching heat, we are all stuck indoors with our kids bored and unmotivated.
This guide will help you create an indoor environment full of fun, independence, and creativity away from the screens.
The activities below are all based on Montessori education that aims to help the child grow their independence, sensory explorations, and hands-on learning skills; and it’s all INDOORS!
1. Practical Life Activities
Children LOVE being independent and doing tasks alone. Practical life activities are the core of Montessori learning. You can pretend play with your child such as pretend cooking. Another practical life activity is letting the child help with daily home chores such as cleaning using their own cleaning toys.
2. Indoor Lab
Let the exploration begin! Doing fun science experiments at home can be fun and helps the children learn and discover more. Conducting experiments ignites the child’s hands-on learning, curiosity, and creativity.
Online you can find a water experiment kit with more than 20 experiments using just water which encourages critical thinking and problem-solving. It’s learning and having fun at the same time!
3. Language Activities
Language activities can also be fun when done through games. For example, children can learn vocabulary through sticker books and crosswords.
Not to forget, babies also get bored indoors.
4.Sorting and Matching
Sorting and matching activities can also aid children’s cognitive and organizational skills. Picture cards and letters/numbers sorting enhance their ability to categorize and recognize patterns which are essential skills.
5. Cooking and Baking
Let them in the kitchen!
The kitchen is a place that can be highly entertaining for the little ones and cooking and baking can make the time FLY. Bake a cake or cook a meal with your child and enjoy it. This will foster their sense of accomplishment.
Check out The Complete Baking Book for Young Chefs for inspiration.
6. Arts and Crafts
Open-ended art supplies such as slime kits, colouring frames, clay, and kinetic sand are perfect for Montessori creative activities. Children can explore their artistic side through arts and crafts.
7. Reading
Create a reading atmosphere at home; for example, do a reading corner in your house. Eliminate the typical boring reading sessions and do reading out loud together. Not forgetting, choose books that can help them learn more about our earth such as the Think Green Activity Book.
8. Puzzles
Let’s not forget the old-fashioned puzzles!
Puzzles can never get boring. It is always fun to build a puzzle with the kids and challenge their patience, problem-solving skills, perseverance, and cognitive abilities.
9. Mathematics
Learning math through games can make it more tangible, understandable, and surprisingly entertaining. You can create a mathematical toy with resources that are found at home.
These are some mathematics toys and books you can consider:
10. Board Games
The family reunites when a board game box is opened. Board games can entertain you and your KIDS!
Jenga is an amazing example of family bond play.
Incorporating these Montessori-inspired indoor activities into your child’s daily routine can create a rich learning and entertaining environment that nurtures independence, creativity, and cognitive development. Through that, we escaped the outdoor heat and transferred the FUN indoors!
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