Winter days are for spending more time at home, and with children we always look for fun ways and ideas so they can be entertained. Among the various forms of entertainment we can find challenges like the ones we propose below, they are a very effective strategy that helps promote your cognitive development.
The challenges to do at home are another of the functions so that children can explore, discover and arouse your curiosity much more. When it comes to playing sports, they also help to enhance coordination and balance, to keep your physical appearance in shape. And how is it all about the ultimate fun too we stimulate their emotional development.
Challenges to do at home
If we have time to enjoy with our children we can participate in all the games and challenges with them. It is a way to provide them with more security and to enhance our inter-family relationships, it will help us all enjoy success. In order to enjoy those magical moments, we propose challenges such as the following:
To do a puzzle
It is sure to be one of the entertainment games that are not lacking at home. As a challenge it can be proposed between several participants make a puzzle in the shortest time possible. With this game we will help stimulate memory and cognitive skills.
Challenges to guess objects
There is a game in the market called Gastón Cabezón, where you have to put your hand inside the head and take out an object chosen by the game. In our case we can recreate a similar game. Inside a cloth sack we can put different small and everyday objects, the challenge is to reach out and try to guess what object they are holding before taking it out. Whoever hits the most objects will be the winner.
Create a recipe
Children love to cook and how challenging they can participate in creating a recipe. We have countless recipes to make with them and the brownie cake recipe We have it on our blog and be able to do it with the little ones. It is quite a challenge to do anything in the kitchen and to be able to touch textures and find out flavors, that is why almost everyone is excited to enter the kitchen. You can also read how to learn to cook with cooking games to go much further into his world.
Dunk a ball
This game is as simple as trying hit a ball as many times as possible. With just a bucket or a trash can and a small ball we can create this fun and entertaining challenge. Instead of using a ball we can do it with an inflated balloon. The challenge would consist of making the balloon with the air of the movement of the hands and without touching it.
Create an origami figure
Crafts are another useful way to create a game with a purpose. Or we can make the imagination of the little ones soar and challenge them to invent easy and specific figures like an airplane or a small animal.
Or for children with more dexterity abilities they can be encouraged to do a specific figure with some marked and specified steps. In the video that we show you below you can find some funny figures.
Paint a drawing with your feet
Have you ever thought about how fun painting with your feet can be? If children have the dexterity to hold a brush with their foot they can begin to try to draw something specific as a challenge. If they still can't grasp anything because they are too small, they can draw with their toes. The idea is to be able to make a drawing as detailed as possible and then compare it with others.