Koala Crate, our favorite for the preschool set, comes with all the supplies they’ll need-which is convenient, since bopping out for materials isn’t so easy anymore. A crafty subscriptionĪges 2 to 4 Koala Crate (starting at $17 per month at the time of publication)Īs shelter-in-place orders continue in many states, a subscription craft box can give kids something to look forward to from the outside world. Here are some of our favorite craft projects, art supplies, and creative toys to help keep kids busy-and hopefully buy you a little time. “You have to give them ways to express themselves both physically and emotionally.” Michael Yogman, a pediatrician based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the lead author of The Power of Play, a report by the American Academy of Pediatrics. Projects also offer kids a way to process things. “We’re so concerned about getting worksheets done,” she says, “but building a Lego model is as powerful as a worksheet-maybe more.”
Play, after all, is how kids learn, says Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, a professor of psychology at Temple University and the author of Becoming Brilliant: What Science Tells Us About Raising Successful Children.
Simple arts-and-crafts projects, open-ended creative activities, and toys or projects that provide opportunities for imaginative play may fit the bill. (Though if screens are keeping the peace right now, don’t feel too bad about it.) Options that hold attention spans for more than a few minutes, require minimal parental oversight, and don’t involve a screen are in short supply. With everyone spending more time at home, parents have been forced to find creative ways to entertain, educate, and engage kids while simultaneously squeezing in everything else. Keeping children busy-preferably independently so-is a challenge these days. He painted one picture after the next, marveling at how he could mix two colors and-presto!-make a new one. A set of watercolors recently delighted my 4-year-old son.
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