Outdoor activities on rainy days?

[Anonymous]

My 4 year old loves going outside. He was incredibly cooped up after the snow storm and was really happy to be out at the playground last week. Now it’s going to be raining all week so playgrounds are hard to do. Any ideas for outdoors activities with preschoolers when it’s wet out? Maybe a park to play in puddles?

[Anonymous]

Puddles are fun, if theres a hill with water running down mine likes to use pebbles to make dams and bridges. Chalk on wet pavement gets better color than on dry, walk in the wet woods is fine, bikes/scooter should be fine, four might be young for jump rope but other pavement ball games should be fine.

Good job getting him outside, it can take motivation in this weather.

[Anonymous]

We went outside with the kids almost daily. Exceptions where heavy thunderstorms and very heavy rain/ snow. Even if “nothing” to do cause all wet, we’d just take a walk around the block with umbrellas and rain boots and they’d always find something, a puddle, sticks that fell, etc. and we’d end up outside for at least half an hour and usually more.

[Anonymous]

Puddles. Rain boots and rubber rain pants with stirrups help but also just, they’re going to get wet so stay close to home or bring a towel and dry clothes and be near a warm space.