70+ Things to Do With Your Kids While Stuck at Home

We have kids and grandkids, so we understand the stress you parents are feeling right now when it comes to educating and entertaining your children during Coronavirus Quarantine. 

Using our best Pinterest and Instagram research skills, combined with our own parenting experience, here's a list of activities and resources to help you and your kids survive the next couple of weeks!

Activity Ideas

• Go on a nature scavenger hunt
• Play board games as a family
• Pretend to travel the world by watching virtual tours
• Order snowballs from Gnome Cones and have a snowball fight
• Teach your kids important life skills (sewing a button, laundry, changing a tire)
• Bake something delicious
• Build an indoor track for toy cars out of boxes, wrapping paper and paper towel tubes, etc.
• Have a "beach day" in the backyard 
• Play hide-and-seek
• Make homemade play-doh
• Host a March Madness basketball tournament for your family with 1-on-1 games
• Go through old photos and videos and create some photo books
• Implement "quiet time" once a day so everyone can have their own space for a bit (this will help lessen the bickering... at least for a while!)
• Rent movies being released on-demand instead of in theaters (i.e., "Trolls World Tour")
• Create a family art gallery where everyone contributes a piece of art

Social Media Resources for Toddlers-PreSchool

Instagram Accounts to Follow

• @busytoddler
• @simply.play.today
• @littleoneslearn
• @katie.preschoolinspirations
• @myboredtoddler
• @happytoddlerplaytime
• @learning.through.play
• @letsplaylearngrow

YouTube Channels

• Little Baby Bum
• Sesame Studios
• Storybots
• Blippi
• Toddler Fun Learning
• Mother Goose Club

Social Media Resources for School-Aged Kids

Instagram Accounts to Follow

• @blastasticday
• @steamkidschallenge
• @momducator
• @raisingdragons4
• @leftbraincraftbrain
• @thedadlab

YouTube Channels

• Crash Course Kids
• Science Channel
• SciShow Kids
• National Geographic Kids
• Free School
• GEOgraphy Focus
• TheBrainScoop
• Kids Learning Tube
• Cosmic Kids Yoga

Podcasts for Kids

• StoryPirates (Act out original stories created by kids)
• Noodle Loaf (Musical-themed podcast that teaches about science)
• What If World (Storytelling podcast where host Eric O'Keefe addresses audience questions about anything)
• Book Club for Kids (Virtual book club for kids who can comfortably read chapter books)
• Wow in the World (NPR's first podcast for kids with kid-friendly news stories)
• But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids (Answers crowdsourced questions from the mundane to the complicated)
• The Past and the Curious (Comedic actors performing little-known stories from history)
• Saturday Morning Theatre (Short imaginative adventures modeled after old-time radio broadcasts)
• Story Time (Original bedtime stories in 20 minutes or less)
• The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel (Podcast mystery series for kids)
• Tumble (Science podcast for kids)
• The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd (Podcast series about Dr. Floyd fending off his nemesis while learning about history)
• The Thrilling Adventure Hour (Stage production starring comedy nerd idols)
• Saturday Morning Cereal Bowl (Two hours of kids music)
• Brains On! (Science podcast hosted by "kid scientists")
• Stories Podcast (Collection of G-rated tales like Thor, The Cat Who Caught the Moon, etc.)
• The Alien Adventures of Finn Caspian Podcast (Sci-Fi series about the interplanetary adventures of Finn Caspian)
• Sesame Street Podcast (Sesame Street lessons in podcast form)

Learning Websites

• StorylineOnline.net (Celebrated actors reading children's stories)
• BrainPOP.com (Offering Free Access during school closures)
• CuriosityStream.com
• Tynker.com (Coding for kids)
• Outschool.com (Live online classes for ages 3-18)
• BeastAcademy.com (Interactive online platform for elementary school math)
• KhanAcademy.com (Get daily schedules for students ages 4018 during school closures)
• CreativeBug.com (Video classes taught my top designers and artists)
• DiscoveryEducation.com (Digital curriculum resources for K-12)
• PBSKids.org (Email Newsletter with daily activities & tips)
• MathGameTime.com (Math games, videos, and worksheets for PreK-7th Grade)