4 year olds

What do you do to keep your 4 year old entertained in the winter when having to stay cooped up in the house?

Why are you couped up?

Quoting Brayden Todd's Mommy:" What do you do to keep your 4 year old entertained in the winter when having to stay cooped up in the house? "

My girls do puzzles, we read books, color, write our letters and numbers, count objects, sing, dance, play games ect...

The options at 4 are endless. They are very imaginative at this age.

Quoting Brayden Todd's Mommy:" What do you do to keep your 4 year old entertained in the winter when having to stay cooped up in the house? "

I certainly hope you aren't implying that it is too cold to play outside for your area. lol

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<blockquote><b>Quoting Not tellin:</b>" I certainly hope you aren't implying that it is too cold to play outside for your area. lol http: ... [snip!] ... I certainly hope you aren't implying that it is too cold to play outside for your area. lol http://www.bing.com/weather/search?q=weather%20in%20nauvoo%20alabama&unit=F&qpvt=weather+in+nauvoo+alabama&FORM=DTPWEA"</blockquote>


That's what I was confused about too haha. We go outside at any temperature even of its 5 mins. Cold Fresh air prevents illness.

Quoting lolajessup:" <blockquote><b>Quoting Not tellin:</b>" I certainly hope you aren't implying that ... [snip!] ... what I was confused about too haha. We go outside at any temperature even of its 5 mins. Cold Fresh air prevents illness."

That is an old wives tale but, it is still good to get out and get some exercise. My kids all get out unless it is too cold or snowing/raining. If I can see my breath we don't play outdoors. The girls play outside at preschool. My little guy pretty much gets from the house to the car unless it is a nice day then he plays outside with the girls after they get out of school.

We go out for at least 15 minutes a day (depending on the temp) unless it's in the teens or negative numbers then we stay inside and my 3 year old just gets cabin fever and goes crazy for a few days lol

Lots of things:

Museums
Painting/art
Bowling (home with a ball and random objects or at an alley)
Movie theater ($3 for both of us   can't beat it!)
Making forts
Playing Dino chase (I'm an herbivore, he's a T. rex)
Playing chase of all kinds (he=predator, I=prey)
Tag
Red light green light
Simon says
Hide and seek
Cooking together
Hopscotch (masking tape on carpet! Easy!)
Puzzles/board games (candy land, hungry hippos, elefun, whack-a-mole)
"Sinky sand" (pillows = safe, floor = death!)
Make salt-dough fossils
Read books
Make a room dark and make shadow puppets
Make a puppet theater/sock puppets
Challenge him in yoga   he is awesomely stretchy!
Get him to help me clean (he sprays the vinegar, I wipe. He febreezes)
Twister
Legos
Make tracks for his cars (masking tape on carpet!)
Play trains.
Dance party
Cartoons (can't avoid TV all winter!)
Write a story together (I write his words and help him draw and he colors)
Have nerf gun wars
Pillow fight
Make towel cape super heroes (I am supermom!!!)
Give each other crazy hair
Vinegar + baking soda + toy mountain
Glow sticks + bathtub
Text or call family so he stays in touch
Plot surprises for Daddy
Invite friends over

<blockquote><b>Quoting P Pickle Pants:</b>" Lots of things: Museums Painting/art Bowling (home with a ball and random objects or at an alley) Movie ... [snip!] ... + toy mountain Glow sticks + bathtub Text or call family so he stays in touch Plot surprises for Daddy Invite friends over"</blockquote>

Omg I'm totally doing a glow stick bath!!!

<blockquote><b>Quoting lolajessup:</b>" <blockquote><b>Quoting P Pickle Pants:</b>" Lots of things: Museums Painting/art Bowling ... [snip!] ... he stays in touch Plot surprises for Daddy Invite friends over"</blockquote> Omg I'm totally doing a glow stick bath!!!"</blockquote>




It's freaking awesome. And they're $1 for 5 at Target.

It takes 2 of the bracelet kind to make it awesome---I wanna do it with a military spec chem light (super glow stick for emergency use)

Quoting P Pickle Pants:" Lots of things: Museums Painting/art Bowling (home with a ball and random objects or at an alley) Movie ... [snip!] ... + toy mountain Glow sticks + bathtub Text or call family so he stays in touch Plot surprises for Daddy Invite friends over"

I am stealing a few of these :-)

<blockquote><b>Quoting P Pickle Pants:</b>" <blockquote><b>Quoting lolajessup:</b>" <blockquote><b>Quoting P Pickle ... [snip!] ... 2 of the bracelet kind to make it awesome---I wanna do it with a military spec chem light (super glow stick for emergency use)"</blockquote>

Lmao!! I think we still have some leftover from DDs bday treat bags. So two bracelets is the right Amt of light? Is one not good enough?

<blockquote><b>Quoting Mylittleone's (B.B.M):</b>" I am stealing a few of these :-)"</blockquote>

We do preschool stuff too (colors, letters, shapes, numbers, addition, subtraction, writing, memorizing his address, our names, phone number, dinosaur facts, animal facts, basic science, basic history, anatomy, math, etc.

Kid loves to learn about everything. He's insane!

<blockquote><b>Quoting lolajessup:</b>" <blockquote><b>Quoting P Pickle Pants:</b>" <blockquote><b>Quoting lolajessup:</b>" ... [snip!] ... think we still have some leftover from DDs bday treat bags. So two bracelets is the right Amt of light? Is one not good enough?"</blockquote>

One is okay, but not bright. I use 2. Still need the door cracked with a light on in the hall usually.

Quoting P Pickle Pants:" <blockquote><b>Quoting Mylittleone's (B.B.M):</b>" I am stealing a few of these :-)"</blockquote> ... [snip!] ... facts, animal facts, basic science, basic history, anatomy, math, etc. Kid loves to learn about everything. He's insane!"

Yea we do a lot of pre-k stuff I recently just bought him the Tag junior and he has been obsessed with it for days now and he likes to read regular books as well. We work with his number he is at 25 so we are trying to get to 30 and he knows most of his alphabet.

When it comes to writing their name and what not what do you find to be the best way to help them learn how to draw the letters? The tracing books or?