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3yr old activities

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bananapancake0 · 16/03/2024 15:00

Can I get some sugestions of places to go/things to do with my 3 yr old?
Getting bored of the usual park, soft play, farm
Thankyou 

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Elzibells · 16/03/2024 15:06

We go to libraries alot, they all have different events on through the week for kids (crafts, song time, playgroups). I was also surprised how child friendly alot of museums are. Swimming is always good fun too!

ShillyShallySherbet · 16/03/2024 15:11

We went to lots of playgroups at that age. There was a different one to go to every day of the week in the surrounding villages and towns. Nice way to meet other people, change of scene, drink tea, eat cake.

sexnotgenders · 16/03/2024 15:37

Not sure where you live, but my 3 year old DD loves anything transport related. We often spend Sunday morning sat on the platform of the nearest overground station waving at the trains, and a trip on the bus or tube is insanely popular - we often just go a few stops and come back again. It's the journey, not the destination. We're in zone 2 London though so there's lots of transport options near us

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sexnotgenders · 16/03/2024 15:37

Also second libraries as a really good option

WeightoftheWorld · 16/03/2024 17:47

Stately home type things, depending on how child friendly they are but often the gardens at least are nice and have a playground.

At 3.5 my DC was going to a weekly swimming lesson.

Lots of church playgroups and children centre groups.

Could you drive further afield to different parks and rotate them?

Get the bus somewhere, my kids love the bus!

Visit friends or family and have them do the same?

Trampolining park? Gymnastics place? Inflatables park?

Small world type roleplay centres?

Food shopping and other errands.

Cafe for lunch or afternoon snack. Play cafe even better.

bananapancake0 · 16/03/2024 17:50

Sorry should have said she's at preschool in the week so it's just weekend ideas I need, our library isn't open weekends :(
But some good suggestions Thankyou :)

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bananapancake0 · 16/03/2024 17:51

WeightoftheWorld · 16/03/2024 17:47

Stately home type things, depending on how child friendly they are but often the gardens at least are nice and have a playground.

At 3.5 my DC was going to a weekly swimming lesson.

Lots of church playgroups and children centre groups.

Could you drive further afield to different parks and rotate them?

Get the bus somewhere, my kids love the bus!

Visit friends or family and have them do the same?

Trampolining park? Gymnastics place? Inflatables park?

Small world type roleplay centres?

Food shopping and other errands.

Cafe for lunch or afternoon snack. Play cafe even better.

Food shopping is hell for us haha!!

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WeightoftheWorld · 16/03/2024 20:48

Aw, well I guess they're all different. My DC1 was fine from around that age, enjoyed helping me find things in the shop etc. DC2 is 2 so perhaps he will end up being the opposite, who knows.

MissMarchple · 16/03/2024 22:24

WeightoftheWorld · 16/03/2024 20:48

Aw, well I guess they're all different. My DC1 was fine from around that age, enjoyed helping me find things in the shop etc. DC2 is 2 so perhaps he will end up being the opposite, who knows.

My son is 3 and he only goes to pre school for 2 mornings so I have a lot of time to fill with him!

Depends on the child but mine is active and needs a lot of exercise.

I don't like softplay or parks overmuch so we tend to do lots of everyday things and I find he gets more from that than from the 'organised fun' for kids. (His dad does a park or 2 with him thank goodness!) I also find our library beyond dull but we both love reading so we go to waterstones instead and look at their fish in a tank.

He loves a supermarket trip and pushes the trolley for me, helps me choose things , scans the items and even gets my card from my pocket to pay!

We walk around our local town and we do lots of pushing traffic light buttons, going into shops, escalators lifts etc.

National trust places, we've got a few transport museums near us with planes and helicopters taking off and landing ( and lots of room to run around without bothering anyone), garden centres, walks in the countryside, swimming lessons.

At home, every toy and game possible, throwing and catching balls up and down stairs, tonies box, pretending to drive my car, riding a bike, bit of gardening, 'helping' with housework. Paddling pool, lawnmower, sand, garden tent etc in summer.

Mostly, he loves it when I'm busy and he can bustle around with me and chat to me and his toys. I cleaned a room yesterday while he sat in the washing basket and pretended to be blasting into space - I gave it a good rock for him in-between dusting and I think it was his favourite half hour this week!!

MissMarchple · 16/03/2024 22:25

Sorry @WeightoftheWorld I don't know why my post quoted yours!

sarahsunny · 16/03/2024 22:39

Swimming
Museums/exhibitions
Beach
Castles/NT places
Trampoline park

LightSwerve · 16/03/2024 22:42

Museums, art galleries, train or bus journeys, woodlands/nature reserves.

harnei · 16/03/2024 23:30

I like organised stuff - booking for a term is great as you have a schedule set out for the week and don't have to think up things once it's been booked. After a term I'll consider changing classes to switch things up. We've done music, messy play, gymnastics, rugby, football, swimming, tennis, drama, ballet, plus a bunch of general entertainment classes. We travel all over London to try out different types.

Other days we do a lot of touristy stuff - museums, galleries, aquariums, palaces, all the big parks, zoo, boat trips. Soft play, play cafe, parks, stay and plays and libraries we make a list of all the different ones - we travel to different boroughs and there are several in each one, so it doesn't get boring. We also do a lot of children's theatre shows and concerts, about one show a week as there are a lot of venues with good programmes for under 5s.

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