Fun Summer Activities for Kids By MPower

The need to prioritize your holistic well-being is of paramount importance given the soaring and record-shattering high temperatures this year. With the #HealthySummerWithActivLiving campaign, we urge you to adhere to a balanced diet, focus on your fitness, and be of sound mind to lead a healthy lifestyle.

The pandemic has left a social, psychological, and educational impact on children. Many countries have now closed schools as a part of efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus, leaving many parents to juggle between their own job and a role of a teacher. The aim is to keep children focused and motivated to continue studying while providing them with enough productive activities to keep them occupied. However, some might see this additional family time, as an opportunity to teach children life skills.

Outdoor activities for children have reduced and there is a significant dependence on digital screens.

Here is the list of activities that can engage the child on a daily basis.

ACTIVITIES 

ACTIVITY 1( ART & CRAFT) 

By involving your child in art and craft, you will help them to augment their creativity and spend productive time.

ART (ICE PAINTING) 

• Mix the paint in a small cup.
• Freeze the paint along with a stick.
• Take the ice paints and use it for painting on a sheet.

CRAFT (SOCKS PUPPET OR SOFT TOY) 

• Take a pair of socks.
• Wear it on your hands or fill it with (waste papers or old pieces of cloth staple it or stitch it)
• Draw eyes and nose with a dark marker pen or stick googly eyes if you have.
• Add hair to your own liking.

ACTIVITY 2 (FIRELESS COOKING) 

INDIAN NACHOS 

• Take some salty biscuits.
• Chop onions, tomatoes, and cheese.
• Arrange the biscuits on a plate and add the onions, tomatoes, and cheese on the biscuits. 
• Add salt and pepper to your taste.

Indians nachos are ready to be served

ACTIVITY 3 (TREASURE HUNT – WITH PUZZLES) 

• Take a puzzle.
• Hide the puzzle pieces in various places in the house.
• Leave clues for the child to search.
• The child needs to collect all the pieces of the puzzle.
• In the end, the child needs to gather and complete the puzzle.

The child gets a reward for the completion of the task

ACTIVITY 4 (PUBLIC SPEAKING) 

• Write simple topics on chits( eg: holiday, best friend, environment, picnic, favourite food etc).
• Ask the child to pick a chit and prepare 5 to 8 sentences about the topic in 3 to 5 minutes or according to the child’s comfort.
• The child needs to narrate the same as per his convenience.

ACTIVITY 5 ( BUILDING A FORT) 

• Take a bedsheet to make a fort.
• Add items such as flashlights, cushions, music, toys, etc.
• To have some more fun, have a picnic inside the fort.

ACTIVITY 6 (MEMORY GAME) 

• Take a box, place 10 objects inside the box.
• Show the objects placed inside the box to the child.
• Ask the child to name all the objects inside the box without seeing them.

ACTIVITY 7 (LIFE SKILLS) 

• Encouraging children to learn basic laundry. (loading the clothes into the washing machine, putting them out to dry, etc.)
• Encouraging to set up the table (plates, spoons, glasses, etc.)
• Encouraging to arrange to stack his/her cupboard.
• Encourage the child to keep the house organized and clean  (dusting, arranging toys, etc).

On completion of the task, the child gets a reward ( snacks, screen time for few minutes, etc.)