來源10 Toddler Activities to Make Waiting Time Fun, Worry-Free and Interesting
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10 Toddler Activities to Make Waiting Time Fun, Worry-Free and Interesting

10個(gè)小游戲，使孩子們的等待變得有趣而不再枯燥

Playing the waiting game doesn’t have to be filled with tears, threats and meltdowns. Let’s be honest, grown-ups too don’t really like to wait. So, it is even more difficult if you’re a toddler or preschooler asked to remain patient and happy while waiting for something or someone.

事實(shí)上，等待并不一定意味著淚水、恐懼和不安。當(dāng)然，誠實(shí)地說，成年人都不喜歡等待。因此，換個(gè)角度想想，若是讓一個(gè)孩子一直耐心地并愉快地去等待會更難。

However, if you have a few “make-a-toddler-happy” tricks and treats, playing the waiting game can be quite interesting and even fun.

但是，你若是有一些能夠使小孩感到開心的小游戲或是小東西的話，孩子們便會感到等待不是一件枯燥的事情，甚至可是說是有意思的事。

下面是幾個(gè)很簡單但卻非常有效的辦法，它們可以使你和孩子的等待變得不再煩躁喲。

Here are some simple yet effective sanity-savers to make waiting worry-free for you and your toddlers.

1. The Waiting Room Coloring Kit

1.美術(shù)工具

Put together a waiting room coloring kit to keep toddlers engaged and occupied with drawing, scribbling, doodling or just sticking stickers on colored sheets of paper. My waiting room toddler kit consists of the following:

收集可圖畫的工具。這樣就可以讓孩子們在等待的時(shí)候在紙上任意的涂鴉或者僅僅是在紙上粘貼一些貼紙。我準(zhǔn)備了如下的一些東西：

•A drawing notebook with blank sheets of paper to draw and scribble. I use sheets of paper that have one side written on and one side blank. Simply fold the sheets of the paper, blank side facing up, use a paper punch and thread them together with a ribbon.

一個(gè)供隨意圖畫用的白紙本。這個(gè)本子里的紙，我用的是一面有字另一面空白的紙。只需要用訂書器或是線把這些紙釘在一起，空白的一面朝著一個(gè)方向即可。

•A pouch filled with left over crayons, washable felt pens, and coloring pencils from used sets. I also include a paintbrush and a lidded container with plain water in it for magic painting.

一個(gè)盒子。里面裝有成套中沒用完的蠟筆、馬克筆和彩色鉛筆。我還放了一個(gè)毛筆和一個(gè)裝有水的帶蓋子的容器，它們是用來畫魔術(shù)畫的。

•A plastic sheet that can be colored on and then wiped clean.

一個(gè)塑料板。這是用來涂顏色的，并且容易擦拭干凈。

•A Magic Painting book.  I get mine from the local stationery store and buy them in bulk. You can get similar ones on Amazon as well.

一本魔術(shù)畫的書。這是我好不容易在當(dāng)?shù)氐囊粋€(gè)文化用品商店買到的，并且買了很多。你也可以在亞馬遜的網(wǎng)站上買到類似這樣的書。

You can put all of this together into a small backpack or pouch and leave it in the car, waiting and ready to be used.

你可以把所有的這些東西都放在一個(gè)包包或袋子里。然后把它放在車上，以便隨時(shí)會用到。

2. Have Fun Waiting with and for Food

2. 用食物去等待食物

Waiting at a restaurant can be tough on a toddler. After all, he is hungry and the food isn’t there yet! So, here’s what I do and it usually works with older kids as well. Carry a packet of Cheerios or any other snack with a hole in the middle. Carry a few, clean thin ribbons in different colors and have your toddler thread them through the holes. Glue the ends of the ribbons to stiffen them up and make threading easier. Keeps my daughter busy and even, becomes a snack while she waits for her food.

