Screen Free Activities- I

      

          The Universal prayer of the parents in this pandemic is to engage their kids without gadgets.  Let's try our best to  achieve it. The below listed tasks are not, what I read or I learnt. They are what I experienced. So let's give a try.


1. Create Your colour:

  

                  


        Kids are generally excited to play with water as well as colours. What if, we give them both. Yes, give them three to four basic colours mixed with water. It can be the primary colours such as Red, Yellow and Blue. Give them a glass of water and a tray sort of thing with many compartments like ice cube tray or simply cookies come in a plastic tray covered with the wrapper. Some spoon or dropper or ink filler. Ask them to mix the given colours in different combinations and try to find many new colours. Really you amaze with the kids reaction, when they do this, as it indulges them with various colours. Make them feel like Scientist, when they combine and create new colours. You  just need some kesari powder, turmeric powder or any food colours or even water colours which is almost available all time and it is inexpensive too.
 



The keynote of this activity is create a set up for them with small containers, tiny spoons, a mess mat, if possible an apron. Let them feel like they are doing a great job. Even, we can teach primary and secondary colours with this task.                                                             
                                                                                                                                                         2. Shape your Shape: 


Give them a big piece of paper. Just roughly teach them how to tear a paper with the help of a ruler. If they are good and safe in handling kids scissor, let them do it with it. Provide them a list, like a menu card, that you need some 4 red squares, 2 blue rectangles,etc. Ask them to prepare those many shapes with the prescribed colours. Eventually, they are learning to colour in the small space, learning to tear with or without scissor and also about the shapes.                                                                                 



       3. Draw your alphabets:

     Issue them some papers, colour pencils or sketches along with different stencils. Let them create their name , their family members name with the help of stencils and different colours. Rather than writing the alphabets monotonously, it will be somewhat refreshing.





4. Go Green Games:

        Collect leaves of various sizes and shapes. Make them touch and feel them. And also, we can tell , how plants are preparing it's own food. Ask them to trace the outline of various leaves and reproduce the same look as a drawing. They may wonder how leaves are of these many varied patterns and sizes.

    Just  analyse, how they are minutely detailing the look of the given leaf. We may awestruck at the end of their output.


            These activities will be fine with the kids between 4 and 7 years. All kids are not the same. We can't expect them to listen to us always. So, even they dislike these activities and never give a glance over it at times. But, randomly it may help to engage them in some means. Before give up, why can't we give a chance.


 

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