13 ways to keep your child entertained during the fall break

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

On the eve of the autumn holidays, Lifehacker will tell you what to do with the children when it is disgusting and wet outside, and you want to relax and have fun.

Autumn break lasts only a week, and this is far from the best week of the year. It's slush on the street, the mood is so-so, I want to sleep until lunchtime, bury myself in the TV and watch cartoons.

But the best rest is a change of activity, so don't waste time and take the holidays into your own hands.

A few rules for a good vacation:

• In the first two or three days, which fall on the weekend, allow your child to be lazy and do nothing at all. Sleep, eat, stick in your tablet, take a walk to the nearest movie - that's all right. Fall break is needed for respite. A few days of seal rest will be just right.
• Then you need to do your homework in order to forget about them, like about a nightmare, until the end of the week and not remember every evening that the lessons have not been done, but time is running out.
• And only then come to grips with entertainment.

Where to go on vacation

Don't sit at home. If you can't get out for a week and go on a trip, spend more time outdoors. When you get tired of collecting leaves and acorns for crafts, think of something more exciting.

1. View all posters in your city

Museums, exhibition centers and theaters are preparing special programs for the fall holidays. In just 10 minutes spent looking at the posters, you will create a program for the entire vacation.

Allow your child to choose what events he wants to attend, so as not to drag him out of the house against his wishes.

2. Go to another city

A good way to spend your holidays when everything in your hometown has already been examined. The main thing is not to choose an excursion at a travel agency, but to go on your own.

Choose one of the neighboring cities, find the sights you want to visit, book a hotel for a couple of days and go.

Explain to your child how to use city maps, how to navigate unfamiliar streets, how to politely ask for directions and specify where the bus is going. Such little things are even more interesting to study than new museums and exhibitions.

At the same time, you will show the children how to plan a trip correctly, where and how to buy tickets, what services to use to find a hotel. It will be useful for high school students, especially if they are going to study in another city.

3. Find the deepest puddle in the park

Fighting bad weather is useless, so use it. Fun for younger students: bring rubber boots, a stick, a marker and a ruler. Mark the stick and go measure the depth of the surrounding puddles. Write down the results in a special notebook. In this case, each puddle must be sketched.

If you take measurements every day for a week, you will get a ready-made project that will be useful in school. This will help to look at the slush from a different angle and spur interest in research.

4. Lay out a maze of leaves

On a walk in the park, take advantage of what nature has given, and lay out a maze of leaves. At first, you will work hard to make an interesting track. Then the children will play it perfectly.

5. Ride a horse

This is not a five-minute ride in the park, but a full-fledged lesson in an equestrian club. Horse riding is an active sport with which you will not freeze in any weather. And acquaintance with horses will cheer up: horses are warm, huge, each with a unique character.

6. Take part in a charity event

Volunteer with older students: help organizers of a charity event, spend a day at an animal shelter, plant a tree, or help clean up the playground. Socially useful work ennobles and gives a lot of interesting experience.

What to do at home

When rain and wind are kept out, find activities that are warm and cozy. Someone likes DIY projects and quiet activities, while others do not want to sit at the table and collect another craft from leaves and cones. For such people, there is more interesting entertainment.

7. Arrange a board game championship

Bring out a new board game every night to keep the whole family busy. Record the results in a table in order to sum up the results and give out prizes at the end of the holidays.

Aerobatics - come up with your own board, draw cards and write down the rules.

8. Start Exercising

On the autumn holidays, you should not get too far out of the regime. After the first days of unrestrained rest, you need to return to your work rhythm so as not to go to school completely overwhelmed.

But try waking your child up early on vacation. It's time to put family exercises into the daily routine with some funny music.

9. Throw a pajama party

At school, children communicate a lot with classmates, so there may not be enough team during the holidays, especially towards the end of the week. Invite your child to invite friends to a pajama party with cartoons (or movies, depending on the child's age), funny and not entirely healthy snacks and horror stories.

10. Get a pet

If you wanted to get a pet, then the fall vacation is the time. The child will have a lot of free time, which he will spend on a new friend, and the animal will be able to adapt to your home in a week.

During the holidays, the child will learn the basic rules of caring for an animal and will be able to integrate communication with him into his schedule.

11. Have a dress up marathon

It takes a little more imagination than the rest of the activities, but the end result is more fun.

Think about what each new day will be dedicated to. For example, Monday for the sea, Tuesday for the sky, and so on. On Monday, put on a vest or something striped, assign roles (who is the captain, who is the boatswain) and until the end of the day communicate as if you were on a sailing ship. During the day, have time to polish the deck, load supplies into the hold (that is, go to the store and fill the refrigerator). At the same time, tell your child everything that is connected with "sea" affairs: why watch is needed, what is a compass for, how to navigate by the stars, and so on.

This marathon can be combined with any other entertainment. Choose exhibitions, cartoons and games on a given topic.

Make costumes from scrap materials. Dressing up helps you get into the topic faster. Do not forget to take pictures in images.

12. Make new sweets every day

Cookies, donuts, pies and anything that will help you get more warmth and energy on autumn evenings. At the same time, teach your child to cook.

13. Make a feeder

It will get quite cold soon, but you will have time to make a bird feeder out of anything: wood, tin can or plastic bottle. Perhaps it is useful not only for birds.