I am a stay at home mom to a four year old girl. We are home bodies and spend the majority of our days here. Our house cost too much money to not enjoy being in it. Social distancing hasn’t changed anything at all for us. My man works in the hospital, so he’s still at work too. I have been seeing so many people complaining about not knowing how to entertain their children. Here’s my list of things we do.

Sing

We are constantly singing nursery rhymes here. It is a lot more fun now that my daughter has most of them memorized. If you don’t remember that many, there’s so many on YouTube to refresh your memory. My daughter loves little bunny Foo Foo and five little kittens the most.

Magnets

This is something I gift small children for their birthdays or Christmas. They all love playing with these whenever we have friends over. They are super affordable on Amazon. You can find them for around $20. I really enjoy playing with these myself. My daughter will play with them for hours.

Exercise

I do not know why kids have so much more energy than adults do. Kid actually like working out with you. My daughter brags about it with her friends. It is a good way to a child to wear themselves out.

Coloring

My daughter has so much fun doing this. She has three boxes of art supplies. One is markers, one is crayons, and the last is colored pencils. Luckily for us, she doesn’t color on the walls.

Puzzles

My daughter is to the point where the puzzles that she enjoys are getting difficult for me to help her with. She likes ones with 50 pieces. Somehow she never loses her pieces. She knows to put them back when she’s done.

Barbies

It is all about the barbies over here. My daughter has a fun house for them. She normally likes playing by herself with them but sometimes she will let me play with her.

Watch a movie

We don’t do much screen time. My daughter knows it is a reward. We love to cuddle on the couch together and watch something she enjoys. She gets so excited to pick out a movie.

Go for a walk

She is so happy to be outside. We hold hands and talk about whatever. It is a great bonding time for us. We explore different things about nature or count the things around us.

What do you do when you are social distancing? Are you bored at home? Did your life not really change much?