Coronavirus Days with a Four-Year-Old

My wife and I take care of our four-year-old grandson during the week while his parents work. This week we’ve had needed rain, but that meant we stayed inside all the time. With that in mind, we’ve been inventing and playing a number of games. Here are a few:

We gave him an empty soap container that is shaped like a fish. He named it RoboFish and then decided that RoboFish needed to move things from his bedroom to the living room. I’d tell him to have RoboFish get a toy, such as a red car, and to go in turbo mode. Then he’d run into the bedroom with RoboFish to retrieve the requested item. He kept this up for half an hour and got a good workout.

We also played balloon volleyball. Sometimes we see how many consecutive times we can hit it in the air before it hits the ground, but this week he wanted to count to a hundred times with the balloon hitting the ground. He was more interested in letting the balloon hit the ground so he could say the next number than in keeping it in the air.

He also put on a birthday party for his police car, and invited other cars to attend. With a cake made out of blocks, he served the pieces of cake and we sang happy birthday.

These were just a few of the activities at Grandma and Grandpa pre-school this week.