Yes, you are correct. Kids require a daily routine apart from brushing teeth during Lockdown. Timetable helps to make the child scheduled and disciplined. Being in this lockdown situation for more than two months has made each of us lazy & inactive and have no idea how long it will continue.
Even
if the lockdown opens, social distancing remains the same. Forget about taking
your child to parks, gardens, malls. It is just in dreams.
There
is worse to come. Now with the approach of summer vacations kids won’t be
having their live classes as well.
That
means
No
Live Classes
No
Summer Camps
No
Holiday Trips
No
Nani House
Nothing
It
would be not lesser than a self quarantine with your child. In short, ‘NO
TIME FOR YOURSELF’, ‘NO BREATHE IN PEACE’
Being
a parent we know how difficult it is to keep the child occupied for a long
period of time. They have a very small attention span and we have a very small
patience level.
Being
an adult we can make our mind understand ‘2020 is not a Summer Break
enjoying year.’ But for kids the scenario is totally different.
For them 2020: Summer breaks are just similar to any other year’s Summer
Breaks. They want to relax, mingle with friends, join summer camps and
enjoy the whole day.
Here
comes the importance of having a daily routine. It will help to schedule
both kids and ourselves. This is the time to spend quality time with them and
share lifelong memorable moments.
Now
what comes to mind is, ‘How to set up a daily routine?’, ‘What is to be
included and what not?’ The ball is in our hand.
We
have to plan the daily routine in such a way that we can include mental,
intellectual, physical and interactive activities for the overall development
of the child.
Following
are the recommended skills that should be included in the daily routine for
kids at home:
1. Movement Skills:
Kids
are energetic. It is very important for us to plan the time table in such a way
that we can utilize their extra energy in a positive manner. Try to include
some hopping, running, jumping activities, which is their all time favourite
activity and also necessary for their overall development.
You
can even plan games like ‘Simon says’, ‘Fire in the mountain’, ‘Four corners’,
‘Treasure Hunt’, etc
2. Learning Skills:
Plan
activities in such a way where their logical skills and memory skills are bought
to use. If you ask your child to get their books or ask them to study they
won’t seem to be much interested. But if the same studies are done through a
play way method I am sure they would love it.
इतना तो बच्चों
के लिए कर ही सकते है।
3. Creative Skills:
Each
child is creative by nature. Some are good in drawing, colouring, painting or
paper folding. There are a different set of kids who are good in imagination.
These
are the best techniques to keep them involved in an activity for a long period
of time and for their overall development. If you accompany them it would be
cherry on the top.
You
can refer to DIY videos which are available online for many easy craft ideas.
Try
identifying your kids creative skills and motivate them to specialize further
in it.
4. Reading Skills:
Reading
not only means reading their school books but a variety of books. It could be a
story book, fictional book, science & nature book, fantasy book, moral book
or even a horror book.
Reading
is always fun for kids. As per their taste and mood let them choose a book and
indulge them in self reading. Bedtime reading is recommended as it helps you in
empowering your imagination skills.
Reading
is fun and enhances your vocabulary, language, thoughts and inspires you to
fight against difficulties.
Try
involving a number of languages while you are reading. You won’t realize when
your child will turn multi-lingual.
5. Instructive Skills:
Children
are their own instructor. They don’t like to listen. But we have to plan our
daily schedule in such a way where they have to bid on the instructions. It
could be by playing a board game or some sought of racing or even 1 minute
games works wonders in this.
Involving
your child in role play activities is also a good option to enhance their
instructive skills.
6. Life Skills:
Pampering
your child is good but too much of anything is bad. Right from the beginning
try to introduce a few life skills in kids apt to their age.
It
could be as silly as sharing things, keeping their plates to doing some
household chores.
To
develop their interest in cooking it could be introduced at a very early age.
Baking a cake, making sandwiches, topping their own pizza, making some juice,
rolling chapati, etc could be a few introductory activities for kids.
7. Camping Skills:
Doing
something different from the usual is always exciting for the little ones.
Camping is one amongst them. You can prepare a tent out of your blankets or bed
sheets and give them that camping feeling.
In
this camp you can read stories or watch movies, documentaries, etc. Can chill
with some munchies and juices or maggi.
Camping
is not only fun but also teaches a lot. One of the most important things that
children learn through camping is to overcome the fear of darkness.
To sum it up,
preparing a daily routine might cause:
Increase in
your work pressure
A lot of
thinking & research
A lot of
planning & preparations
But
when you see the smile on their faces, their happiness, their excitement, their
curiosity YOU FEEL IT’S WORTH IT.
Try
it yourself. I am sure you will experience the same. Special request to all
the father’s, you must also get actively involved with your wives in
making this summer break a memorable one for all.
