Help Your Kids To Fight Boredom During Pandemic

 More than one year has gone and the Coronavirus pandemic is keeping ravaging the world. It has put a pause on our regular normal life. For the last one or two years for the protection of our home, we are just sanitizing it, cleaning everything, again and again, teaching our children the proper hygiene routine, and have kept us confined at home. Boredom has eaten up all from children to old age says a Montessori expert.

For parents, one of the major concerns is the boredom of their children. Small children whose normal routine should be going to school, enjoying extracurricular activities, and making fun and frolic with friends are shut down in the house now and only doing virtual classes from there.

A caregiver in a Montessori in Monrovia, CA advises parents not to show their anxiety for children in front of them. Experts say that sensible parents must grow positivity in the children by narrating the various example of the past. The pandemic through which we are going is not the first one. Earlier, when the world has seen various pandemics like the plague, influenza, cholera, etc. when people had to shut themselves inside the house for safety, like we are doing nowadays. But some of the world’s great discoveries blossomed out of boredom. Sir Isaac Newton himself once told that more than a year he was quarantined at his family’s firm during the bubonic plague and that was the most productive period of his life when he developed his famous three laws of motion and law of gravity. Free time gives us to think and ponder over everyday occurrences.

Craft:

Creativity and flexible thinking are required to conquer boredom say a Montessori expert. Crafts projects can be a fun way to pass the time. Use scrapped products like finished can, bottle caps, newspaper, etc. to make a beautiful product. Take your children along with you in this project.

Live educational tour

Many zoos, aquariums, and museums around the globe are offering virtual tours. You along with your kids can enjoy the tours right from your couch. Children especially toddlers enjoy seeing animals in the zoo. Sit beside them and be their guide. They will get a good knowledge of animals, their habitat, eating habits, etc.

Making Food:

Making food is a good time- pass and it also helps in another way. It will help to overcome their food tantrums. Involve them in preparing food. Give them responsibility according to their age. Tell them to experiment with the food presentation. This will help to enhance their creativity. To entertain them furthermore keep experimenting with food.

Gardening :

Encourage them in gardening. If you live in a house and there is ample space, you can divide it into a kitchen garden and a flower garden. But if you live in an apartment where space is scarce, make a common garden for both vegetables and flowers. Bring indoor plants. Tell your children to take care of them.

Parents and guardians have the additional responsibility to entertain them during this pandemic scenario.