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Your child will have a blast with a fun learning letters action game that’s also a follow-the-leader activity!
Being a stay-at-home parent can be challenging. You have to be “on” all day, every day.
On the other hand, you do get to monopolize all the sticky kisses, sweet hugs, and create priceless memories constantly. Plus, you get to enjoy those ah-ha moments, like the learning letters action game our Member of the Month created for her children.
Our Member of the Month, Rachel, knows firsthand the highs, and lows, of being a full-time stay at home mom.
“As a stay at home parent you don’t really get any praise or acknowledgment for the ‘work’ you do,” explains Rachel. “But also there is no one checking if you are ‘slacking’.”
Finding Community Virtually
It can be quite isolating, especially for parents who are going from working full time to being at home all the time.
Rachel uses The Activity Room as her source of inspiration and as a support system for those tough days.
“The Activity Room isn’t just ideas for play. It’s a whole support network for parents,” Rachel says. “I’m so encouraged everytime I post something and get a comment I feel like ‘yes I am doing a good job!’ and it gives me some accountability.”
“Many members post ideas and encourage each other to try things I wouldn’t have thought of and share ways to adapt activities which gives me more confidence to try new things,” gushes Rachel.
Plus, having a community to laugh with during “parenting fails” makes being a stay at home parent feel less lonely.
“I love it when people share epic failures, it makes me realize ‘it’s not just me’!”
Let’s Meet Rachel!
How many kids do you have and how old are they?
3 kids. 2 boys 4 & 5 and a girl 7 months old.
How long have you been in The Activity Room?
since December 2017
What is your favorite activity you’ve done in The Activity Room?
The Christmas tree letters match! We did a number match for the youngest, but it was so easy to adapt and kept the boys entertained for ages.
What’s your favorite thing to do with your kids when you get a few moments?
Their favorite thing is hide-and-seek! I like to go outdoors on an adventure. We often do a ‘bear hunt’ or go looking for ‘The Gruffalo”. We just wear wellies and waterproofs if it’s raining.
If it’s only a few moments I like to get out the masking tape and make a road or a maze on the floor to race the cars around. Sometimes I set this up when they’re at school / pre-school. They are super excited to get their cars out when they walk through the door.
What’s your best tip for doing activities with your kids?
Make it as mess free as possible for easy cleanup. we keep any “dry” activities on a mat. Everything for the activity has to stay on the mat.
This saves small bits and pieces being spread across the whole house. I can lift the whole mat up out of the way so the littlest one isn’t picking up anything she might choke on.
“Wet/ messy” activities are done on a tuft tray to keep everything contained and it can go straight out to the garden to clean. Rain is great for washing away the paint!
Anything on the kitchen table like baking or even stickers is done on a paper tablecloth that can be folded up with all the mess inside for a quick cleanup at meal times.
From Feeling Guilty to Quality Time Together:
Before The Activity Room, I spent a lot of time watching TV with my toddler feeling guilty for not making the most of my time with him but being unsure of what activities he’d enjoy.
Now with The Activity Room, I have an idea for every day, I spend more quality time with both of my boys and they even ask me to repeat activities.
I feel like a more successful parent as I feel less guilty when I do need downtime and let them watch cartoons. I know we’ve spent quality time together playing.
Share your favorite quote
“There’s no such thing as a perfect parent so just be a real one.” ~Sue Atkins
Activity to Share: Learning Letters Action Game
I’m trying to help my 4-year-old with his phonics so we’re doing a lot of letter games.
His favorite is where we write 4 letters on 4 pieces of card. Then, we place them in the corners of the room. We love this learning letters action game!
Then, I shout out a letter and the action he has to carry out to get to the letter, like dance to “A”, or bunny hop to “S”.
We can play this learning letters action game for ages!
Practice letter recognition with fun games!
How do you practice letter recognition with your children?
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