It’s that time of the year where the temperatures drop and the indoor activities begin, but this also tends to pose the question – What can we do to keep the kids entertained ALL of those hours?
Below are some great activities that can be completed indoors. These activities can incorporate so many skills that are beneficial to a child’s development including activities that work on language, play, fine motor skills such as coloring, cutting, drawing, and manipulation of small objects, gross motor skills to address overall strengthening, endurance, coordination and balance, and activities that help with sensory processing and self regulation, and executive functioning skills.
Therapeutic Activities:
Scavenger hunts around the house Stickers
Potato sack races Dance parties
Sensory bins Animal walk races
Kosmic kids yoga videos Charades
Playdoh – homemade or store-bought Build a Fort
Hidden picture books or printables Science experiments
Mazes – on paper, build your own to walk through Origami
Jewelry making Baking
Bubble mountain Painting
Create sensory bottles Balance boards
Paper plate skating across the carpet Scooter boards
Obstacle courses: climbing over obstacles, balance beams, jumping over obstacles, army crawling
Coloring and cutting activities: snowmen, mittens, snowflakes, penguins, polar bears, arctic animals, sleds
Build-it crafts: popsicle sticks, q-tips, cards, graham crackers, build-it kits
