10个小游戏，使孩子们的等待变得有趣

来源10 Toddler Activities to Make Waiting Time Fun, Worry-Free and Interesting
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10 Toddler Activities to Make Waiting Time Fun, Worry-Free and Interesting

10个小游戏，使孩子们的等待变得有趣而不再枯燥

Playing the waiting game doesn’t have to be filled with tears, threats and meltdowns. Let’s be honest, grown-ups too don’t really like to wait. So, it is even more difficult if you’re a toddler or preschooler asked to remain patient and happy while waiting for something or someone.

事实上，等待并不一定意味着泪水、恐惧和不安。当然，诚实地说，成年人都不喜欢等待。因此，换个角度想想，若是让一个孩子一直耐心地并愉快地去等待会更难。

However, if you have a few “make-a-toddler-happy” tricks and treats, playing the waiting game can be quite interesting and even fun.

但是，你若是有一些能够使小孩感到开心的小游戏或是小东西的话，孩子们便会感到等待不是一件枯燥的事情，甚至可是说是有意思的事。

下面是几个很简单但却非常有效的办法，它们可以使你和孩子的等待变得不再烦躁哟。

Here are some simple yet effective sanity-savers to make waiting worry-free for you and your toddlers.

1. The Waiting Room Coloring Kit

1.美术工具

Put together a waiting room coloring kit to keep toddlers engaged and occupied with drawing, scribbling, doodling or just sticking stickers on colored sheets of paper. My waiting room toddler kit consists of the following:

收集可图画的工具。这样就可以让孩子们在等待的时候在纸上任意的涂鸦或者仅仅是在纸上粘贴一些贴纸。我准备了如下的一些东西：

•A drawing notebook with blank sheets of paper to draw and scribble. I use sheets of paper that have one side written on and one side blank. Simply fold the sheets of the paper, blank side facing up, use a paper punch and thread them together with a ribbon.

一个供随意图画用的白纸本。这个本子里的纸，我用的是一面有字另一面空白的纸。只需要用订书器或是线把这些纸钉在一起，空白的一面朝着一个方向即可。

•A pouch filled with left over crayons, washable felt pens, and coloring pencils from used sets. I also include a paintbrush and a lidded container with plain water in it for magic painting.

一个盒子。里面装有成套中没用完的蜡笔、马克笔和彩色铅笔。我还放了一个毛笔和一个装有水的带盖子的容器，它们是用来画魔术画的。

•A plastic sheet that can be colored on and then wiped clean.

一个塑料板。这是用来涂颜色的，并且容易擦拭干净。

•A Magic Painting book.  I get mine from the local stationery store and buy them in bulk. You can get similar ones on Amazon as well.

一本魔术画的书。这是我好不容易在当地的一个文化用品商店买到的，并且买了很多。你也可以在亚马逊的网站上买到类似这样的书。

You can put all of this together into a small backpack or pouch and leave it in the car, waiting and ready to be used.

你可以把所有的这些东西都放在一个包包或袋子里。然后把它放在车上，以便随时会用到。

2. Have Fun Waiting with and for Food

2. 用食物去等待食物

Waiting at a restaurant can be tough on a toddler. After all, he is hungry and the food isn’t there yet! So, here’s what I do and it usually works with older kids as well. Carry a packet of Cheerios or any other snack with a hole in the middle. Carry a few, clean thin ribbons in different colors and have your toddler thread them through the holes. Glue the ends of the ribbons to stiffen them up and make threading easier. Keeps my daughter busy and even, becomes a snack while she waits for her food.

在餐厅等餐的时候，对一个孩子来说是一件很痛苦的事情。毕竟孩子饿了，但却还没有吃的！所以，下面就是介绍我所做的，并且对稍大些的孩子也同样有效果。拿一包切里奥斯麦片或是其他任何一种小吃，这些小吃的中间要有一个洞。拿几条颜色不一干净的细丝带，让你的小孩把丝带穿过那些洞。用胶水使丝带的两端变硬，可以让孩子们在穿洞的时候更容易些。这样，我的女儿就一直有事情做，或是在她等食物的时候它们可以成为一顿小快餐。

Another foodie waiting activity is to carry a packet of mixed nuts (check for allergies) or even, different colored or shaped candy and let your toddler sort them before proceeding to eat them.

另一个等待食物时小游戏就是，拿一包形形色色的坚果（检查过敏）。或者甚至是一些不同颜色形状的糖果，让你的孩子吃之前去给它们分类。

3. Waiting Room Games

3. 等候室里的小游戏

Games are a great way to keep a toddler or couple of toddlers busy and engaged while they wait for the doctor, for the bus/train/plane, at an office, or any other place which requires them to sit around for a while. A few favorites are I Spy and the Treasure Hunt with a few variations. Play I Spy with magazines, books and other things in the room. Also, you may have to adapt it a bit to suit your toddler or preschooler’s age and interest. With mine, colors and shapes are a hit, so I generally go, “I Spy from the corner of my eye something really blue”, and then she runs and picks up whatever looks bluish to her!

