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- Let’s unite, bring hope and set a Guinness World Record with our Linked By Love longest paper chain ever!
- Take a Breather Break – 5 deep breaths to calm and comfort.
- Check out our One-Minute Wonders and keep your family moving with a simple circuit workout!
- Celebrate Earth Day with our COVID Cardboard Creations.
- Jot down what you are missing the most and add it to your Someday Soon Jar. Soon you will be able to enjoy it again!
- Stay safe and spread some smiles with an Undercover Smiles Facemask project!
- Organize a Happy House Hunt or a fun scavenger hunt at home.
- Create a Covid-19 Time Capsule from Long Creations.
- Send a Hug to your loved ones.
- “10 Tips On How To Maintain A Routine Of Kindness During Difficult Times” by our friends at The Random Acts of Kindness Foundation.
- Safely celebrate birthdays with a Happy Birthday Party Parade! Learn more and see the joy!
- Download our Great Kindness Challenge- Family Edition checklist and complete as many items as possible from home.
- Join our Happy Heart Hunt. Let’s blanket our world with LOVE! It’s simple! Just make a heart from any object and tape it to a street-facing window to send your love out to the world. Encourage all your friends to do the same. Then, in a few days, take a family walk to search for other hearts on houses. How fun it will be to watch the love grow! Learn more
- Host Family Game Night – get out the board games, decks of cards, chess sets and puzzles.
- Create an obstacle course with things from your home.
- Have a spontaneous dance party! Crank the tunes and DANCE!!
- Play charades.
- Clean your closets together. (Seriously!) Put on some fun music and then joyfully declutter. Keep only the things that are useful and spark joy.
- Create a family “masterpiece” out of recycled items from your decluttering.
- Listen to a podcast: “Wow in the World”.
- Learn on-line together.
- Teach your child a skill or a share a talent. Teach them to cook, change a tire, sew on a button, balance a checkbook, play the ukulele, etc.
- Go on a scavenger hunt.
- Explore nature. Continue to spend time outdoors. The fresh air is good for kids, and for us as parents. But please do this as a family rather than meeting up in groups.
- Create a family vision board.
Use a free video platform to connect with other kids. Zoom, FaceTime, Skype, WhatsApp and Google Hangouts are some of our go-tos.
- Lego Masters – Create a LEGO challenge amongst a group of friends. Give the kids a timeframe to create.
- Send pictures of final creation on a video platform.
- Start a virtual book club for kids.
- Take a Virtual Museum Tour together.
How to talk about COVID-19 with your children
Sources/learn more:
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/02/28/809580453/just-for-kids-a-comic-exploring-the-new-coronavirus |
Self-care IdeasWe must remember to take care of ourselves so we can take good care of our children!
Sources/learn more: Create a RoutineWhile you are home with your children, a routine will be helpful for both your kids and you! We love to make plans, but stay flexible and leave room for the “magic” of the moment to happen.
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Some Good News with John Krasinski
A message of hope from Dr. Jane Goodall, our 2010 Peace Hero
This beautiful poem puts everything in perspective. Lockdown – Hope for Humanity
For some extra smiles: Unicorn Walking Dogs