Fun Activities for Kids

• Get outside – use chalk, go for a walk or bike ride, do a nature scavenger hunt

• Hide and seek

• Helping with chores

• Have children help with cooking and baking; here are some age-appropriate ways for them to help

• Writing a letter/card to send to someone

• Puzzles and board games

• Have an indoor picnic

• Plan a “movie night” at home with popcorn. Have kids make their own “tickets” for a fun addition.

• Set up an Easter Egg Hunt in or outside

• Watch the webcam of the Beluga Whales at the Georgia Aquarium 

• Watch livestream of Cincinnati Zoo animals on Facebook daily at 3 pm

• Check out the Mars Cam

• Participate in Storytime From Space. NASA astronauts read children’s books while floating in space!

• Take a virtual tour of a farm.

• Watch the Monterrey Bay Aquarium Animal Cam

• Watch African Wildlife Cam 

• Watch Bill Nye the Science Guy and do experiments along with him

• Connect with Scholastic, they have at-home learning materials for a variety of grade levels.

• Check out Mystery Science. This site has free science lesson plans for kids kindergarten through 5th grade.

• Virtual kid-friendly interface of the MET. Lets them explore the museum with different writing/thinking/making prompts. 

• Check out the New York Department of Education’s website. They have lesson plans and learning materials in multiple grade levels and subjects to keep kids learning.

Talking to Your Children About COVID-19 (Coronavirus)

Check in with yourself and attend to your own needs. It’s important for you to care for yourself first, in order to be able to care for your children!

• Here is a helpful video for parents from the Child Mind Institute.

• This is a guide for parents from the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

• This Curious George video provides an understandable explanation of germs and how they spread.

• Elmo and Rosita explain the right way to sneeze in this video

• Step-by-step handwashing guide with Elmo

• Reins of Life has created a storybook that can be used to talk to kids about the coronavirus.