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It is hard to entertain your children indoor during cold days. Except for the running, tussles and making mess, you want to teach them something, to train and develop both their brains and motion skills.

These are exercises for balance. It is all up to you to make them fun, so to catch your little ones’ attention.

What you need: a cylinder box with a cover. You can use your imagination here. I myself use the empty box from the powder milk. You may put on the box different stickers together with your toddler to make it more interesting and favorite activity. Here is the moment to combine the physical exercise with the educational one. For example every time we pick a theme – vegetables, fruits, zoo animals, body parts. You can learn the directions – direct you toddler where to put the next sticker – top, bottom, back, front. You can even make a face with the different body parts – eyes, nose, and ears, etc. Now you are ready to begin.

Sit on the floor and hide the box behind your back – provoke your toddler to guess what you hide there. Give your little ones different tips. Then roll the box to your children. Put the stickers. Decorate one for you too.

1. Put your both hands on the box and roll back and fort
2. Put one of your feet on the box and roll it back and fort
3. Grab the box with your both hands and “rub” it with your palms tight
4. Put your legs together and roll the box with your hands over your legs and body from the chest down to the toes and back
5. Fill the box with noisy materials, if you want to stick to the days’ theme – put for example little plastic fruits. Skate it with one hand up and down in the air.
6. Make the toddler to build a tower from all the boxes and them make him bring it down.