How do you help calm down a 4 yr old girl?

Question

Looking for outside the box ideas. Mom tries providing enough physical outlet, but seems to need more. Always running.

Answer 1

tv

Answer 2

OK now is what you  cooking  her your  favorite food? It always works for me when i baby sit!!!

Answer 3

Find something that sparks her interest and is a calmer activity.  Kids can be easy to deal with if you can find what they like to do.  Ask what they like to do (i.e. color, draw, puzzles, etc.) and find a calmer activity to have them do.

Extremely active kids seem to be the ones who are the most unruly too, they won't back down from a challenge.  Find a puzzle or whatever activity you can find that is calmer and that sparks their interest and challenge them to put it together in a set amount of time.  Praise them for their efforts constantly so she will want to earn your praises more.

Answer 4

I have a six year old little boy.. so I feel ya.  I just let him play outside a couple hours a day.  Then when it's time to come inside, we think of ideas to keep him busy.  Like coloring or painting while you make dinner or do the dishes.  Get a puzzle, or let her choose a movie to watch.  Have her help you (I know they aren't much help... but she'll think she's helping), with chores around the house.  Play a game with her... my nephews love to guess what animal sound I'm making.  This helps them to stay focused on one particular thing rather than running like crazy people all over the house.  Hope these ideas help.

Answer 5

4 year olds are busy by nature.  try channeling the extra energy for quiet times by playing quiet jigsaw puzzles, reading books or even a special music cd that is calming and relaxing.

Answer 6

Try a gymnastics class...tumbling and the like.  Cheerleading.  Track Club (yes they do have them for children this young).  Or just for laughs...get a Greyhound and have them race each other.  LOL

Answer 7

I don't know what you can do to stop her energy, but you might have Mom check and make sure her diet isn't partially to blame. Too much sugar, natural or artificial caffeine, and the like can make her crazy, especially at that age. And remember sugar doesn't just come in candy.

Answer 8

Giant hampster wheel.

Answer 9

put hannah montana on.

Answer 10

well i just offer hot chocolate or to turn on a TV station. or if youre really ticked off, threaten to take away a toy or tell mom/dad            good luck! -little ones are the worst

Answer 11

If you're asking for child rearing tips in this forum, perhaps you should strongly consider not having any more children. Please!

Answer 12

put on a fav tv show, warm milk, soothing music works great. Nice bath.

Answer 13

Ask them question that make them think.

Answer 14

Jog around the park 300 times then go to chuck e. cheese for 8 hours.

Answer 15

Are you feeding her hyper foods? Keep routines and avoid sugar !!!!

gradually engage her in girly things e.g makeup or cooking. its not clear if she has siblings, if she has older brothers then her behaviour is normal. School will eventually calm her down too! she needs to see other children and how they behave. kids learn from kids ... not tired stressed parents etc

Answer 16

give her candies

Answer 17

watch what she is eating, alot of sugar, pasta, bread is one reason a kid is very active.  instead of sandwich with peanut butter  give her soup and crackers. veggies.  give her plenty of paper and encourage her to draw her energy on art work.. let her skate, play ball games, school or rec center sponsoring.  teach her to number paint or crafts, handling clay..she is probably very smart and needs direction to keep busy.

Answer 18

give her a cookie.....

Answer 19

maybe sit her down for a kiddie movie && a lil snack.  make sure she's comfortably watching the movie and she just might fall asleep

Answer 20

Find an activity such as reading a story, puzzle ect...Don't try to talk over her or tell her to slow down, just lower your voice until you grab her attention.  She'll realize that unless she settles down she won't here anything you're saying.  Use her as a prop during story telling, use her as sound effects.  Try different things and if it doesn't work you could ask your doctor if she might have add/adhd.

I wish you luck.

Answer 21

Maybe the child has a condition like ADD, or ADHD..  If she is constantly running, and can't sit still for a little bit, then I would look into getting her checked out for such conditions.

Answer 22

When my daughter was younger she was like the energizer bunny.  She kept going and going and going.  The solution I found was to give her a bath in the afternoon.  She loved to play in the tub, so it wasn't a problem.  After her bath she would fall asleep.  If she was wound up in the evening, I would bathe her again. She was the cleanest kid on the block!

Today they suggest that you add lavender to the bath water because the smell of the lavender is soothing.  I believe Johnson & Johnson makes lavender bath products for children.