{"id":765,"date":"2010-02-10T11:12:30","date_gmt":"2010-02-10T16:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/?p=765"},"modified":"2010-02-10T11:12:30","modified_gmt":"2010-02-10T16:12:30","slug":"snow-day-boredom-busters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/2010\/02\/10\/snow-day-boredom-busters\/","title":{"rendered":"Snow Day Boredom Busters"},"content":{"rendered":"

I know the kids have been home for many snow days this winter.\u00a0 Believe me I know, since I have 4 kids of my own at home.\u00a0 The key to keeping things manageable and fun is planning ahead and being proactive.\u00a0 Don’t wait until the kids are fighting and getting into trouble to find things for them to do. <\/strong> Get them engaged in activities to prevent the boredom and arguing that can happen when everyone is in the house for too long.<\/p>\n

\"I'm<\/p>\n

I am putting together some blog posts with activity ideas in the following categories:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. New Ideas for the Same Old Toys<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Indoor Physical Activities<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Activities for Older kids<\/li>\n
  4. Cooking Activities<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    I know the kids have been home for many snow days this winter.\u00a0 Believe me I know, since I have 4 kids of my own at home.\u00a0 The key to keeping things manageable and fun is planning ahead and being proactive.\u00a0 Don’t wait until the kids are fighting and getting into trouble to find things Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[35,77,131,1040,267,397,1041,639,823],"class_list":["post-765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-kids","tag-activities","tag-au-pair","tag-boredom","tag-child-care","tag-day","tag-fun","tag-kids","tag-no-school","tag-snow"],"yoast_head":"\nSnow Day Boredom Busters - Au Pair Chatter<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Snow Day Boredom Busters - 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