Sick Day Sanity Savers
My daughter is home from school sick for the second day in a row. UGH. Today she is definitely feeling better, but she was still running a 100.6 fever last night so I am keeping her home again as a precaution. The problem is that today she has enough energy to want to do things, but I still want her to stay calm and low key to help her continue to get better. As a result, we have put the computer to good use today!
Here are some of my favorite places to find fun, educational, quiet time activities for sick days, rainy days, and mom I’m bored moments:
- Printables4Kids – this is a site I created with my kids for creating and sharing free, printable activities for kids of all ages. There are coloring pages, word search, word scrambles, mazes and more.
- FreeStuff4Kids – there is a wide variety of fun, free, and unusual activities at FreeStuff4Kids. It is another site made by one of my Mom pals and she is always finding the best activities!
- Seasonal Kids Activities – part of the new eMoms at Home expansion is a great resource called Seasonal Kids activities. Shannon has great ideas and plenty of pictures of fun things for the kids to do all year long.
- Easy Crafts for Fun – Bev has such a creative touch! Her site is full of easy craft ideas for kids and grown ups.
- Crayola Activity Pages – in addition to the store, Crayola has tons of great activities for kids to download for free.
- Highlights for Children’s Hidden Pictures
– you can subscribe to receive free hidden pictures activities and free craft ideas from Highlights.
- Penny Whistle Sick-in-Bed Book: What to Do with Kids When They’re Home for a Day, a Week, a Month, or More
There is a book out there…I wish I could remember the title. It goes through why you get sick and why you feel bad. It also has really neat projects, like looking in your throat to see the post nasal drip and all that kind of “cool” gross stuff.
Great for kids.
Dana – that does sound cool. If you think of the title, let me know – I’d love to check it out.
Oh dear – are you getting any work done? (Well, obviously you’ve managed this post …)
Good list of things to do. I’ll have to bear it in mind for next time. (Daughter 2 is looking very pale and droopy, so it might be sooner rather than later).
Lucy – thank goodness for laptops and little girls with imaginations. I am working from my laptop in the living room right now while my daughter is having a tea party with her dolls. She is good about letting me work as long as we are in the same room.
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My daughter was home sick today with the exact same temperature and energy level! I didn’t want the day to be too fun because she’s home sick, not on vacation, but we had to do something because she was beginning to feel better. Thanks for the list of great sites, and including mine on the list!
Believer in Balance – there must be something going around. My daughter was not quite back to 100% today but she went to school anyway. She was fever free, but not back to normal.
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Cool. I’ll have to remember those if my son ever gets sick.
I can handle one sick day but when its another then another I start to go crazy. Thanks for the list of things to do.
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