Life hacking for parents: how to entertain children of all ages

Kids enough to keep on hand, older children laugh, and with preschool children and adolescents to discuss their concerns. Find a common language can be any child.

1. Infants

If you need to sit with a very young child, do not break your head over how to entertain him. Babies simply look at you, or to sleep in your arms. If a child sleeps, hug him and put his head on her shoulder. You can walk around the room or swing in a rocking chair.

If the child is awake, put him on his lap or on the couch, so that he could see your face. Just talk about something or sing. You do not know the songs? Sing all the letters of the alphabet. And that child was interesting, move your hands to the beat of the song.

2. From 0 to 3 years

There will have some work to do. Children are already accustomed that adults tell them all sorts of nonsense, so you need to somehow entertain:

• Put something on your head. Children this may seem very funny.
• Fold one thing to another. Best of all, that it had dice, but fit and any other items. Be prepared that your pyramid immediately overturned. Therein lies all the fun.
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• Stir with your fingers on the floor. Now your hand - it's a spider. It remains to add something like, "Ooh, look out! Spider-schekotun running after you! ". You are guaranteed success.

Of course, do not tickle everyone he met a child. Especially if he does not know you and is skeptical. Let the "spider" first tickle yourself. Child will watch, or even wants to join. It is the same with other games. One child destroy your turret of cubes, and the other wants to see how it makes a soft toy. If the toy would do it until you can not see, you can pretend that you are very angry.

Here are two more guaranteed way to captivate a child:

• Juggling. If you know how to juggle, demonstrate this skill kid. The child does not know the laws of physicsSo it will seem to him a miracle.
• Inflating bubbles. Everyone will surely be fun.

3. From 3 to 8 years

Although previous tips, too, it is not necessary to discard, preschoolers can already concentrate on something more complex. For example, they can listen to the story or even the story to retell some book or cartoon.

• read the child. Stop and ask what might happen next, or look at the pictures together.
• Show some interesting game on the phone. The simpler, the better.
• Dance. It is suitable for children of any age. Turn on the music of your favorite cartoon characters and have fun.

Children at this age is often a favorite movie or animated series, and they did not quite hide. If the child has all the toys, clothing and a backpack with a picture of your favorite hero, do not ask: "So, do you like this cartoon?". It is better to ask, what is the name of the hero and what it does.

Enough a few questions that the child told you the story of a series, with it can often be intertwined with the events of other films and maintain their own imagination. Even better to look for information about the favorite characters of the child in advance, then you can ask more specific questions. You can also tell that you are looking into his childhood.

4. 9 years and older

At this age, stories and dances too will work, but there are children and their own interests. For example, they can get involved in some kind of sport, or a writer.

This means that you will surely come up with something to talk about, without resorting to annoying the question, "How was school?". Ask, what was the last book, the child read a movie or look at some interesting game play. Or mention something that you like, and ask his opinion.

If you want to spend time not only in conversation, here's a few tips:

• Play board games.
• Offer to cook something together and allow your child to command. Let him decide what to cook and how to decorate the dish.
• Look funny videos on YouTube.

Children of this age seem to be representatives of another species, if you are not used to them. But if you make a little effort to know them better, you'll see that you have a lot in common.

Do not be afraid to offer a "children's" occupation older children. Simply adapt the game to their interests and abilities.

You can simultaneously play with children of different ages. For example, ask a three-year child, as he usually entertains the little sister, or have five years to practice with a decade of some funny song or a game. Surely soon everyone will laugh.