Are you social distancing and wondering what to do with the kids? Here are some fun kids activities that can be done at home!
Kids Activities
- Try cooking with your kids and using it as a chance to teach math concepts. Discuss how to double or halve the recipe and work in some simple everyday math.
- Explore your backyard and have your kids write down what they see
- Play store with real coins and practice counting money
- Check out some educational channels on YouTube such as Jolly Phonics and dance videos to get the kids moving
- Create an account with Epic! on your PC or phone. It’s FREE for 30 days and after that it’s a reasonable monthly fee. You will be able to have access to over 35,000 books, quizzes, learning videos and more.
- For teenagers, consider having them watch a movie each day that focuses on a different aspect of American History.
- Take this time to allow your kids to create a vision board regarding goals and dreams that they have for themselves.
- Make your own slime and turn it into a science lesson on polymers.
- Work on writing letters and numbers by drawing them in sand, flour, shaving cream, etc. This is a fantastic hands on, sensory activity that kids will love and will go a long way in learning to write.
- Encourage your kids to read for a minimum of 30 minutes per day. Once complete, ask them questions about what they read.
- Check out Scholastic online; they have launched a FREE program
- teacherspayteachers is a website that offers many games and activity ideas that you can print and use at home
- Consider creating a schedule for this time at home. Kids thrive on structure and it will help them as well as help you keep your sanity
Since this week’s forecast is looking like rain and chilly temps, check out this delicious soup recipe! https://blog.dawndause.com/2017/01/soup-recipe-for-a-cold-weekend.html