Storybox Playlist: Boredom is Beautiful
“Mommy, I’m bored.” In my house, I don’t even respond to that statement. Or if I do, I simply say there are grown-up chores to be done, like cleaning the bathroom. That tends to get the kids outside or doing something else really quickly.
Boredom is a great thing for kids as it requires them to figure out something to do. Often when we as parents offer suggestions or find something for them to do, it is a lost opportunity for creative growth.
We’ve rounded up five stories about boredom to help inspire your kids when they are bored. Let me suggest that it might be best to play these stories during your normal story time rather than when your kids are bored. Listening when they aren’t bored will allow the lessons and ideas in the stories to sink in better. Then when boredom arises, you might be able to say, “What would Martin and Sylvia do if they were bored?” That will help trigger their memories of the stories and hopefully banish the boredom.
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Playdate
Momma challenges Martin, Sylvia and friends to incorporate everyone’s play ideas into one activity…
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The Strawberry Farm
Billy is bored. When Billy’s parents send him to his grandparent’s farm for the summer, he is not prepared for the magic he…
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A Life Inside
A previously outside cat learns to enjoy her new life inside and find the adventure and fun in her new situation.
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The Sick and Tired Day
What’s a Sick and Tired Day? With Momma’s help, morning play, snack time, lessons, lunch and even clean-up time become fun!
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Twixt the Cracks
Piper is bored with the same old summer things until the willow tree leads her to Ireland where she learns to see the…
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Playing with Nothing
Piper and Clancy are bored, but learn to find something in “nothing” from some Penguins on a barren island near Namibia.
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KC Pagano
ContributorKC is a full-time radical homemaker and mama to two spunky little girls. She writes about all kinds of radical goodness, from gardening and cooking with whole foods to crafting, sewing, homeschooling, and mama musings. Read more on her blog [The Nettlesome Life](http://nettlesome.life/).
