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PARENT CONNECTION: Caught inside on a rainy day? Stuck at home with a bad cold? Nothing to do but the same old thing? Why not try a Busy Bin. It's easy and it's fun for families with young children. Here's all you need:
And here are activity ideas to get you started! Just have your child reach in a pick one! Indoor sandbox - only use rice, oatmeal or dried beans, plus spoons, cups, jars and gadgets to fill, measure, scoop and swirl! Cardboard playhouse - use an empty appliance box and cut out a window and a door flap. Child can wallpaper it using old wallpaper books and a big paintbrush with diluted wallpaper paste. Use a shower curtain to protect the floor or set it up in the yard or basement. Bake - a mud pie meat loaf or make Jell-O™ shapes that jiggle! Cookie dough - make shapes, letters, and numbers. Musical instruments - make them using dried beans and two paper plates stapled together. Add yarn and ribbon streamers for effect. Sunday comics - cut out and make a picture with your own words. Finger paint - with yogurt or vanilla pudding. Flag - create a family flag with marking pens and an old white pillow case, and mount it in a window. Photo album - get out the old family albums and turn the pages together. Popcorn - pop the corn and string to make a necklace, a streamer or a wreath; or glue to cardboard in the shape of the letters of your name. Indoor tent - put several chairs together and cover with a blanket or large cloth; gather stuffed animals of a picnic. Masking tape roads - create roads and highways on the floor for hours of fun with small cars. Get well cards - use paper, marking pens, and stickers to create get well cards for friends and the elderly. You might want to have children's scissors, cellophane tape, a small stapler, and extra envelopes as well. .....Karin Klein, Administrator, Red Hill School, Red Hill, PA. Parent Connection Archive |
