Read Aloud:
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Mac Barnett Each day at 3 p.m.
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Mo Willems Daily lunch doodles from 1-1:20 p.m. through March 27.
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Shawn Harris, "Everyone's Awake"
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Juno Valentine, "Juno Valentine and the Magical Shoes"
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Ame Dyckman, "You Don't Want a Unicorn!"
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Steven Weinberg, "AstroNuts"
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Molly Idle, "Pearl"
Museums Tours:
Zoos and Aquariums:
Activities for families and students of all ages!
Other fun things to do!
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Work the crossword and sudoku puzzles.
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Write a haiku or a limerick. Read it aloud in your best Shakespearean accent.
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Learn some new phrases in a foreign language — like “Hast du Toilettenpapier?” in German (“Do you have any toilet paper?”).
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Listen to an audiobook together.
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Write letters (actual letters or cards) to one or more people in the service industry.
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Tell a story as a family. One person starts with a phrase or sentence, the next person continues with an added phrase/sentence, and so on. Continue until a logical place to end.
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Make sock puppets out of the non-matched socks, or toys for your pets.
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Bake a cake or some cookies.
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Learn how to sew on a button.
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Learn how to make an origami animal.
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Make a new board game with an old cardboard box or some paper. Make cards and other pieces. Grab some dice from another game or make a spinner. Make up the rules as you go.
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Have a scavenger hunt in your home.
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Save the boxes from your package deliveries and use them to make towers or forts.
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Write a play or a script.
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Create a puppet show.
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Write a song.
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Make a comic strip.
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Create a collage.
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Write a story.
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Write a poem.
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Construct a mobile.
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Create some jokes.
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Create a slideshow.
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Create a scrapbook.