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Creative Things to Do While Physical Distancing ...

This is a fabulous list of resources and ideas to inspire and keep you and your family active and entertained while social distancing.

Ideas include free online yoga classes, language learning resources, starting a virtual book club, hosting a virtual hangout or wine tasting with friends, making a family scrapbook or newsletter and SO much more.

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Creative Things to Do While Physical Distancing | All Ages

Fizzing Colors | Ages 3-12

Fizzing Colors | Ages 3-12

“Turn your kitchen into a chemistry lab with this simple science experiment! You only need three ingredients: baking soda, food coloring, and vinegar. When you combine the ingredients, a chemical reaction occurs and results in a bubbling eruption of fizzing color. Acids – like vinegar – and bases – like baking soda – are special kinds of chemicals that tend to react with each other to form something completely new: carbon dioxide gas. So the bubbles you see are filled with carbon dioxide gas which creates all the foamy fizz!”

Ages 3-12

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Celery Experiment | Ages 3-8

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Celery Experiment | Ages 3-8

“Has your child ever wondered how plants get water from their roots all the way to their leaves? This simple celery experiment shows how colored water travels up a celery stalk!”

Ages 3-8

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Gratitude Chain | Ages 3-11

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Gratitude Chain | Ages 3-11

“Inspired by this classroom project I did years ago as a kid, our family got together to make a gratitude chain one evening during dinner! It's a great, kid-friendly project to remind the people around you to be grateful of the little things in life! You can hang your gratitude chain by tying strings around both ends of your chain and taping them to the wall. We also loved the idea of using the garland as tabletop decor.”

Ages 3-11

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Giant Bubble Wand | Ages 3-16

Giant Bubble Wand | Ages 3-16

“Now that the weather is warming up, my kids have been looking forward to going camping and playing outside! Using some household items, it was easy to make a giant bubble wand and a bubble solution for giant bubbles. The kids loved taking turns trying to see who could make the biggest bubbles.”

Ages 3-16

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How Art Therapy Exercises Help Manage Your Child’s Emotions

How Art Therapy Exercises Help Manage Your Child’s Emotions

“Second only to recess, kids often name art as the favorite part of their day. But for many children, art projects can have legitimate healing powers.”

This article provides insight into how art therapy helps in so many ways, including improving self-esteem and self-confidence, lowering anxiety and increasing insight and self-understanding.

There is also a list of supplies you may already have at home to engage your child (or yourself!) in at-home art projects.

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Integrating Education & Nature

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Integrating Education & Nature

“As educators, we have a unique opportunity to connect children and young adults with nature. Here are some ideas for tying in natural elements to all kinds of curricula.”

Ideas are broken out by category and include Math, Language Arts, Physical Education & Art, Music, and Theater Lessons.

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Resource Roundup: Free Online Activities the Whole Family Can Enjoy from Home

Resource Roundup: Free Online Activities the Whole Family Can Enjoy from Home

Check out this list of online activities such as Virtual Museum Tours, Virtual Aquarium and Zoo Exhibits, Online Concerts, Online Broadway Musicals and Broadway Plays, Exercise Classes and Studios (for kids and grown-ups) and more!

Many resources are free or included with streaming services you already have.

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