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New York may be on pause, but, as parents know,little kidshave no such button.
But desperation leads to innovation (and sometimes a littleXbox).
Here are our favorite suggestions.
(Adric recommends paying special attention to the astronauts weightless hair.)
They feel like theyre sneaking around the house.
They can even explore the garden and surrounding Ciudad de Mexico streets.
I like to think people walking their dog and looking over and saying, Look at that door!
and smiling, Adric says.
Cause some people are not so happy, but the door could make them happy.
Hang a playground from your doorway
They wont miss restricted outdoor playgrounds when they have one inside.
Two families raved about Gym1s Deluxe Indoor Playground, affectionately known as the Gorilla Gym.
Allison of Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn, mom to Max, 9, agrees.
You havent bought Magna-Tiles yet?!
He loves seeing the other babies in the Zoom windows, she says.
One of their favorites is the PinBox 3000 DIY cardboard pinball machine.
you could customize the pinball board and add your own little obstacles and such, Hope says.
It was just the right amount of challenge for an 8-year old.
He actually got impatient and finished it without me.
And it works, really well!
Just a little math and we all had lemon bars!
Our absolute fave is when LeVar Burtonvisits the crayon factory!
We call it La Liga Cocina The Kitchen League.
Meanwhile, Ken on the Upper West Side plays slow-motion indoor football with his son Jacob, 7.
Yesterdays tools were Google docs and Google slides.
The day before the tool was a hammer.
Trust in the allure of a stopwatch
Timing is everything especially to little kids.
Odysseus loves to be timed!
says Dawn of Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn, about her 7-year old.
He runs from the kitchen to his bedroom and back, and we time him.
He runs to get his PJs, we time him.
We time each other to see who can do ten sets the fastest!
Great cardio and great motivation.
Joanna (in Sunnyside) introduced a more appropriate version to Imogen called Kids Against Maturity.
Expect lots of fart jokes, Joanna says.
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