If you’re younger, choose board games such as Candyland, Connect 4, or Operation, as these games are easier to understand. You don’t want to be studying the rules and spending a whole day understanding them, right? That would waste your weekend and tire your brain out.
Now is the time to finally get out your train set, awesome Transformers, American Girl dolls, Legos, Hot Wheels, Barbies, LOL dolls, and/or your Shopkins out of your toy chest! Role-play adventure scenarios with your toys, such as a superhero (or superheroes) saving people or animals from danger or Barbies exploring in a jungle. You could also pretend normal scenarios, such as My Little Pony’s going to school or Lego people shopping in a supermarket.
If you’re having trouble thinking of what to draw, look around your room and the world around you. Look outside and draw the trees in your neighborhood, houses, your pet dog, your friends, a made-up story, a comic strip, etc.
Don’t worry about how amazing or terrible your dance skills are; this is supposed to be a fun activity, and you’re not dancing for a dance competition or anything.
Make sure to take breaks between songs, as your throat will hurt and become sore if you continue to sing. Drink liquids in between songs and take a break from singing for the day after 20-30 minutes.
Remember to take breaks every 20 minutes; do not watch YouTube for 5 hours straight or even 2 hours straight! That will damage your eyes and make you addicted to watching videos, which isn’t good for your health.
Again, make sure you take breaks from your computer! Staring at a screen with moving graphics can damage your eyes over many years. Sometimes, when you play video games, you get all hunched up or slouch in your chair. This is not good posture, and it can lead to back problems later on too.
Play with toys together, act out a scenario, draw, dance, or play video games with each other to have a blast! Get some snacks too, as you’ll be hungry after a couple of hours.
Play frisbee in your front or backyard. You could also play tag or catch. Lie down on the grass and relax! This is a spectacular idea, especially if it’s nighttime. Look at the stars and the sky from the floor. Maybe you’ll see a few planes (if you live near an airport) or even a shooting star!
Take your pet with you to the park! That way, they can also get some exercise and fresh air. Run around the park and jump around to get some exercise! You could also go onto the play structures. Slide on the slides, run up the stairs to the slides, glide down the corkscrew climber, climb the rope ladder, and swing on the swings!
If your school’s far away, you could even ask to be driven to and from it. If you’re in a public school, your school may be too close for the drive to be 20-40 minutes long, as your school will be in your school district (an area surrounding your home).
Splash in puddles on the street and enjoy the relaxing rain! If you’re in the car, count how many raindrops are falling on your car window. Have a snowball fight if it’s snowing and try to build large snowmen. You could also build a snow hill and slide down from it.
Homework may be boring, but you should still finish it.
Buy the supplies you’ll need right after the day that your teacher talks about the project. Start researching topics related to your project for the next week or so.
Don’t try to cram 2 hours of content into one session. Instead, spread it out over 3-7 days of studying. 120 minutes (2 hours) can be divided into 4 30-minute chunks of studying, which means that you can study 30 minutes for 4 days.
