what can I do to burn off a two years olds energy when we are stuck indoors it is pouring outside.?

Question

he is just running around the house

Answer 1

let him keep running. I wrestle and tickle my little guy. but they do have alot of energy at this age.
momof4

Answer 2

Sit down with paper and crayons and draw a picture, when he sees what you're doing, he might want to join you. Or for a little while play marching band, put a tape in and you both take a pot and a wooden cooking spoon and walk around the table up and down the stairs etc. If all fails put Barney on, mabe you have a sing along tape use that for 10 minutes or so. Play hide and seek.
Lay on the floor and do bicyle, maybe he'll join you and you both get some exercise.Play with play doh, bake cookies.

Answer 3

Have a dance contest!
My 4 year old son runs around when he's finished with his toys and suddenly gets bored, that and makes noise, along with my 19 month old that takes right after him as soon as it starts I grab one of the many childrens music CD's and pop it right in.
Whoever can make up the silliest dance gets to pick a big sticker and put it in their sticker book. You can buy all kids of stickers at drugstores, walmart, walgreens even the store, grab all different kinds, ones that are big, silly, bright with color.
Now both my kids can burn energy within the time it takes to run a 30 minute music CD. I use the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse one, that's a favorite, or for real good laughs I grab the Veggie Tales SIlly Songs with Larry, and watch them go all at it. It's a great way for all of you to just goof around and yet get rid of energy. It really ends up helping when I have to get supper ready, call out a dance contest and have them out of the kitchen long enough to get things going and by the time dinner is ready they want to be sitting and feeding up their empty stomachs.

Good luck!

You can also get games like twister or somthing to get them moving around, if you've got a garage you can have an indoor bubble room. Get the bubbles out and blow them around int he garage have your kid try and catch as many as he can.

Hope something helped, have fun!

Answer 4

Get a treadmill turn him loose or give him some jobs around the house . get a older person he doesnt know very well so his over abundance of energy will be controled by him, they always act different when in the presents of a so called stranger.
or put his rain coat and hat on and take him for a walk.

Answer 5

Do you have a treadmill? My son would run on the treadmill alot.. which now he is 5 and loves to run races and wins them too, he has medals. But this helped us. Also show them how to do jumping jacks.. this will help with hand and feet coordination as well. Play ring a round the rosie, or london bridge.. games with alot of up and down in them. Help bring on an nap quickly.

Answer 6

Dance!! I had a snow day yesterday and my little guy and I pulled up some videos on line to dance to-Fergie, Gwenn, Shakira-not the norms so it was new for him. We danced till I worked up a sweat and he clapped, twirled, shook, and showed me his belly button (thanks Fergie). We ate a great lunch of home made cornbread (from a mix-he helped) and cheese cubes and then went down for a long and well earned nap! We dance to Wiggles a lot-they are great, but this was something new and the music style was different so it held his interest much longer than usual.

Answer 7

Playing is one of the primary ways in which your toddler learns. Playing allows toddlers to build upon their relationships with their parents, siblings, and other toddlers. It also allows them to improve their coordination skills and use their imagination and creativity.

Play permits a toddler to be older than his actual age. Many of the things he is too small to do in real life can be done during playtime.
Playing also allows your little one to learn about the world around them. It gives them the opportunity to observe cause-and-effect relationships and test theories. By dumping a cup of water on a pile of dirt, your budding scientist discovers how to create mud, for example.
Playing helps improve fine-motor skills involving the use of his hands or fingers and eye-hand coordination. While playing, your toddler can build a tower out of blocks, shape a mound of clay into a dinosaur, and create a picture using crayons and paper. This type of play is also excellent for encouraging your toddler’s sense of creativity.

Take a cardboard toilet paper tube. Using paper and adhesive tape, block off the end of the tube. Fill it up ¼ ways with uncooked rice and then tape the other side shut. Your child will enjoy making sounds with their new shaker. For other varieties, replace the rice with uncooked lentils, kidney beans, noodles, little pebbles and other non-toxic noise making things. Show the toddlers what you are putting inside and explain that they can't be eaten. Watch the child closely.


Match Game

Go around your house and find plastic containers with a lid or ask the toddlers parent to bring in some. Good choices are shampoo bottles and caps, hand-cream tubes and caps, margarine containers and lids, milk jugs and caps,... Make sure the containers are clean and dry. Set them out separately on a table and ask the children to match which lid goes with which container.


Paper Tearing

Sit down with the children and show them how to tear paper. There's a technique to it. They'll most likely crumple it up in the beginning. Have them listen to the sound and make strips all over. Try different papers, such as tissue paper, sand paper and cardboard.


Bean Bag Box

Use two or three supermarket boxes and cut off the tops. Have the children step back about five feet and try to throw (underhand) the beanbags inside the boxes. Use this activity to reinforce words like inside, outside, and beside. They'll be practicing their throwing skills as well. Now ask them what other thing can they do with beanbags. Wear them on their heads, on their shoulders on the top of their feet, hands out and have beanbags resting on their palms. 'Wearing' the bean-bags, make them walk, sit, and crawl.
No Mess Painting

Take a plastic zipper storage bag and place a about two-three tablespoons of thick paint. Close the bag and tape to prevent an accidental opening. Show the children what happens when they push and manipulate the bag. For an added variety, place one color in one corner and another color in the other corner. Watch the children mix the colors.

Humpty Dumpty
Use the plastic eggs that separate , toddlers will have fun just trying to open and close them.

Playing shouldn’t be viewed as pointless or unproductive. It is actually an integral part of your toddler’s emotional and intellectual growth and should be encouraged. So let him play, it’s time well spent!

Answer 8

I know what you mean. Our son is watched during the day by my grandma and it's too much for her. SOOO what we did is we bought a play yard. It's huge and he has tons of toys in it. Sometimes we even put in this tent in it.... that way he's in a concetrated area and not driving you insane ;)

Answer 9

nicely Why dont u make her like a pillow or a sweater reason she is ninety years previous and the considered giving her some thing handmade is marvelous reason u could make her a oranament or like iron a %of the whole relatives on a polliow for suggestions!

Answer 10

my husband runs around with my daughter lol, she gets tired after a while. ot try doing a craft project or some quiet reading.