Ways to Beat Winter Boredome

1)  Save old gift bags, ribbons, and wrapping paper scraps in a big box.  Bring it out when your kids a re bored.  They’d be happy to go through your box and make creations out of scraps that would normally be thrown away.

2)  Play with your pet.  Or if you don’t have one, visit a neighbor or relative who has a pet.  Your kids will not only have a great time playing with a dog but they will learn how to behave around animals as well.

3)  Put on a CD and have a good old-fashioned dance party with your kids.  It’s free and dance-offs make a good bonding time.

4)  Take your kids to the basement and let them play with all their ride-on toys from summer.  It’s a good and fun way to release energy and relive summer activities.

5)  Bring out the summer beach toys.  Those, buckets, shovels, sand molds and rakes make perfect snow toys.

Bored Kids

When Nasty weather keeps your kids from playing outdoors, the result can be a drop in levels of dopamine, a neurotransmitter that governs motivation.  So when you see them bored and with low energy, encourage them to play a strategy-driven game with a defined goal, such as Monopoly, checkers or solitaire.  Playing games that make them think will give dopamine production a jump start.  Experts also suggest that dopamine boost associated with meeting objectives can heighten their motivation, focus and engagement by up to 43%.