Ways to stay busy while social distancing
- Write in your journal or start a blog
- Catch up on TV shows
- Learn a new language
- Read a book (or three)
- Take a walk (fresh air is allowed)
- Organize
- Create a collage
- Listen to music
- Gather clothes to donate
- Face-time family & friends
- Take time to reflect
- Donate to charity
- Start a garden
- Listen to podcasts
- Fix things around the house that have been neglected
- Make a photo album
- Play with your pets
- Learn calligraphy
- Meditate, stretch, do yoga
- Catch up on sleep
Things to do with kids at home
- Use online school resources for educational purposes
- Limit electronics. Implement studying, journaling, reading, etc
- A puzzle
- Make a bird feeder
- Have a tea party
- Make slime
- Paint self-portraits
- Learn some magic tricks
- Play outside (flashlights, tents, etc)
- Dance parties
- Teach them to cook
- Have a tea party
- Play dress-up
- Draw with sidewalk chalk
- Write letters to family and friends
- Play board games
Links and such for kids
- They can watch the beluga whale webcam set up at the Georgia Aquarium
- The Cincinnati Zoo is highlighting different animals on their live-stream each day at 3pm EDT
- NASA astronauts read kids stories from space here
- ABCMouse Learning Academy has many lessons and educational resources that kids can use
- Music to Your Home is the spot for online music lessons
- Teach them to bird watch. Use the Cornell Lab of Ornithology (birds.cornell.edu) to identify what you see
- Artist Jarrett J. Krosoczka hosts a “Draw Every Day with JJK” daily at 2 p.m. on YouTube
- Hour Of Code has free 1-hour coding tutorials and activities for all ages, interests and skill levels
- Try Cosmic Kids Yoga to get them moving
- The Metropolitan Opera is streaming operas for free
- Always wanted to see some of the USA’s National Parks? Check out a full list of the ones you can tour virtually here.
- Check out the view from the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France here
- Virtual roller coaster ride, anyone? TheCoasterViews has rides from Disney, Six Flags, Cedar Point and more.
- Virtual story time with Michelle Obama
