Welcome back!
With the Covid-19 shutdown of schools, class is changing, but the good news is that learning and growing can continue! Throughout this blog I hope to give you ideas of things to do while staying home and safe.
ATTENTION PARENTS!!! At home with children?
We all are adjusting to the new normal and during these times parents are now becomming teachers to their own children. This is no easy feat, and many parents may not know how to get their children to stay learning and actually focus on school related topics at home without their usual teacher. Living thorugh a pandemic can be stressful and life changing and we can use this time to learn new ways to teach and grow as individuals. As parents it may be hard at first but there are ways to keep your children busy and learning while safe at home!
Stay active
During this time it is vital that we provide our youth with ways to stay moving and active for them to grow their muscles, have fun and learn. We can do this in many ways and here is a few ideas for our children to keep moving and/or entire families to stay active.
- Dance party or GoNoodle- a great website to get up and dance and stay inside to be safe
- Go on walks, runs, or bike rides
- Play tag or jump rope
- Read a book and act out what happens
- Yoga and/ or stretching
- Play a game with family like soccer and tossing a baseball or football
Doing fun and engaging activities
Although school will not be the same for our students, we can make the best of it through this difficult time. There are many ways we can engage our students at home in order for them to learn and develop! Some fun and engaging activites for our students to do at home can be:
- Go on a virtual field trip to the zoo or aquarium! (My personal favorite) – Aquarium & National Zoo
- Go on a tour of the world and learn about culture google arts and culture
- Do some science like this easy experiment about surface tension Pepper and water experiment
- Play dress up and learn life skills like being a chef/ cooking, or doing things like; laundry, dishes, making beds, vacuuming, fire safety, personal hygiene
- Teach a history lesson about Ellis Island, Mount Rushmore or Liberty Bell
- Do crafts, draw, paint, color!
- Practice sight words and vocab by spelling it out with shaving cream https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NM-KbR6lCDE
- Plant a garden and talk about the nutitious foods that can be grown in gardens, you can also make a chart and label plants
Staying safe and caring for yourself
Staying safe and clean during this time is important for every person. We should strive to stay as safe as possible and also participate in self care in order to stay healthy. We should also use precautions in order to help stop the spread of the Coronavirus!
Safety:
- Wear a mask when you go out in public
- Use gloves and/ or hand-sanitizer when you are in public settings like the grocery store
- Do not touch your face
- Wash hands with warm water and soap for atleast 20 seconds
- Limit trips to public places and only go out into public places for things you need like food, water, toiletries and medicine
- Practice social distancing by staying six feet or futher away from people
Caring for yourself:
- Take a warm bath
- Read a book aloud with family or individually
- Catch up on sleep
- Learn new recipes with the family
- Watch a movie
- Yoga
- Meditate
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