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This Week in ASP Digital ASP!
Welcome to This Week in ASP! Your newest spot for all the games and activities you love in after-school, and some new ones, now in a newsletter! Stay tuned for more awesome activities and brain breaks to keep you and your family engaged and smiling!
InterACTive Playdough Pictionary What You’ll Need: Playdough at least 1 small ball per player paper and pencil bowl or hat How to Play: Great activity for families to use their imaginations! Split into teams Write age-appropriate words on paper (list) and place in a bowl Players choose a word and sculpt it with playdough and try to get their teammates to guess the word
Snap, clap, stomp: Stand in a circle or facing one another Count off “1, 2, 3”. (“1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, etc.”) Do it again, but this time all the 1’s will be replaced by a snap of the fingers. (“snap, 2, 3, snap, 2, 3, etc.”)Do it again, but this time also replace the 2 with a clap. (snap, clap, 3, snap, clap, 3, etc.) For the final round, 1 will be replaced by a snap, 2 will be replaced by a clap, and 3 will be replaced by a stomp. (snap, clap, stomp, snap, clap, stomp, etc.)
Pencil Prompts
1. You are a mad scientist and have invented a new vegetable. What is it called? What does it look like? What does it taste like? Most importantly: Is it safe to eat? (Bonus: Draw it!) 2. What would you most like to learn over the next year? Think about things that interest you or questions you might have about the world and make a list! 3. Choose 3 random objects where you are sitting . Now write a story or poem that includes those three items!
The Daily Draw
Draw an invention from the future Draw the numbers 1-10 as fruits and vegetables Reimagine your favorite book cover or draw a scene from your favorite book Join Wendy Macnaughton on instagram with her #DrawTogether classes: LIVE: 10am PST M-F & in IGTV. All past classes are on YouTube.
Performance Pieces
Shakespearean Sonnets: Read by Sir Patrick Stewart (ages 10+) LaMama Theater: Weekly kids’ performances and hands-on workshops, timed for “after school” viewing! Chichester Festival Youth Theatre: Presents Beauty and the Beast. Practice Your Performance Skills: Perform some of your favorite stories with tips from Michael Rosen The BeatBuds: An interactive and educational act that children and parents love
S.T.E.A.M Minecraft activities Architecture Projects Homemade Lava Lamps Magic Mirror Reflection Art Start an indoor garden with food scraps
Self Care Suggestions
Make a calm down jar Set-up a “cozy corner” in your home for when you need a quiet, private space to relax and regroup. Bring your new calm down jar, soft pillows & stuffies, and some books. Smile (and hold it for 30 seconds) Color these inspirational drawing pages: In this Together & Be Hopeful Make a stress ball
Spread Some Sunshine
Prepare a meal for your grown-ups. Tell each of your family members or friends one thing you admire about them. Set-up a little free library of books in your building for your neighbors to trade and enjoy. Leave a note in your mailbox to thank your mail carrier for their hard work. Call a loved one for no reason in particular—just to say hi.
Creativity Corner Go Camping! Build a fort or tent in your apartment or outdoor space Draw some nature scenes to hang up around the room Bake oven s’mores: yum!! Warm up next to an indoor fire Write and tell spooky stories Sing some camp songs together Go fishing by the lake Make hand shadow animals on the wall with a flashlight Look up at the stars
DIY Designs Paper Plate Weaving Garden Ornaments Pinhole Camera Animal Mosaics Mono-Printing
Inspiration Station
Try the Doodle Challenge Bindlestiff Cirkus Afterschool Tutorials (ages 8+) How Do Dinosaurs Play With Their Friends? Listen to the story and make your own dinosaur friends to take on adventures Broadway’s Freestyle Love Supreme Members and Academy staff are offering two interactive Youth Freestyle Friday workshops every week! Email academyad@freestylelovesupreme.com to register. Teens (12-17 year olds): 4pm-5:30pm; Youth (7-11 year olds:) 4:30pm-5:30pm
Indoor movement activities & energy busters Fitness cards by Get Up & Go Make an exercise activity cube Dance Charades NEO Kids
Mindful Movement
VIRTUAL TOURS Monarch Butterfly Swarm: Get a super close look at resting Monarch Butterflies and witness pure magic as the butterflies take flight! Take a Walk on Mars: Visit the surface of Mars from NASA’s Curiosity rover.
Cradle of Aviation Museum Take a trip through the museum for their virtual scavenger hunt! Children's Museum of the Arts: Brings us free online classes, virtual storytime, household art projects and arts education resources for families! Museum Activity Book: From the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Enjoy coloring pages, connect the dots, and mazes of different artwork.
Wonderful Websites Brooklyn Robot Foundry: Bringing awesome robot-building classes directly to your home! Including robot makers, robot coders, and family founders. Raising Dragons: STEAM and educational activities for kids. The Old Farmer’s Almanac for Kids: Free stories and cool interests to explore. Topics include time travel, jokes & fun, weather watch, animal lovers and night sky.
Story Time From Space: Astronauts on the Space Station reading stories to and conducting science experiments for the children of Earth as the world rotates below.. Free Rice: A fun trivia website that donates rice to those in need for every question you get right.
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