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Thanks to the Princess Awesome & Boy Wonder Community for the amazing suggestions!!

• Have each kid pick a topic they’d like to learn about and spend 30 mins each day on that topic
• Spend one day reading every single picture book we have in the house
• Go through all the old mail laying around (ok, that one’s not for kids although they do enjoy helping tear stuff up)
• Bake something every day
• Have each kid write a letter and/or emails to a different friend or family member each day
• Use all of our building toys on one giant structure
• Wash our hands!!!!
• Races of various kinds in the backyard (hopping on one foot, crabwalk, walking backwards, etc.)
• Try stop motion animation with playdough
• Facetime grandparents a lot
• Watch everything on Disney+
• Inventory the plants & wildlife (from bugs on up) in your yard.Llearn the parts of plants/flowers & how they function (bonus if they learn the Latin names).
• If you aren’t too squeamish & have a spare clear shoebox size tote or 5-10 gallon tank, catch some pillbugs (rolly pollies, sowbugs) & observe them (if you really do this, i can tell you how to set them up. i have about a thousand of them currently because it’s too cold here to thin the herd & they’ve been reproducing all winter. they’re pretty interesting).
• Write a short story & illustrate it.
• Learn how to do simple book binding.
• Make paper (from your old mail!)
• Have the kids help with yardwork in between playing games outside. They’re little, but they like getting dirty and “working” in the gardens.
• GoNoodle! Great for guided movement, relaxation, etc.
• Board games, card games
• Legos.
• We have some extreme dot to dot books (1400 dots) that the kids love, especially the 5 year old!
• Lots of reading, playing with the dog,
• Working on learning to sew using stuff we have on hand.
• Card making/scrapbooking projects (mostly for me but kids can do it too).
• Getting the garden ready, we need to weed and work the ground. I might get seeds and we’ll set up to have our own starts this year.
• Make tents and reading caves : ) flashlights, tidy snacks, books, and pillows!
• Have a shadow show in the reading tent (we used blankets over chairs or a table)
• Get binoculars and learn about the birds near your house, look them up on google and search for their birdcalls on YouTube
• Learn how to make a stuffed animal
• Play with cornstarch and water and cheap action figures
• Many educational websites are waving fees if your students school is closed

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