在餐廳等餐的時(shí)候，對一個(gè)孩子來說是一件很痛苦的事情。畢竟孩子餓了，但卻還沒有吃的！所以，下面就是介紹我所做的，并且對稍大些的孩子也同樣有效果。拿一包切里奧斯麥片或是其他任何一種小吃，這些小吃的中間要有一個(gè)洞。拿幾條顏色不一干凈的細(xì)絲帶，讓你的小孩把絲帶穿過那些洞。用膠水使絲帶的兩端變硬，可以讓孩子們在穿洞的時(shí)候更容易些。這樣，我的女兒就一直有事情做，或是在她等食物的時(shí)候它們可以成為一頓小快餐。

Another foodie waiting activity is to carry a packet of mixed nuts (check for allergies) or even, different colored or shaped candy and let your toddler sort them before proceeding to eat them.

另一個(gè)等待食物時(shí)小游戲就是，拿一包形形色色的堅(jiān)果（檢查過敏）。或者甚至是一些不同顏色形狀的糖果，讓你的孩子吃之前去給它們分類。

3. Waiting Room Games

3. 等候室里的小游戲

Games are a great way to keep a toddler or couple of toddlers busy and engaged while they wait for the doctor, for the bus/train/plane, at an office, or any other place which requires them to sit around for a while. A few favorites are I Spy and the Treasure Hunt with a few variations. Play I Spy with magazines, books and other things in the room. Also, you may have to adapt it a bit to suit your toddler or preschooler’s age and interest. With mine, colors and shapes are a hit, so I generally go, “I Spy from the corner of my eye something really blue”, and then she runs and picks up whatever looks bluish to her!

在等醫(yī)生，或是公交車、火車、飛機(jī)的時(shí)候，或是在一個(gè)辦公室，或是其他的一些需要孩子們坐著等一些時(shí)間的地方，游戲是一個(gè)非常好的方法讓孩子忘記枯燥。幾個(gè)偏愛的游戲有間諜和尋寶。玩間諜的時(shí)候，可以用到屋子里的雜志啊，書或是其他的東西。當(dāng)然，你也可以用一些適合你的孩子年齡或興趣的事物。比如對于我的孩子來說，顏色和形狀是一大熱門。所以，我通常會說：“小間諜啊，藍(lán)色的東西在哪?。?#8221;然后，她就會跑著去抓起她看著是藍(lán)色的東西。

The Treasure or Scavenger Hunt is simple. Flip through magazines and ask your toddler to pick out a red car or a green umbrella or any thing that he would be able to identify easily. Keep it simple and easy to prevent any frustration at not being able to identify something.

尋寶游戲很簡單。瀏覽一下雜志，然后讓孩子挑出紅色的車子或是綠色的傘，或是其他任何孩子能夠容易辨認(rèn)的事物。讓這個(gè)游戲保持簡單的水平，這樣很容易防止認(rèn)不出東西的煩躁。

4. Toys to Make Waiting Fun

4. 玩具，使等待變得有趣

I haven’t bought a single so-called ‘waiting room’ toy. However, I do have a stash of toys that I pull out each time we’re stuck in a traffic jam or are just waiting for someone or something. My waiting room toy kit consists of the following:

我并沒有買一個(gè)叫做“等候室”的玩具。而事實(shí)上，我會藏一些玩具，在我們每次遇到交通堵塞或是等待的時(shí)候把玩具拿出來。我準(zhǔn)備了如下的玩具：

•A couple of simple puzzles.

兩三個(gè)游戲拼圖。

•A push and go car or similar toy.

一個(gè)推推車或是類似的玩具。

•Couple of freebie toys from McDonald Happy Meals

麥當(dāng)勞快樂餐的免費(fèi)玩具

•A small, cuddly doll to snuggle with on long rides. This is more of a comfort object than a plaything.

一個(gè)小小的，惹人喜愛的娃娃，孩子們可以抱著。這是相對玩具來說更舒服的物品。

You can create your own waiting room toy kit by putting together a few toys from your preschooler’s existing collection and storing them in a special backpack. Keep this along with the waiting room coloring kit in the car.

