July 06, 2020
by: Chad Welch, Community Impact Coordinator – Education
Some of the best parenting advice I ever received was: “When it rains, play in the rain.” There are ways of making the best out of any situation, this one included. We have a unique opportunity here: We can make the COVID-19 crisis into a moment that will live vividly in our kids’ memories, so that in other times of uncertainty they’ll recall fondly how their family pulled together and made the best of things, and they’ll be able to do the same.
- Learn some yoga poses https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X655B4ISakg
- Meditate with help from Headspace for kids (free trial)
- Play balloon volleyball
- Look at old photos and share their memories
- Write old-fashioned letters and postcards
- Make gratitude lists
- Play charades
- Invent a card game
- Learn a few magic tricks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ6D3LwjZ1s
- Set up a bowling lane with stuff from around the house
- Mark out a hopscotch field with masking or duct tape
- Speak only in Pig Latin
- Thumb wrestle
- Play MASH https://lifehacker.com/how-to-play-mash-1809951633
- Play Hangman
- Plan a family vacation
- Learn about nautical flags and how to communicate with them
- Learn the parts of a sailboat
- Play dress up
- Teach your kids how to play blackjack (it helps w/ math skills after all)
