These easy toddler activity ideas will keep kids busy long enough for you to actually finish your morning coffee. (Without any screen time!)
Photo: Courtesy of Beth Rosenbleeth, Days with Grey
Do your kids wake up and go straight to TV time or tablets in the morning? There's nothing wrong with liberal amounts of screen-time (especially when we're all home indefinitely and everything is closed), but sometimes you want to attempt to keep them busy and engaged without adding to their eye-popping screen-time totals. Beth Rosenbleeth, a mom of three young kids and the owner of Days with Grey, a popular kids’ indoor activities blog and Instagram account, calls these educational activities "breakfast invitations." You can set them up the night before, repurposing stuff you already have into new indoor activities ready for your toddler or preschooler as soon as they're up and at 'em.
Here are five ideas to keep kids busy (and learning) while you get a chance to drink your morning coffee in peace.
Small cars are found in just about every room in our home. We also have construction paper. Here, the two collide for an epic activity we like to call Drive and Park Colour Sort, and I am here for it. This simple indoor activity will kick off playtime as we reinforce sorting and classifying. Find the full instructions here.
Photo: Courtesy of Beth Rosenbleeth, Days with GreyThis learning through play activity is simple, easy to set up, and is packed with a fine-motor skills punch. Sticker Match is also a risk-free way to improve pencil grip! So gather your toddler and preschooler, and let’s get these chubby little fingers moving. Find the full instructions here.
Photo: Courtesy of Beth Rosenbleeth, Days with GreyMy two-year-old likes to use his imagination, so I knew this play prompt was right up his alley. Like many toddlers, he's often reenacting scenes from the world around him: I see him making phone calls on blocks, rescuing Paw Patrol pups from danger, and wearing headphones, pretending to be on a run outside with dad. Find the full instructions here.
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