Try to have the calls rescheduled early in the morning after breakfast. Kids are more attentive at that time. Follow this guide:-
Your calls must always revolve around what they want to do. Focus on their interests, toys, super hero characters and nature. Reflect on good behaviours of those characters. Make up interesting stories using Disney, Avengers, Harry Potter etc.
Your goal is to build parental attachment strong as you can. Child psychologists recommended give them identity, make them feel important in your life, give them a sense of self fulfilment saying they are clever, intelligent, kind and generous. All these compliments will make them feel happy. Avoid asking about their day or school…it seem like a boring question to them.
For ideas for activities, imagine what a teacher would plan and do.
- read stories and picture books 🎅🧚♀️🧜♀️
- showing photo albums of good times
- singing and nursery rhymes or school hymns
- build models 🎪🏰🏡🏗️ of lego and make stories…let them dictate what happens ( boys love cops and robbers!)
- nature, talk about wildlife
- capture spiders and snails in a jar…you’ll be amazed! 🐌🐞🦋🐛
- dinosaurs 🦖 ( enough said! )
- musical instruments 🎹🎸
- games, like I spy, hangman 🎲🧮🎮
- drawing on a whiteboard or flip chart 🎨✏️
- exercises like bouncing a football, catching a tennis ball, mini skittles 🎳⚽🏸🪀
- cakes – decorating one with candles online. 🎂🍥
- garden 🌻🌵🎍- show them the flowers ( boys as well seem to love them)
List is limited to your imagination.
Good luck 🤞