你可以創(chuàng)造出獨(dú)特的等待時(shí)用的玩具。從你的孩子現(xiàn)有的玩具中收集幾個(gè)，把它們放在一個(gè)特殊的包包里。把它和畫畫的工具一起放在車?yán)铩?/p>

5. Songs to Pass the Time.

5.  唱首歌吧，打發(fā)一下時(shí)間

Kids love singing and music. Classics like “If you’re happy and you know it…”, “The wheels on the bus…”, “Old MacDonald had a farm…”, “Where is Thumbkin…” and others are a great way of passing time anywhere. Keep CDs with favorite tracks in the car and pop one in as soon as you notice your little one getting a little fidgety or bored. Sing along and you’ll have fun as well.

小孩子們都喜歡歌和音樂。經(jīng)典一些的像是“If you're happy and you know it…”，“The wheels on the bus…”，“Old MacDonald had a farm…”，“Where is Thumbkin…”或是其他的一些歌曲。無論在哪里，這是一個(gè)打發(fā)時(shí)間非常好的方法。

6. Waiting in the Car.

6. 等在車?yán)?/p>

While most of the activities here can easily be adapted to a car ride, there are a few activities that are great for a toddler who’s tired of being in the car seat. I play “Mama Says” which is a spin-off of Simon Says. Play “What’s that Car” and ask your preschooler to name the color or the type of car.

這里提到的大部分游戲都很適合在車子里。然而，還有幾個(gè)活動很適合孩子，當(dāng)他們在車上坐累了的時(shí)候。我會玩一個(gè)叫“Mama Says”的游戲，這個(gè)是Simon Says的翻版。還有“What's that Car”，可以讓你的孩子說出車的顏色和類型。

7. Reading while Waiting.

7.  等待時(shí)的閱讀

Books are a great way to keep a toddler happy. I keep a few picture board books as well as some with nursery rhymes and favorite stories in the backpack with the toys. You can pick books that your toddler is currently reading or ones that she enjoys all the time and put those in to the waiting room backpack.

書是讓孩子保持開心的一個(gè)很好的方法。我會把一些圖畫書、童謠書和受歡迎的故事書一起放在裝玩具的包包里。你可以挑一些孩子正在看的書，或是孩子一直很喜歡的書，把這些書和那些工具放在一起。

8. Waiting with Crafts.

8. 等待中制作的工藝品

I know. Waiting is not supposed to be art and craft. But it can be so much fun and can keep both you and your toddler engrossed so you wouldn’t even realize that time has flown. Couple of easy-to-do ideas are:

我很清楚，等待并不被認(rèn)為是一種藝術(shù)或是工藝品。但是等待也可以有很多的樂趣，并且能使你和孩子全神貫注。以至于你們都不會注意到時(shí)間竟然已經(jīng)過去了。幾個(gè)很容易做的點(diǎn)子是：

•Cut shapes out of construction paper and have your toddler glue them or save some wooden ice-cream spoons and use them instead of the paper shapes. Keep a glue stick handy.

在圖畫用紙上刻出形狀，讓孩子把它們粘在一起?；蚴钦?guī)讉€(gè)乳白色的木勺子，用它們代替紙的模型。要把膠水放在手邊。

•Carry packets of stickers and let her just peel and paste them onto notepaper, in the coloring book or on plain construction paper. Turn these into cards or scribble pads later.

準(zhǔn)備幾包貼紙，就讓孩子把貼紙剝開并粘在畫畫本，彩色書上或是空白的圖畫用紙上。找時(shí)間把這些制成卡片或是墊板。

•Make penne poles. Akin to the Cheerios-threading exercise, just carry some uncooked penne in a Ziploc pouch and let your toddler thread them into poles or bracelets.

通心粉的兩點(diǎn)。這個(gè)和燕麥片穿孔的練習(xí)相似。拿些沒做過的通心粉，讓孩子穿過兩點(diǎn)或做成手鐲。

9. Puppet Time.

9.  木偶時(shí)間

Hand and sock puppets are great for passing time. Turn old, orphan socks into cute puppets by simply sticking buttons for eyes and using a felt pen to draw other features. I always have one in my handbag and it has never failed me.

