One way to do just that is to talk with your kid about the things going around while you wait. If you are in a bus terminal, talk to him about the people that come and go by. You may say (without conspicuously pointing) of course, “That man in blue suit is a police officer. He keeps this place peaceful.” If you are in a doctor’s clinic or in an office, talk about the things that you see. “That is a computer. It helps people with their work” or “That is a clock. It tells you what time it is.” The things you talk about will depend of course on how old your kid is. This activity is highly valuable in the sense that it acquaints your kid about the things around him, broadens his horizons as well as develops his interaction and communication skills.

Also a good way to stimulate your kid’s mind is to offer him educational waiting room toys that will not only delight your kid and give him hours of fun but at the same time enrich his mental capacity. Play cubes such as the Transportation & Police Learning Cube will engage your kid in hours of sliding, counting and manipulating activities that will improve your kid’s spatial awareness, color and shape recognition, and fine motor skills. This waiting room toy is also bound to incite your kid’s creative imagination through pretend plays with him imagining himself as a police officer chasing after a bad guy.

Another waiting room toy that your kid will love is the Maxim’s Learning Cube with 5 Sided Activities. This amusing educational waiting room toy offers 5 sides of different activities that your kid will surely adore. He will enjoy manipulating the wooden pegs through the maze or sliding wooden beads over the wires. It is also instrumental in improving a vast variety of skills similar to that of the Transportation & Police Learning Cube.

Aside from these, you can also engage your kid in mentally challenging games while you sit and wait with him. You can use his maxim wooden play set and create different games with it. Or you can expand his mental abilities with games that involve problem solving and cognitive skills like simple math problems with available objects around. For example, ask him to count how many pens are left after you remove two pens from the bunch of five pens. You can also play the point and spell game where you would point at things and he would spell them. If you have a toddler, opt for simpler games that will elicit giggles from your little one while stimulating areas in his brain.