![]() I set up 'activities' in three bedrooms that the kids had to rotate between. Rotating rooms: This activity came at a time when 'screen time' was annoyingly high and my children needed time out from each other. Challenge rules were: consider cost, consider how healthy the item was, and if I heard any screaming or carrying on the challenge was OFF and afternoon treats banished!! J I must say, I had a chuckle to myself as I listened to them negotiating with each other in adjacent isles. Now normally, in our household, cereal choice, to the dismay of all concerned, is limited to the three healthiest on the market, but, being the caring, sharing (aka desperate) summer mother that I was, I succumbed to whatever they chose. With each item they could discuss what they wanted however the child whose name was next to the item had the final say. Some items were very specific, but others were listed as category only, such as 'cereal'. My eldest son was given the task of 'shopping list reader' (one ploy to make him read), one was deemed 'trolley pusher', and the third and noisiest child, was given the task of 'nice talker'! They had to work as a team with a team trolley and find all items listed. I wrote out a list of twelve items with one child's name against each (so four items per child ' because one child can't have more than the other can they?!!). Kids shopping list: Under normal circumstances I would never entertain the thought of dragging three unruly kids along on a supermarket expedition, but desperate times, mean desperate measures! In order to get the kids out of the house, and also allow me to food shop in relative peace, I challenged the kids to a 'supermarket sprint'. ![]()
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