Long Days

On days when you are stuck inside, try this: Write some activities on index cards and have your child pick one...do the activity for 5 mins and then pick another card. Repeat until all the cards are gone.

I put some activities on the cards that Cole likes to do but doesn't usually pick to do on his own.

Cole loved this activity! He couldn't wait to pick another card to see what he would do next. I even got him to do somethings he normally won't do!

Of course, you could make the activities last longer than 5 minutes. It all depends on your child's attention span.

Here are the cards I used. I made them as soon as I thought of this idea, so they aren't real fancy.