在等医生，或是公交车、火车、飞机的时候，或是在一个办公室，或是其他的一些需要孩子们坐着等一些时间的地方，游戏是一个非常好的方法让孩子忘记枯燥。几个偏爱的游戏有间谍和寻宝。玩间谍的时候，可以用到屋子里的杂志啊，书或是其他的东西。当然，你也可以用一些适合你的孩子年龄或兴趣的事物。比如对于我的孩子来说，颜色和形状是一大热门。所以，我通常会说：“小间谍啊，蓝色的东西在哪啊？”然后，她就会跑着去抓起她看着是蓝色的东西。

The Treasure or Scavenger Hunt is simple. Flip through magazines and ask your toddler to pick out a red car or a green umbrella or any thing that he would be able to identify easily. Keep it simple and easy to prevent any frustration at not being able to identify something.

寻宝游戏很简单。浏览一下杂志，然后让孩子挑出红色的车子或是绿色的伞，或是其他任何孩子能够容易辨认的事物。让这个游戏保持简单的水平，这样很容易防止认不出东西的烦躁。

4. Toys to Make Waiting Fun

4. 玩具，使等待变得有趣

I haven’t bought a single so-called ‘waiting room’ toy. However, I do have a stash of toys that I pull out each time we’re stuck in a traffic jam or are just waiting for someone or something. My waiting room toy kit consists of the following:

我并没有买一个叫做“等候室”的玩具。而事实上，我会藏一些玩具，在我们每次遇到交通堵塞或是等待的时候把玩具拿出来。我准备了如下的玩具：

•A couple of simple puzzles.

两三个游戏拼图。

•A push and go car or similar toy.

一个推推车或是类似的玩具。

•Couple of freebie toys from McDonald Happy Meals

麦当劳快乐餐的免费玩具

•A small, cuddly doll to snuggle with on long rides. This is more of a comfort object than a plaything.

一个小小的，惹人喜爱的娃娃，孩子们可以抱着。这是相对玩具来说更舒服的物品。

You can create your own waiting room toy kit by putting together a few toys from your preschooler’s existing collection and storing them in a special backpack. Keep this along with the waiting room coloring kit in the car.

你可以创造出独特的等待时用的玩具。从你的孩子现有的玩具中收集几个，把它们放在一个特殊的包包里。把它和画画的工具一起放在车里。

5. Songs to Pass the Time.

5.  唱首歌吧，打发一下时间

Kids love singing and music. Classics like “If you’re happy and you know it…”, “The wheels on the bus…”, “Old MacDonald had a farm…”, “Where is Thumbkin…” and others are a great way of passing time anywhere. Keep CDs with favorite tracks in the car and pop one in as soon as you notice your little one getting a little fidgety or bored. Sing along and you’ll have fun as well.

小孩子们都喜欢歌和音乐。经典一些的像是“If you're happy and you know it…”，“The wheels on the bus…”，“Old MacDonald had a farm…”，“Where is Thumbkin…”或是其他的一些歌曲。无论在哪里，这是一个打发时间非常好的方法。

6. Waiting in the Car.

6. 等在车里

While most of the activities here can easily be adapted to a car ride, there are a few activities that are great for a toddler who’s tired of being in the car seat. I play “Mama Says” which is a spin-off of Simon Says. Play “What’s that Car” and ask your preschooler to name the color or the type of car.

这里提到的大部分游戏都很适合在车子里。然而，还有几个活动很适合孩子，当他们在车上坐累了的时候。我会玩一个叫“Mama Says”的游戏，这个是Simon Says的翻版。还有“What's that Car”，可以让你的孩子说出车的颜色和类型。

7. Reading while Waiting.

7.  等待时的阅读

Books are a great way to keep a toddler happy. I keep a few picture board books as well as some with nursery rhymes and favorite stories in the backpack with the toys. You can pick books that your toddler is currently reading or ones that she enjoys all the time and put those in to the waiting room backpack.

书是让孩子保持开心的一个很好的方法。我会把一些图画书、童谣书和受欢迎的故事书一起放在装玩具的包包里。你可以挑一些孩子正在看的书，或是孩子一直很喜欢的书，把这些书和那些工具放在一起。

8. Waiting with Crafts.

8. 等待中制作的工艺品

I know. Waiting is not supposed to be art and craft. But it can be so much fun and can keep both you and your toddler engrossed so you wouldn’t even realize that time has flown. Couple of easy-to-do ideas are:

我很清楚，等待并不被认为是一种艺术或是工艺品。但是等待也可以有很多的乐趣，并且能使你和孩子全神贯注。以至于你们都不会注意到时间竟然已经过去了。几个很容易做的点子是：

•Cut shapes out of construction paper and have your toddler glue them or save some wooden ice-cream spoons and use them instead of the paper shapes. Keep a glue stick handy.

