If you have little children, it is good for their minds and bodies to be stimulated. A good way to do this is to have small activities in the house that they can participate in while you are doing house chores so you can observe them to know they are playing safely, but they can be trusted to play on their own without getting hurt because the toys are safe. One of the things you can do is set up an indoor children’s soccer goal.
What you will need:
A space in a kitchen, wash room, or other area of the house where you do chores
Colored duct tape or other colored tape (optional)
Hammer (optional)
Nails (optional)
Instructions:
Find a spot where the laundry basket can fit so it can be propped up with the back against the wall and the usual top opening facing forward, away from the wall. This will make a soccer goal. If you’d like, you can put a nail into the wall and hang it there if you’d like it to be permanent.
If you want, you can put the colored tape down in a line where the child or children should stay behind while you are working and playing the game.
Set the balls on the floor in front of the goal (and behind the line if you made one).
Let the child or children explore how the different balls move by watching them while the child or children try to get them into the “goal” that is made by the laundry basket against the wall. This can let the child or children feel like they are playing soccer. However, unlike real soccer, children should be allowed to explore by using their hands. Only once the children are older and if they want to know about soccer, should limitations for using only feet be put in place.
When you have the time, explain how all balls roll, but only certain ones bounce.
The soccer game can become a friendly competition between two or more children. They can try to get the most balls into the goal either by having their own color balls or taking turns with the same balls.
