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Family Activities in the Middle of a Pandemic
07 Sep 2020
Family Activities in the Middle of a Pandemic
07 Sep 2020

Limiting going out for days may feel boring  for your little one. Therefore, you need to do fun activities at home.

Here are some activities at home during the corona virus pandemic in Indonesia.


1. Family Picnic at Home

When you need to do isolation at home, it doesn't mean you can't have a picnic with your little one in a park complex. You can go on a picnic even when you're indoors.

Just take a basket (you don't have to have a food basket, you can even use a laundry basket), then invite your little one to put some supplies, as well as easy-to-pack picnic food and drinks, such as bottled juices, water bottles, paper plates, spoons and forks, and napkins.

While the kids are busy filling the baskets, you can roll out a blanket in the living room and make some sandwiches with your little one's favorite toppings.


2. Watch Favorite Movies

Activities in the house during COVID-19 which of course are common is watching movies together. You can play your little one's favorite movies, by making a comfortable living room setting more than a cinema.

You can search for it on streaming services like Netflix, or on DVD. Make sure to provide entertaining or educational shows to your little one according to their age.


3. Creative Invites Your Little One to Read

Being at home all day is a great opportunity to improve your little one's reading habit. Moreover, if there are books that have not been read by him. Make variations in reading as an activity at home during corona.

If your little one is still easily distracted, or has difficulty sitting still while reading, consider arranging a reading session. To quote TIME, 15-20 minutes a day is a great place to start.


4. Cooking Together

Use the time isolated in this house at the time of corona as a way to bond with your little one, one of which is cooking together.

When involving children in the cooking process, your little one is not only familiar with the variety of foods and cooking methods, but also learns age-appropriate developmental skills.


5. Both Do Beauty Care

Boys enjoy facials or foot scrubs, and girls also want to use colored nail polish. You can do body and facial treatments as an activity at home during an interesting corona.

Make several masks from natural ingredients, or do salon-style activities such as cream baths, or light massages. With this, your little one will also feel more relaxed and don't feel anxious when he has to be at home for days.


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