在图画用纸上刻出形状，让孩子把它们粘在一起。或是找几个乳白色的木勺子，用它们代替纸的模型。要把胶水放在手边。

•Carry packets of stickers and let her just peel and paste them onto notepaper, in the coloring book or on plain construction paper. Turn these into cards or scribble pads later.

准备几包贴纸，就让孩子把贴纸剥开并粘在画画本，彩色书上或是空白的图画用纸上。找时间把这些制成卡片或是垫板。

•Make penne poles. Akin to the Cheerios-threading exercise, just carry some uncooked penne in a Ziploc pouch and let your toddler thread them into poles or bracelets.

通心粉的两点。这个和燕麦片穿孔的练习相似。拿些没做过的通心粉，让孩子穿过两点或做成手镯。

9. Puppet Time.

9.  木偶时间

Hand and sock puppets are great for passing time. Turn old, orphan socks into cute puppets by simply sticking buttons for eyes and using a felt pen to draw other features. I always have one in my handbag and it has never failed me.

手工制作袜子玩偶是消磨时间的很好的方法。把旧的，单只的袜子做成可爱的玩偶。只需要把末端粘在一起做出眼睛，并用水彩笔画出其他的特征就可以了。我经常在我的手提包里放上一个，并且它从来都没有让我失望。

10. The Waiting Room Kit

10.  等候室的游戏道具

The complete waiting room kit can include all or something from everything mentioned above. In addition, you may want to include:

一套完整的等候室所用到的工具包括所有或是一些上面提到的东西。但是，除了这些，你或许还需要以下的东西：

•Snacks. Will keep hunger pangs at bay in a restaurant and keep them busy in the car or at the doctor’s. Include a bottle of water as well to wash things down.

小吃。当孩子们在餐厅的时候，可以消除孩子的饥饿感。在车里或是候诊室时，可以让孩子有事做。也要有一瓶水。

•A mini-purse or wallet just like yours, except fill it with fun stuff – some keys, fake money, colored post-its, play keys or some hair clips or bracelets and a little treat, like fruit leather.

一个和你们的一样的小钱包。里面可以装有趣的东西--一些钥匙、假的钱、彩色便利贴、游戏币或是一些发夹啦，手镯啦，还有一点小东西，像是无花果干。

•Bubbles. Great for whiling away time anywhere and guaranteed to delight a cranky toddler.

吹泡泡。一个可以令爱动的孩子高兴的，非常好的，消磨时间的方法。

•A small dry-erase or chalkboard board can be a pleasant addition to the coloring kit. I just got my toddler a chalkboard and she adores it.

一个小的白板或是黑板。可以在上面随意图画。我就给我的孩子准备了一个黑板，你知道吗，她对它非常着迷。

•A couple of wrapped “gifts”. I use leftover bits of wrapping paper to pack small plastic spoons, a brand-new Crayola or matchbox car or even, a small Ziploc filled with raisins and chopped almonds. The excitement and thrill of unwrapping and discovering something inside keeps toddlers busy and happy.

几个有包装的“礼物”。我用剩下的一些包装纸去包装小塑料勺，一个崭新的Crayola或是火柴盒，甚至是一个装有葡萄干和杏仁的塑料口袋。拆开包装去发现里面事物的那种激动会使孩子感到有事情做并快乐。

Waiting can be pleasant, interesting and even, educational if you have everything you need. Vary the activities regularly. Switch the toys every now and then. And it helps to always be prepared. I found that taking the time out to prepare two small backpacks with zippered compartments holding snacks, all the supplies for crafts and coloring, some toys and books was all that I needed to save my sanity and keep my toddler happy while we drove around town, waited at the clinic or killed time at the airport. These fun activities will turn waiting into yet another opportunity to bond, interact and engage with your little ones.

如果你准备好了你所需要的东西，等待也可以变得愉快、有趣，甚至是具有教育性的。别忘记适当地变换游戏，时不时地换玩具，以备不时只需。我发现，在我们环城行驶的时候，或是候诊、在飞机场消磨时间时，我只需准备两个小包。里面装有小吃，工艺品和画画用到的所有工具，一些玩具和书。这样就可以让我节省大量的脑细胞，并且我的孩子也会很开心。这些有意思的活动将会把等待转换成，嗯，也可以说是一个机会，一个和你的小不点们团结在一起、相互交流的机会。

How do you make waiting fun for your toddler? What works best to prevent a meltdown at the checkout line or in a restaurant?

你呢，是怎样使孩子的等待变得有趣的呢？在结账排队时或是在餐厅里，怎样做可以最有效的避免等待中的不安呢？