OK...I nanny a 10, 9, and a 3 year old! I need some idea of what to do with them. They get bored easily...and sometimes I just don't have the energy to do stuff with them! Help!
2006-10-25 11:23:25 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
We don't always have a car to use. So...I need stuff to do inside the house or something!
2006-10-25 11:32:32 · update #1
- coloring books, tic tac toe, watercolor painting, paint by number
- simple cooking (dirt pudding, pudding pies, Easy Bake oven stuff)
- tie dying shirts
- movie marathons
- crafts (macaroni necklaces, popsicle stick picture frames, woven pot holders, friendship bracelets)
- foreign languages (you can get simple books in Spanish or other languages or even DVD's aimed at kids learning other languages)
2006-10-25 16:15:17 · answer #1 · answered by Laura 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm a mom of 2 and a nanny of 2 others. We love to bake. We find crazy looking cakes in magazines or on the Kraft website and we try them out.
We also like to go to a lot of places like the library museums, public swimming pools and skating rinks.
Kids of all ages like to be read to. It may be hard to find something everyone is interested in, but you could spend time reading Harry Potter to the older ones and story books to the younger one.
Just get outside, go to the park, go for a walk or bike ride. Remember, this is your JOB! It doesn't matter if you have the energy, you need to find the energy, just like if you worked in an office.
2006-10-25 18:35:21 · answer #2 · answered by who-wants-to-know 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kids love to do arts and crafts projects and you could also try some thing like making goo i don't have the recipe but i know you use borax(laundry booster), glue, water and food coloring. I just don't know how much of each. My children really liked doing that> Good luck.
2006-10-25 18:37:16 · answer #3 · answered by KRH 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read to them. I haven't met a kid yet who didn't like to have a good story read to them. Find a book they might all like and read a bit every day.
Also, craft projects are good, or games (board and card)
Have them write letters or draw pictures for someone they care about.
make popcorn and have a video afternoon on a gray day.
go outside and lay on the lawn and look at the clouds, have them tell you what they see. look for 4-leaf clovers.
Listen to instrumental music and pick out the different instruments.
2006-10-25 18:34:10 · answer #4 · answered by toomeymimi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
drawing is a fun thing me and my girls do~you could get a subscription to Family Fun they have great crafts to do, and even games. I have a eleven year old and a seven and a twelve year old and they love singing (performing). Music brings out a lot of people especially kids.
2006-10-25 18:36:50 · answer #5 · answered by heyall 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know that feeling. Take them to those big indoor playgrounds the ones that have padding on bars and ball pits sliders etc. in those places they cant escape run off you can keep your eye on them and have a relaxing drink
2006-10-25 18:35:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
go on a walk and look for weird bugs. or read them calvin and hobbes. charades. hide and seek. kids love it when the adult will play with them, but if you need a break i guess painting, play-doh, twister, hopscotch, stuffed animal fights, gardening, puzzles
2006-10-25 18:35:06 · answer #7 · answered by winnie the pooh 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
book store/library skating, park, mall; set a regular routine and stick to it... it will keep them busy and they know what is coming next.
2006-10-25 18:32:15 · answer #8 · answered by Que 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the zoo, an aquarium, a park, an amusement park, the library, swimming.
2006-10-25 18:27:38 · answer #9 · answered by Susana M. 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
y r u a nanny????????????
2006-10-25 18:35:56 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