手工制作襪子玩偶是消磨時(shí)間的很好的方法。把舊的，單只的襪子做成可愛的玩偶。只需要把末端粘在一起做出眼睛，并用水彩筆畫出其他的特征就可以了。我經(jīng)常在我的手提包里放上一個(gè)，并且它從來都沒有讓我失望。

10. The Waiting Room Kit

10.  等候室的游戲道具

The complete waiting room kit can include all or something from everything mentioned above. In addition, you may want to include:

一套完整的等候室所用到的工具包括所有或是一些上面提到的東西。但是，除了這些，你或許還需要以下的東西：

•Snacks. Will keep hunger pangs at bay in a restaurant and keep them busy in the car or at the doctor’s. Include a bottle of water as well to wash things down.

小吃。當(dāng)孩子們在餐廳的時(shí)候，可以消除孩子的饑餓感。在車?yán)锘蚴呛蛟\室時(shí)，可以讓孩子有事做。也要有一瓶水。

•A mini-purse or wallet just like yours, except fill it with fun stuff – some keys, fake money, colored post-its, play keys or some hair clips or bracelets and a little treat, like fruit leather.

一個(gè)和你們的一樣的小錢包。里面可以裝有趣的東西--一些鑰匙、假的錢、彩色便利貼、游戲幣或是一些發(fā)夾啦，手鐲啦，還有一點(diǎn)小東西，像是無花果干。

•Bubbles. Great for whiling away time anywhere and guaranteed to delight a cranky toddler.

吹泡泡。一個(gè)可以令愛動的孩子高興的，非常好的，消磨時(shí)間的方法。

•A small dry-erase or chalkboard board can be a pleasant addition to the coloring kit. I just got my toddler a chalkboard and she adores it.

一個(gè)小的白板或是黑板?？梢栽谏厦骐S意圖畫。我就給我的孩子準(zhǔn)備了一個(gè)黑板，你知道嗎，她對它非常著迷。

•A couple of wrapped “gifts”. I use leftover bits of wrapping paper to pack small plastic spoons, a brand-new Crayola or matchbox car or even, a small Ziploc filled with raisins and chopped almonds. The excitement and thrill of unwrapping and discovering something inside keeps toddlers busy and happy.

幾個(gè)有包裝的“禮物”。我用剩下的一些包裝紙去包裝小塑料勺，一個(gè)嶄新的Crayola或是火柴盒，甚至是一個(gè)裝有葡萄干和杏仁的塑料口袋。拆開包裝去發(fā)現(xiàn)里面事物的那種激動會使孩子感到有事情做并快樂。

Waiting can be pleasant, interesting and even, educational if you have everything you need. Vary the activities regularly. Switch the toys every now and then. And it helps to always be prepared. I found that taking the time out to prepare two small backpacks with zippered compartments holding snacks, all the supplies for crafts and coloring, some toys and books was all that I needed to save my sanity and keep my toddler happy while we drove around town, waited at the clinic or killed time at the airport. These fun activities will turn waiting into yet another opportunity to bond, interact and engage with your little ones.

如果你準(zhǔn)備好了你所需要的東西，等待也可以變得愉快、有趣，甚至是具有教育性的。別忘記適當(dāng)?shù)刈儞Q游戲，時(shí)不時(shí)地?fù)Q玩具，以備不時(shí)只需。我發(fā)現(xiàn)，在我們環(huán)城行駛的時(shí)候，或是候診、在飛機(jī)場消磨時(shí)間時(shí)，我只需準(zhǔn)備兩個(gè)小包。里面裝有小吃，工藝品和畫畫用到的所有工具，一些玩具和書。這樣就可以讓我節(jié)省大量的腦細(xì)胞，并且我的孩子也會很開心。這些有意思的活動將會把等待轉(zhuǎn)換成，嗯，也可以說是一個(gè)機(jī)會，一個(gè)和你的小不點(diǎn)們團(tuán)結(jié)在一起、相互交流的機(jī)會。

How do you make waiting fun for your toddler? What works best to prevent a meltdown at the checkout line or in a restaurant?

你呢，是怎樣使孩子的等待變得有趣的呢？在結(jié)賬排隊(duì)時(shí)或是在餐廳里，怎樣做可以最有效的避免等待中的不安呢？