Are you looking for something to do? Many of the activities below would be perfect for you to do with a parent or a brother or sister. I'm sure you can think of plenty of non-technology activities, too.
Remember to have an adult's permission to participate in any suggested activities, click on any links, and watch any of the videos.
Take care & enjoy yourself!
Reading
- Storyline Online: https://www.storylineonline.net/library/
- Just Books Read Aloud: https://justbooksreadaloud.com/IndexCategory.php?t=All&p1=&p2=
- Scholastic Learn at Home: https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome.html
Science
- Mystery Science Lessons for Grades K-5: https://mysteryscience.com/school-closure-planning
- Steve Spangler's Science at Home: https://stevespangler.com/science-at-home/
Social Studies
- National Geographic Kids: https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/
- History for Kids: https://www.historyforkids.net/
- iCivics government and citizenship activities: https://www.icivics.org/games
- Freedom Homeschooling virtual field trips: https://freedomhomeschooling.com/virtual-field-trips/
- Adventures in Familyhood virtual field trips: https://adventuresinfamilyhood.com/20-virtual-field-trips-to-take-with-your-kids.html
Math
- Math Playground: https://www.mathplayground.com/math-games.html
- PBS Kids: https://pbskids.org/games/math/
- Education.com: https://www.education.com/games/math/
- ABCya: https://www.abcya.com/
Spelling & Writing
Create a comic by Read, Write, Think: http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/comic/
Art
- Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems: https://www.kennedy-center.org/digitalstage/Kennedy-Center-at-home/
- Art for Kids Hub on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ArtforKidsHub
Music
- Classics for Kids: https://www.classicsforkids.com/
- Play a virtual piano on Online Pianist: https://www.onlinepianist.com/virtual-piano
Technology
- Practice typing skills with BBC's Dance Mat Typing: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zf2f9j6/articles/z3c6tfr#orb-banner
- Test your typing skills on Typing Test: https://www.typingtest.com/
- Learn about coding on code.org: https://code.org/
Other
- PBS Kids: https://pbskids.org/games/
- ABCya: https://www.abcya.com/
- Funbrain: https://www.funbrain.com/
- bake with an adult
- basketball
- bike ride
- birdwatching
- blocks
- blow bubbles
- board games
- build a fort out of sheets and blankets
- call a family member and/or friend
- card games
- charades
- color
- cook with an adult
- create a comic
- create a dot-to-dot for a sibling
- create a scavenger hunt for a sibling
- create something out of a cardboard box
- dance
- Dominoes
- draw
- dust
- feed the birds
- football
- Frisbee
- Hide-and-Go-Seek
- jump rope
- kickball
- Learn a new skill from an adult.
- Learn a new language.
- Learn how to play an instrument.
- Legos, K'NEX, Lincoln Logs, etc.
- listen to sounds in nature
- look through photo albums
- marbles
- make paper bag puppets, write a script, and put on a puppet show
- organize your room
- paint
- paper airplanes distance competition
- picnic in the backyard
- pick up sticks
- ping-pong
- play a song with musical instruments created with pots, pans, and spoons
- play with a pet
- Play-doh
- put on a play
- race toy cars
- rake the yard
- read a book
- read to your stuffed animals and/or a sibling
- Rediscover a toy that that you haven't played with for a long time.
- run around the yard
- sew
- sketch some spring flowers or something else in nature
- sidewalk chalk art or hopscotch
- sing
- soccer
- start a pebble collection (An egg carton makes a good organizer.)
- sweep a floor and/or the sidewalk
- take a bubble bath
- tennis
- Tic-Tac-Toe
- vacuum
- volleyball
- walk
- wash a mirror and/or window
- wash dishes
- wash laundry
- weed a flowerbed and/or garden
- write a letter to a family member and/or friend
- write a story
- write in a journal
- yard games that weren't listed
- Find 100+ indoor activities on The Best Ideas for Kids: https://www.thebestideasforkids.com/indoor-activities-for-kids/
Finally, if you fell behind on any lessons over the past two weeks, now would be a great time to catch up on them. Scroll down to find each day's lessons posted below.
Enjoy your spring break and your family! :)