Throughout 2020, social distancing considerably limited our options for entertainment and hobbies. Sheltering-in-place has definitely expanded our appreciation for nature and creative pastimes. It’s no surprise that many people have turned to backyard birding as a free way to relax, get fresh air, and add enjoyment to their days.
The goal of 30 Random Acts of Family, Fitness, and Fun is for kids to enjoy the holiday season, spark their curiosity and focus on kindness by doing the following:
spend quality time with family;
take part in several random acts of kindness;
tap into creative juices by creating and designing games and activities; and
Field trip out of the question? Think again. Thanks to technology, it’s now possible for kids to visit all kinds of places from the comfort of their home!
Engaging children’s activities and games all rooted in the love of growing our own food and taking care of our Mother Earth. They are fun, easy, safe, free to use, and created for preschoolers and primary grade kids.
Freemembership during COVID-19 offering interactive video lessons, some are live, some are on-demand, including music, art, movement, science, and more.
Trained leaders deliver an expert-designed curriculum of activities that help kids build the skills that matter most. Try them on your own and begin to see the power in outdoor, play-based learning. To a kid, these are just plain fun!
A must-download list of fun, unusual even downright silly things that you can build with. Because building helps kids develop in so many ways – fine motor skills, problem-solving skills, spatial awareness, creative imagination, the list keeps going.
In just a minute or two, personalize a digital postcard and email it to your grandparent! Or, write a letter and mail it to your grandparent. You can become pen pals because getting mail is just as much fun whether it comes from across the country or across the street!
Agree ahead of time what you are cooking and get all the ingredients needed to make the meal. At the designated day and time, gather on a video chat. Grandparents and grandchildren each fix the meal and talk while they do. Just because you are apart doesn’t mean that you can’t have a meal together!
These online books on LiteracyCloud.org have been especially developed by children’s authors and illustrators around the world for children in primary school and are available to download for offline use. Or, select your favourite book and read it together on a video chat. This gives you a reason to talk to each other often as you will both probably be excited to read the next chapter.
Send your grandkids a small planting set – pot, seeds, soil, maybe some small tools, watering can, gloves, etc. You keep some of the same seeds. When they get the package, plan a time to video chat and plant the seeds while they do the same. Every week compare your plant’s growth and see how they are doing.
You are living through history right now, so spend some timetogether documenting it! Download a booklet and share your feelings about the pandemic and what you’ll remember most about your time at home.
The Story Game is where you start a story with 3-5 words. Then, your grandparent needs to continue the story with just 3-5 words. Then you continue the story with the next 3-5 words. This game can get hilarious when yourun it completely off the rails in a direction that you just didn’t anticipate! This doesn’t have to be done on screen time. Instead, you can do this the old-fashioned way, on the telephone