99 Things to Do Inside
Posted By Jacque on August 7, 2009
I made a list of Things To do When the Weather Outside is Frightful in February of 2008. I thought I would just repost it now, because, sometimes, it is too hot to go outside in the summer too!
Here is the previous post:
Monday, February 18, 2008 – Things to do Inside “When the Weather Outside is Frightful”
Home schooling is not the same as a winter break or a public school vacation time, but sometimes we need some creative ideas of what to do when we have to keep our sweet little darlings inside! I would much rather bundle them up and send them outside, rain or shine – and we do that then – but the bone-chilling winter weather we are having is not ok for them to be out in. Besides, it takes as long to get ready as the time you can spend out in the weather, so it is hardly worth it!
While our five oldest do go outside twice a day to take care of our goats, chickens and dogs, playing soldiers and running races is quite out of the question! Yes, some of these may be lame… but you know what they say about desperate times!
- Read a novel out loud with your children. Let them read; you read; act it out.
- Bake cookies. Warm up the house and your tummy as well with a great time of baking!
- Snuggle up on the couch under a giant blanket and watch a favorite movie together.
- Take some silly pictures! Print them off, get out some scrapbooking supplies and let them have at it! Who knows what silly memories you will come up with!
- Organize your pantry.
- Get out the Legos and have a building contest.
- Pull all the bedding off the beds and wash them. Talk with your children how nice it is to have clean sheets and teach them how to make the bed.
- Go through a closet. See if there are any toys to give away or throw away. Any clothes that can be donated?
- Get out a board game.
- Play charades.
- Hand out paper and pencils and sketch something. You can all sketch the same thing or each choose your own.
- Dust. Give everyone a damp cloth and let them have at it! The older children can reach up high, while the Littles will get everything they can get their hands on.
- Clay or play-do.
- Write a short story. Read them out loud to each other.
- Write parts of a short story. Have the next child add on to the story just read.
- Sing together.
- Clean out the refrigerator.
- Play the quiet game. This usually turns into the giggle game, but try it if you like!
- Just sit and watch your children sing or play.
- Play hangman.
- Play I Spy.
- Play the alphabet game.
- Look up Scripture.
- Read Scripture and have everyone guess where it is found.
- Sing Father Abraham with the motions.
- Get the spices out of your cupboard, clean them off and talk about the spice of life or how We can be a sweet smelling savour or a foul smell in the nostrils of God. Teach them which spices are which, let them smell them, and tell them what they are used in.
- Use safe colors and paint faces.
- Make some homemade soap.
- Write a book of devotionals.
- Scrapbook
- Make notecards.
- Clean up and organize boots and winterwear for when it is nice enough to go outside.
- Make popcorn balls.
- Churn your own butter.
- Do some needlepoint.
- Give your children quilt squares and a needle and thread. Even young children can do this with supervision.
- Wash the baby toys.
- Match socks.
- Fold clothes.
- Organize your thread or yarn by colors.
- If you have any candles, get them out and let them smell them.
- Type up blogposts.
- Discuss politics.
- Watch a debate.
- Talk about your favorite Bible characters.
- Read the Old Testament
- Memorize the Ten Commandments
- Have an oral impromptu spelling contest.
- See who can fold towels the fastest. Or diapers. Or match the most pairs of socks.
- Rearrange the furniture.
- Wash the windows.
- Make up your own Psalms and Hymns
- Memorize math facts.
- Talk about their future and what God is doing in their lives.
- Make a tent with chairs/tables and blankets
- Use blocks and set up a ‘dominoes’ trail.
- Take a nap.
- Alphabetize movies or books.
- Learn the piano keys.
- Read the encyclopedia or dictionary.
- Play hide ‘n seek.
- Clean out behind the washer and dryer.
- Vacuum the refrigerator vent.
- Learn the Books of the Bible in order
- Study the genealogy of Jesus
- Make up Unit Studies with your children. Let them pick a topic and resources – books and videos – and make up ideas of things they would like to do for it.
- Boil water or turn the humidifier on high and watch windows crystallize and frost.
- Draw things on Paint on the computer.
- Plan a gourmet meal
- Exercise.
- Count things. Everything.
- Name things that are a particular color.
- Legos work well for both of the last two things to do.
- Turn on some lamps, get out some lawn chairs or beach towels in the living room, put on the sunglasses, lotion and pretend you are in a warmer climate.
- Let your children give you a shoulder rub. Or rub your feet. They love it… and so will you!
- Pick an animal character and follow each other around the house, acting like that animal.
- Finger paint.
- Tie-dye some old t-shirts.
- Cut up old sheets into hankies. Let them draw pictures on them with finger paints or markers. Use them as hankies or cowboy kerchiefs…
- Make cloth placemats for your table.
- Make paper place mats.
- Have a tea party.
- Make up name plates for each person for dinner.
- Give hugs and kisses.
- Watch a video and learn a Classical Ball Dance
- Learn something in a foreign language.
- Dream about the future.
