On days when it is cold outside, with none of the powdery stuff, we end up playing with the kids. D has an ongoing contract with A to play Monopoly (Trade). We just started on chinese checkers and checkers. Some past winters were spent in rockville ice sports -watching them skate. But they are now bored going round and round.. and would prefer to snowboard outside, except as S puts it "grass is showing!". I will probably take them to the indoor baseball practice and the pool. Weekends tend to get tougher with me wanting to stay indoors and do chores, while the kids are bored since they only get to watch one show and maybe 20 min of computer time each.
Of course, they could utilize this time to practice music... but that is asking too much of them at least in our house. They don't seem to be interested in painting and only pick up their legos at 10pm in order to delay bedtime.
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Padmaja
Keeping kids busy without the use of electronics is a big challenge. My kids strategy is to drive me nuts until I say, "fine - you can go on the computer". But I think you are right, if you suggest a board game and are willing to play with them, they will play. But we then get into the argument of which game we should play. Another option is to get them to help with cooking. My kids love to help in rolling dough, mixing ingredients, etc.
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