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well tomorow me and my sister are going babysitting for about 4 hours and we need some activities to do with the children mainly because i will be very busy with the baby and she doesnt have much expirience on how to occupy them. they are 3.5 and 2 (boy and a girl). we tried searching the internet but we couldnt come up with anything because the younger one isnt quit ready for preschool activities? any ideas the younger ones verbal skills are low so songs and stuff are kind of out of the question and they are not aloud to watch TV or bake or anything!
(easy crafts are good!)
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i watch a 3 year old and a 4 year old but really it depends on they were brought up by the parent's for the 2 year old try ticlking him or plain outside for the 3 year old she'll let you know what she want's to do just watch her carefully she's adventurous and curious so you have to give her the same amount of attention to her as you do the lil one
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i have to babysitt all the time all i do is play hide and seek with them that keeps them busy =]
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The children are quite young and what they'll enjoy depends quite a bit on how mature they are for their respective ages. It's a good idea to ask their normal carer what their favourite toys and games are before you actually babysit, so you have an idea of anything to bring prepare or bring along with you. If they are coming to yours, ask them to bring one or two of their favourite toys with them so that even if you don't find many new activities they enjoy they'll still have old favourites to fall back on, and if you are at their house you'll know what's best to keep them occupied amongst all of their toys and activities.
Colouring, drawing and other art-related activities are good to keep even very young children occupied. They probably have colouring books of their own if you are at their house, or you could print off some ready to colour drawings from the internet - neopets is a good site for this (see [Link](Mouse over link to see full location)) , but googling 'childrens colouring' will get you a wide variety of images for all ages. You could also try more ambitious art things, like finger painting or potato printing, although the two year old will need quite a bit of supervision if you are using paints of any sorts and you'll have to set down lots of old newspaper to make sure nothing gets ruined.
I know you've said that the 2 year old doesn't have particularly high verbal skills, but that doesn't mean she won't appreciate being chatted or sung to, so don't dismiss things off hand. If she's still learning to talk you can still play simple games like matching colours and shapes (for example, playing a game where you ask her to find a red thing, or a circle somewhere in her house) - it won't take long to realise what level she's at and can enjoy. The older child might find some games like these slightly babyish, but as there are two of you it should be easy enough to balance keeping both children occupied, especially as the older child will be more independent in his play. All the best.
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get yourself a soft foam ball to throw around! play kiddie tag! read them storie books better yet how about interactive storie telling, make up some fun story and let the kids guess whats going to happen next. maybe the 2 yr old cant talk yet too good or at all but at least the kid will feel involved. tons more i am sure out there but there is a couple to get you started
good luck
THE LITTLE KIDS ARENT PROFESSIONAL ATHELETES OBVIOUSLY BUT HOW ARE THEY GOING TO LEARN TO DO ANYTHING IF YOU DONT LET THEM TRY. LITTLE GIRLS DO BALLET AT 3 YEARS OLD, YOU OBVIOUSLY DONT KNOW MUCH ABOUT KIDS YOU PROBABLY SHOULDNT BE TRUSTED TO WATCH THEM.
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find some kiddie cartoons (Disney movies) for quiet time, there are board games for preschoolers or you could even make up some kind of game with a plain old deck of cards, kids really don't care what they are doing as long as they are occupied. make a contest out of coloring just don't let them eat the crayons. play hide and seek with snacks and little toys or even an egg hunt with plastic eggs make it a treasure hunt. 2 year olds like to do anything that big kids do!!!!!
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