Here are our top tips and ideas on how to keep kids busy, calm and upbeat during this testing time. See space-station.co.uk/blog/how-to-build-the-ultimate-cardboard-fort(Image: Getty Images)Colour your tableclothColouring is a great way to help kids of this age develop motor skills. (Image: Getty Images)Make a ‘calm down’ jarNo matter how calm you try to keep things, at some point tempers are bound to flare. Becky Goddard-Hill, co-author of new kids happiness activity book Create Your Own Happy, suggests parents help youngsters by making a ‘calm down’ jar. For more tips try the Royal Horticultural Society’s guide for kids: Ready, Steady, Grow!

Source: Daily Mirror March 29, 2020 19:52 UTC