Sometimes a simple little toy can offer hours of fun. The stopwatch was one of those toys for us today. We dug up ours from the bottom of the workout supplies basket (because the stuff in there isn't getting used for it's intended use nearly as often as it should) and made up some games. We started with me giving the directions on what we should do, "Count to '20' as fast as you can" and "Say the alphabet as fast as you can". Then the kids got in the creative fun and started making up their own fun things to time, "Run to that door and back as fast as you can". We eventually stopped when the phone rang, but the game kept being started again all day long.
Some of the other things we timed were:
- How fast you can do 5 jumping jacks and then 5 arm circles
- How long you can stand on one foot
- Drop a balloon and jump over it as fast as you can
- How long it takes to hit a balloon 10 times into the air
- How long you can say "ahhhhh" before you have to take a breath
- We set up an obstacle course with things to go over, under and around and timed each other completing the course
This is definitely one activity where the sky's the limit on what you can do. Start with these ideas and see what you can think of to time next!
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