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Activities for 10.5yr old girl

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KittenCamile · 11/07/2019 12:27

Hi, im looking for some ideas for activities for my 10.5yr old step daughter. She spends all of her time on her i pad and has very little intrest in anything eles,

i dont really know any other children that age and am running out of ideas, she has no intreast in any kind of art or baking (my strong points!), she will play a few board games though. She likes swimmimg and going to the cinima but its expensive to do that all the time.

What sort of things do your daughters like to do? Even a game on the i pad she could play with her dad would be good, she just doesnt engage with anyone and would happliy spend her entire day on the sofa playing roadblocks or on tick tock. We just want to spend some time with her without it feeling like we are forcing her to do things.

I do ask what she would like to do but the only things she says are i pad, making a fizzy drink (?) Or watching a movie (but only if theres popcorn and she can pick it, if not she wont get onvolved) with summer holidays approching i want to pre plan some things she might like.

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sleepismysuperpower1 · 11/07/2019 16:04

skateboarding lessons? once she gets good enough she can go to a local skatepark and practice new tricks

you could also get a local membership to your nearest pool if she likes swimming x

sleepismysuperpower1 · 11/07/2019 16:05

oh and in terms of games on the ipad, what about heads up? that can involve the whole family and is good fun

Lara53 · 16/07/2019 20:15

Get out of the house and away from tech. Walk in the woods/ geocaching, swimming, game of tennis, bike ride, trip to the park, join some summer holiday clubs, visit the library and go for a drink afterwards - comfy chair and read for a while. At this age my boys were meeting friends locally/ going to mates houses a lot.

crazyandlazy · 17/07/2019 09:37

I personally would remove the iPad, even just for a day, tell her everyone is having a tech free day (including the adults) and take her to the park/forest/beach somewhere outdoorsy, make a picnic. She might not like it at first but I bet she’d end up having a lovely time.
Tech stuff can be so addictive.
Or an escape room? Trampoline park?
Brownies or Guides?
Tiktok is the one where they make videos or something isn’t it? Would she be interested in a drama club?

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