Nature walk (gather materials) You can sort, create houses/cards/pictures with items from nature
Card/Board games
21 questions / I spy
Baking and or cooking (your family can create your own recipes or do a fun challenge with a secret ingredient)
Create a scrapbook or photo album (can be online)
Make a fort and have a “camp in” with flashlights and stories
Mindfulness activities
Use “dress up” clothes and make believe
Draw / paint / create art
Use small boxes to create a mini-town for toy cars/stuffed animals
Use large boxes to make houses/forts
Create a “store” using objects from around the house
Hide and Seek
Scavenger Hunts
Create treasure maps and provide clues to find the “treasure”
Puzzles
Arts and Crafts
Make homemade Play-Doh
Write and perform a play
Make puppets out of socks or paper bags
Pen Pals
Play music and sing/dance together...have a family contest or show
Make instruments using empty containers and beans or rice
Mani / Pedi Spa time
Education.com (games)
PBS Kids
Build with Recycled Objects
Label Your House - write labels/index cards for items around the house
Write the house - parents place cards with different sight words/simple words around the house, students need to find all of the words and write them down on a piece of paper
Create your own research projects
Read Bartholomew and the Oobleck by Dr. Seuss and then Make Oobleck!
Make pyramids out of paper or plastic cups
Have a picnic either outside or inside in the middle of the room
Write letters, numbers, sentences on Post-its. Hide them around the house. Have kids find them and match them to a bigger “Key” around the house. Here is an example but can be modified to be age-appropriate: https://busytoddler.com/2018/03/post-it-names/