Comments on: What To Do After School - Surviving Afternoon Meltdowns https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/what-to-do-after-school/ Screen-Free Activities and Books for Kids Mon, 27 Nov 2023 21:36:26 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: Erica MomandKiddo https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/what-to-do-after-school/#comment-154357 Fri, 26 Feb 2016 13:23:36 +0000 https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/?p=8423#comment-154357 In reply to Emma.

I think the quiet activity can give them time to unwind and process all the input their brain got during the day.

]]> By: Emma https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/what-to-do-after-school/#comment-154135 Wed, 24 Feb 2016 01:57:23 +0000 https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/?p=8423#comment-154135 These are great! After school my daughter definitely needs to unwind. She likes doing something sensory or active, but sometimes she surprises me by wanting to do something (gasp) quiet and calm, lol! Thanks for the ideas!

]]> By: Erica MomandKiddo https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/what-to-do-after-school/#comment-14870 Sun, 09 Feb 2014 19:06:37 +0000 https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/?p=8423#comment-14870 In reply to Kalei's mommy.

I'm sure my kids would love that. The trick would be to keep my kids from eating too many!

]]> By: Kalei's mommy https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/what-to-do-after-school/#comment-14869 Sun, 09 Feb 2014 18:30:16 +0000 https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/?p=8423#comment-14869 How about an easy, kid friendly, inexpensive dessert? Place pretzel shaped pretzels on a cookie pan, preferably with sides. Place an unwrapped Hershey kiss on top of each. Put in very low oven 200* for just a few minutes (5 minutes). As soon as they come out, press an M&M down into the soft kiss. Yum!

]]> By: Deceptively Educational https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/what-to-do-after-school/#comment-14859 Sun, 09 Feb 2014 03:49:37 +0000 https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/?p=8423#comment-14859 I love this post; there's SO much I can relate to. 🙂

]]> By: Erica MomandKiddo https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/what-to-do-after-school/#comment-14828 Thu, 06 Feb 2014 17:03:41 +0000 https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/?p=8423#comment-14828 In reply to Jen.

The boys don't watch much, but yesterday they watched a movie that they have been waiting for, for a long time, and I admit, I loved the quiet.

]]> By: Jen https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/what-to-do-after-school/#comment-14823 Thu, 06 Feb 2014 05:48:28 +0000 https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/?p=8423#comment-14823 My boys get on pretty well together (nothing at all to do with me or my parenting - just lucky!) and we have a big garden (although it has been too hot lately to play outside after school) but even so I have to rely on an hour of computer/ipad time to get me through the afternoons. It's not ideal (my ideal would be more like one hour a week) but most days it saves my sanity. Hope things get easier for you soon - sibling clashes are hard on parents.

]]> By: Kim Vij (@EducatorsSpin) https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/what-to-do-after-school/#comment-14818 Wed, 05 Feb 2014 16:15:00 +0000 https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/?p=8423#comment-14818 Erica thank you so sharing you honesty of the fact that afternoons can get a little hectic with kids. I think planning at least one thing in the afternoons with siblings consistantly does give each of us something to look forward to. We try to have at least one outting each week for us to do that's enrichment then it seems like our projects throughout the week end up related to it.

]]> By: Erica MomandKiddo https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/what-to-do-after-school/#comment-14817 Wed, 05 Feb 2014 14:11:08 +0000 https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/?p=8423#comment-14817 In reply to PragmaticMom.

Oh no! I didn't think about dry erase markers! I do so love washable markers. So much less stress. I used to have the ugliest couch in the world that I didn't care about at all, but I got a nice new couch and am so paranoid I cover it with a sheet all the time. I'm wondering why I bothered spending my money!!

]]> By: Erica MomandKiddo https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/what-to-do-after-school/#comment-14816 Wed, 05 Feb 2014 14:09:26 +0000 https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/?p=8423#comment-14816 In reply to PragmaticMom.

They went through a long phase of making forts. I should remind them how much fun it was. Maybe today after karate!

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