- Look at everyone’s baby Albums or vacation albums and remember the fun you had.
- Write a letter to Grandparents.
- Get all dressed up and eat a meal formally.
- Dance!
I am sure I could come up with several more things to do now, a year later… What do you do inside when you can’t go outside?
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Monday, February 18, 2008 – Untitled Comment
Posted by H0MEFree
Great ideas!
Doing something cool but out of the ordinary is the perfect solution to getting out of the rut!
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Monday, February 18, 2008 – Untitled Comment
Posted by Anonymous
What a wonderful list! I think I’ll print that one up!
Sherry
http://www.breedzing.com/
http://largefamilymothering.blogspot.com
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Tuesday, February 19, 2008 – Untitled Comment
Posted by Anonymous
Great list – wonderful ideas – thanks. How about ;
92. Have a quiz.
93. Make a boat and sail it in the bath.
94. Make puppets and have a puppet show
Julie
http://www.he-resources.co.uk/
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Tuesday, February 19, 2008 – Wow!
Posted by Anonymous
Thank you for this compilation. It is worth bookmarking
HowToMe.com
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Tuesday, February 19, 2008 – Untitled Comment
Posted by Vicki
*LOL* That’s quite a list!! You have some great ideas though, and I’m sure you and your family have probably done all of them at one time or another…*LOL*
*HUGS*
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Tuesday, February 19, 2008 – Great list!!
Posted by mamasmurf
What great ideas for things to do! It can be all too easy to just turn on the TV – this list gives me plenty of incentive to try other things with DS!
~Chrissy
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Tuesday, February 19, 2008 – Untitled Comment
Posted by Honeybee
I love lists like this! They are always very motivating to me. Even though I have my own, there is always something I’ve never thought of! Thanks for sharing!
Blessings,
Melissa
http://livinglifebetweenthetrees.blogspot.com
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Tuesday, February 19, 2008 – Untitled Comment
Posted by Jocelyndixon
dearest Mother… wonderful list! I like the idea of lounging out in the living room as if we were on a beach, BUT we’d freeze to death. ; ) You know how cold house is! lol
And I didn’t spell Luli wrong! lol Well, actually it should be spelled Lulie… that’s the first sound of her name and the last. ; ) Anyway, HUGS from your 2dd who’s almost 17!
Love
Jocelyn
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Tuesday, February 19, 2008 – Wow!
Posted by AussieinAmerica
I was exepecting a nice little list of ideas…I kept scrolling and scrolling down the page! Awesome.
Thanks for posting these. We can all use some new ideas
Hope all is well at your house.
Stacy
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Wednesday, February 20, 2008 – Untitled Comment
Posted by homeschoolmomof2
Thanks for the great ideas. We are going through that Winter rut right know so this will give us some things to do. Thanks for sharing.
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Wednesday, February 20, 2008 – Mom
Posted by SuperAngel
You have an award to pick up!
Thanks for stopping by and commenting.
Love,
Miss Amanda
http://superangelsblog.com
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 – Untitled Comment
Posted by helpmeetintraining
Oh my – what a great list!
Our favorite thing to do is drag a mattress off the bed and onto the floor and jump on it until we are breathless. Like an indoor trampoline
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Saturday, February 23, 2008 – Hi Friend!
Posted by Anonymous
Wow! We should never be bored after reading those ideas. LOL Thanks for sharing.
Kysha
http://humblemama.blogspot.com
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This is some super awesomeness! Thank you for the list!
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Thank you so much for taking the time to share this with us!! I really need all the help I can get. My husband and I have decided to home school and I really love these creative ideas. Our oldest is kindergarten age. Thanks again for the help!!
God Bless!
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I wanted to ask if you would mind if I put this on my blog with a link to your blog?
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August 8th, 2009 at 12:50 pm
Hi Lena! I am glad you liked my list. Sometimes we can get rather stir-crazy here in the long harsh winters, and we all sat down and made up this list together. Perhaps I should add that as something to do: Make a long list of things to do!
As for posting any of my posts on another blog, I do not mind a link and maybe a quoted section of a post, but I prefer to not have the entire post published. That said, feel free to pick out your favourites on the list and put them on your blog with a link.
I encourage you to make a list of your favourite things to do inside and leave me a link here so I can check out yours and my readers can find it as well!
Thank you for leaving me a comment. I appreciate your reading my blog and pop over to yours every so often when I see a link from you to here. Yes, I need to start leaving you a comment when I do, don’t I?!?!?
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This list is just about how we home school. We do what is Living Learning Moments, those moments that can teach our children about life and the subjects required to give them a good education, starting with the Word and wisdom of Yehovah God! I am excited to hear that you are going to keep your children home to educate them. I know you will all be blessed and the Father will be honoured by it!
I can’t wait!
Kindergarten age is such a great time of learning. We have a 6 and a 4 year old, both boys, and I can’t wait to get them into some new things! I know they are going to love it! They love to show me all the things they make for me.
blessings~
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