how to survive a boring rainy day

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It's raining today and I'm not complaining. A rainy day is a welcome change on a hot summer month.

But RJ is very bored. "I don't have anything to do in the house." He'd rather play outside, under the heat of the sun, than stay indoors doing boring things. He doesn't like his Nintendo DSi's old games. He wants games similar with those found in a black berry tablet.

mask made by RJ

I made a list of things RJ can do today. Hopefully I won't ran out of ideas if Mr. Sun doesn't show up today.

1. Play with his toy figures
2. Continue making the Pirate Fortress
3. Read a book
4. Draw or paint
5. Origami
6. Play chess

What else can I add to this list?

teacher's pet

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I don't think my son will ever be a teacher's pet. Although he doesn't answer back, whenever reprimanded by his teachers, he does tend to repeat things that he'd already been asked not to do.

He doodles all over his notebook while teacher is explaining something. He talks with his seatmates while other kids are busy trying not to sleep themselves. Whenever I ask why he does those thing, "I was bored". I guess that's the problem with traditional schools. Lessons are taught in a boring, repetitive way.

Every year, I contemplate whether to enroll RJ in a progressive school. I've seen how distressful, for the child and mom, the environment and lessons are in a progressive school. Learning is fun and more interesting. But I always end up enrolling RJ in a traditional school because he's doing ok anyway. Even though he tends to get bored, he knows all the lessons, his grades are pretty impressive, and he does participate during class discussions.