Creative Kid Spaces and Activities for the Stay Home Era

One of the many weird side effects of our collective corona virus
precautions is that almost every kid in the country is home from
school right now.  Families are having to come up with new
routines, creative kid spaces, and fresh inspiration to keep
everyone active, happy and stimulated (and hang on to parental
sanity if possible).  


This week I share some kid-focused advice that could come in
handy for parents who are working to keep their kids happy and
engaged right now.  


Your kids needs have likely changed during the Covid-19
quarantine. Working parents with kids in school may have had a
smooth nightly parade of dinner, baths, reading and bed time. But
when you have all day every day with your kids in the house you
need to rethink the routine.  It can help to have multiple
areas or stations around the house to move to during the course
of the day.

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In today's episode you'll hear ...


What we can learn from Montessori classrooms about setting up
great spaces for child exploration and self directed learning in
our homes [3:14]

By the way this totally ties in with my episode of last week
- how our home need more "away spaces" or "nooks" in each room to
allow for plenty of together time and apart time. 

Gather some ideas for how to surprise and delight your stay
home kids. They love ideas that are outrageous or subversive like
breakfast for dinner and camping in the living room! [4:56]

Learn how you can help your child set up a "feel good place"
for positive discipline time outs that can help sooth high
tempers or overtired outbursts [6:53]

Age appropriate design thinking activities for your kids
ranging from toddler to teenager [9:08]

Use the Design Thinking framework created by the Stanford
D-School to help your child go through a great design process
from start to finish [13:15]

How to involve your whole family in a good home improvement
project [14:04]



Don't miss my interview with Wisconsin Public Radio!  Check
out the podcast re-broadcast here!

Find show notes at www.midmod-midwest.com/303