Movement Ideas (Recess)
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Quiet Time Ideas
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Creative Time Ideas
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Play outside or get out in nature |
Read or listen to an audiobook or listen to ‘local celebrities’ read to you in Community Education’s ‘Wild About Reading’ Virtual Library! |
Make paper airplanes and see which one can fly the farthest! |
Online exercise or dance videos at GoNoodle or Sport Supermovers |
Draw a picture and hang it in your window for a neighbor to see |
Go on an alphabet scavenger hunt: write each letter of the alphabet on a sheet of paper and search for items that begin with each letter. |
Have a virtual dance party with a friend |
Draw using a daily Lunch Doodle |
Draw pictures and create an art show for your family |
Create a fun obstacle course using items around your home (pillows, laundry baskets, stuffed animals, plastic cups, blankets, chairs, etc.) |
Cosmic Kids Storytelling yoga videos |
Make paper flowers or snowflakes |
Play hopscotch |
Listen to a podcast at Wow in the World, Brains On!, Big Life Journal, Story Story Podcast, But Why? A Podcast for Curious Kids, Tumble Kids or Earth Rangers |
Use socks as puppets and create a puppet show |
Create a jump rope by tying together plastic bags |
Play Legos or do the 30 Days of Lego Play |
Create an indoor “camp out” using chairs and blankets. Then read a book or draw in your “tent”. |
Play basketball using laundry baskets for hoops and balls our of rolled-up socks |
Read a book than do the 30 Day Reading Challenge |
Play store or library using items from around your home |
Play Simon Says |
Do a shared virtual reading, drawing or activity with a family member or friend using https://caribu.com/ |
Design and build a city or tower with plastic cups or other household items |
Use chalk to write positive messages, quotes, poems or draw pictures to brighten someone's day |
Design a board game using paper & crayon/markers |
Make your own musical instruments using things from your home (pots, pans, boxes) |
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Write a letter to a friend or Journal to yourself |
Create shadow art using paper, the sun and figurines |
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Call a friend or family member |
Write and illustrate a book or graphic novel |
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Create an “All about me” board |
Play with toys or figurines |
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Try out videos to refocus and calm your brain. What is Tapping for kids or Tapping to relieve worry. |
Create and use a secret code or language |
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Explore Art for Kids Hub an online drawing tutorial |