How to Prevent Misbehavior with Hyperactive Children

Children with Hyperactivity need to channel their energy into constructive pursuits. The following are ideas and strategies parents can modify to suit a family's needs to prevent boredom and misbehavior among hyperactive children.

Things You'll Need

• Parents need to use patience and creativity in implementing the following tips.

Instructions

How To Prevent Misbehavior With Hyperactive Children.

1. Consider Outdoor or Good Weather Play Requiring Other ChildrenIdeas in this category can include: Having a popcorn and fruit drink stand; camp in the backyard in sleeping bags or tents; go for a walk or hike; participate in vigorous activity like swimming, running games, or ball games; do water play with a hose and plastic slide cloth; have a water fight with squirt guns and cups, do supervised long distance biking or hiking as a group.

2. Consider Indoor or Inclement Weather Play Requiring Other Children(Most can be moved outdoors in good weather)Ideas in this category include: playing jacks; make a tent with a sheet and a card table; telephone a friend; gather shoes from around the house and play shoe store; use a comb, brush, cup with water and towel to play hairdresser; put things into a mystery sack and give clues to guess what's in the sack; play card games; play table games; make up a pretend radio or television interview and talk into a recorder.

3. Outdoor or Good Weather Solitary Play(most can be shared with other children if feasible)Watch the stars through a telescope; look through binoculars; work on gardening, hug a tree; line up pop cans and throw pebbles at them; feed pets; jump rope; draw pictures of your yard to represent the seasons of the year; water some flowers; make a collection of leaves from the yard; volunteer to sweep a neighbor's sidewalk without pay; draw a picture of an outdoor scene; play on a swing set or in a sand box; roller skate, ride a bike, use a skateboard; go jogging; go swimming; go fishing; go horseback riding; feed bread to birds; groom pets; earn money by washing cars or mowing lawns; collect interesting rocks; write or draw on the sidewalk with chalk; play with pets.

4. Indoor or Inclement Weather Solitary Play(Most can be moved outdoors in good weather)Listen to music, play electronic toys; punch a punching bag, make muffins or a cake; pop popcorn; play with toy logs or a building set, work on a puzzle; write letters to relatives or friends; color; draw with colored pencils; make a collage, play or practice a musical instrument; draw; play with dominoes; look through picture albums; make a tunnel by draping a sheet over the back of a sofa; make holiday decorations.

Tips & Warnings

• Take these ideas and utilize them as a starting point to keep hyperactive children busy thus helping to show them how to prevent boredom and misbehavior children.