Often, the very first trip with the youngest member of the family to a summer hacienda leaves young parents confused. What games can you offer your child to interest and entertain? After all, you won't get a full arsenal of educational toys from the city … However, you can organize a safe and exciting business with the help of simple improvised means.
It is easy to instill a naturalist interest in a preschool child with homemade terrariums. You can catch the inhabitants for them with jam or sugar. The bait is placed in a glass jar, the container is dug in in the shade of the bushes up to the very neck. Cover the top of the trap, leaving a small gap. After observing the beetles and ants, you need to release them. At the same time, explaining to the kid the difference between scientific interest and tormenting animals.
You can also put an earthworm in a jar for a couple of days, if one suddenly crawls out to the surface of the earth. Comfort in the dwelling is provided by pouring a layer of gravel flooded with water on the bottom, and several layers of earth and sand on top. The jar is wrapped in dark paper and looked into the "terrarium" through small windows. Of course, the worm will also need to be released later.
Little girls will be fascinated by the weaving of wreaths and the process of creating flower dolls. As a base - a twig or a toothpick, the head is an unopened bud or a lush flower, a skirt is made from opened flowers or grass. Sintered boxes and packaging for juice and milk are suitable for building a house and making furniture for it.
Are children eager to paint on wallpaper? Let them realize their potential in the country! Take away the iron garage door for drawing with crayons, and you can wield gouache on the fence. Bright stains will be washed away by the nearest rain, or you can wash the "easel" together with the child with a stream from the shower. You can do without paints altogether by giving the child a bucket of water and a paint brush. Let him draw wet patterns on the fence, at the same time tell him what water evaporation is.
The childhood of modern parents, even in the city, included cooking "soup" of burdocks, earth and water from a nearby puddle. Nowadays, few people in the city courtyard are satisfied with such a game. But in the country, you can build a whole kitchen for the kid from old boxes, give him unnecessary plastic containers and disposable dishes. To "products", in addition to earth and water, add small stones, flowers and leaves, grass, sawdust, even a little beans and peas - let the process be almost real. Order a set lunch from the young chef: salad, soup, main course and compote. The game will not only keep the child entertained, but will also help develop imagination and fine motor skills.
And instead of the usual sandbox, give the crumbs a large basin with "moon sand". Unlike the usual one, it holds its shape well and allows you to create interesting crafts. To make it, combine sand (4 parts), starch (2 parts) and water (1 part). If the mass dries up, it is enough to sprinkle it with water and knead the lumps with your hands.
And do not hesitate to allocate a corner of the site for a family fire. He doesn't have to be big, the main thing is the play of live fire and the general gathering of the whole family at the hearth. Fry a piece of bread or marshmallows for your baby on a fire, tell us how you spent your summer when you were little.
