No electronics needed: Unplug and connect with these home activities
The National Association for the Education of Young Children’s ongoing advice for guardians and parents is to have daily “connect time” with children.
“Schedule time for doing an activity of your child’s choosing. Be sure to follow through and complete the activity without any distractions. Try not to text, answer calls, scroll through social media or watch television,” NAEYC asserts.
Even though most American children are schooling at home to minimize the spread of COVID-19, fun, non-electronic-oriented activities can be incorporated to occupy non-schooling times. And while after-school sports may have dominated a child’s interests, engaging and entertaining options include both creative and age-old ideas, according to the Child Life team at UMass Memorial Children’s Medical Center in W...