Travel Game for small kids-Mix geography with travel.

 

During the holidays Me and my little one was in search for some or other innovative ideas to keep our wandering souls busy.So during the one of lazy afternoon,K pulled me to play ‘TRAIN TRAIN’ game.She wanted me to be a passenger and her pretending to be Travel planner,Ticket checker,Engine driver and last guide.I enjoyed her version of train train very much.

We started our tour with making train with dinning chairs in a line.Then we made K little tour office,where I gave different colourful postcard which we been collecting through post crossing ,added attraction to travel in India book (A lonely planet travel survival kit,it’s a old edition).So Travel Office is all set ,train is also ready.We are leaving,Bye bye!!

I entered K’s travel office,and I was offered lot of travel opportunity from India to different countries in the world.So once I lock my travel destination,my little one takes me to touring,pretending to having international cuisine,enjoying sanctuary,waterfall or snow filled area according the place of choice.While doing same we enjoyed clicking different animals in the sanctuary,playing with the snow balls(we did same during Manali trip),Making snowman,enjoying under the waterfall.Oh my pretending and enjoying so much !!

We enjoyed playing same for  more than one hours,then we shifted our focus to make our own travelogue.Yes!!! when K heard the idea got excited to try the same.So our first hunt was to get some pictures which we extracted from the newspaper(otherwise taking printout from google search is also good option).

So next we made some travelogue categorized same as  green travel,food options,one into sanctuary plus oil refineries.Friends it was really fun for kids to know different places through playful method .

I have already thought to take this journey forward with some more planned tours.I would love to have your views for the same.

 

Ashu

Hula Hoop-Self motivating experience after series of trial and error.

 

Khwaish demanding two toys from last week,one she mentioned to me as circle which we can twirled around the body,I knew what she is asking for but honestly I did not know that its Hula Hoop.Second one on her list was binocular which again she don’t know the name,she explained me by putting round folded finger around her eyes and I know what is her demand.

To explore what she wanted  to do with toys,we bought same from Sapna book house last weekend,and went to friend’s place.Well we know kids won’t  hold their patience for long time,so she unwrapped her Hula hoop,and started giving try for the same.

She have never tried Hula Hoop,its just that she have seen same at her school.So after all her trial and error,she explored how she can rotate this colourful circle around her body.I ‘m glad to hear her voice declaring ‘Mamma I can do it,I have learned’.I guess I ‘m feeling proud to see my little one exploring and creating her own ways to learn and train herself.This is surely self-motivating experience for her.

Next day onwards,its now classes for us to learn Hula hoop at home,my husband and me giving best try to learn fast from her .I’m overjoyed with this experience of learning from my little teacher,although I have lots of learning in the process of motherhood itself.

 

So what are your kids teaching you today?

 

Ashu