Wednesday, 30 January 2008

Childrens Top Ten Tips for Parents, Child Development Advice & Information

Childrens Top Ten Tips for Parents, Child Development Advice & Information

Here are the childrens top ten tips reproduced from this helpful booklet:Playtime should be fun for parents and carers as well as children

(1) Parents to spend one-on-one time together with children. Make time to play, spend more uninterrupted time together, give each child special time.

(2) Go to the park and play sports together such as football, cricket, catch and go on bike rides.

(3) Play board games, cards or puzzles as a family.

(4) Dad to not go on the computer as much and for mum to not do as much housework.

(5) Play active games such as piggy in the middle, chase, hide and seek and skipping.

(6) Days out together to the zoo, museum, theatre, cinema or bowling.

(7) Bake and cook together.

(8) Make things and do arts and crafts such as painting, pottery, write stories or make face masks.

(9) Parents come home from work earlier.

(10a) Be funny, playful and silly by telling jokes, be more impulsive, laugh more and jump in puddles

jointly with…

(10b) Watch TV/DVD together.

Remember, have fun yourself and it will be fun for your child!

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