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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!
DIY Designs Jovial Jokes What did one plate say to the other plate?
"Dinner is on me!"
What did the left eye say to the right eye?
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Pipe Cleaner Ninjas DIY Bowling DIY Kaleidoscope Mini Lid Banjos
"Between us, something smells!"
Spread Some Sunshine
Mail a hug to someone you love. Create some joyful rainbow art for your windows or door! Offer to share a skill with a pal on a video call: trade jokes, draw together, sing a duet, exchange dance moves.
Inspiration Station Draw Everyday with JJK Draw with New York Timesbestselling author and illustrator Jarrett J. Krosoczka.
Gratitude Tree Take a moment each day to add at least one thing to a beautiful handmade gratitude tree.
“Not a Box” Challenge!
Mindful Movement
Watch this video and turn a recycled box into something What’s Your Name Workout extraordinary. Indoor Obstacle Course Zumba for Kids Cougar Kids Club Live! With Coach Justin and Coach Randy
Do a slime meditation! Make a breathing stick. I Love NY coloring pages
Self Care Suggestions
Coloring can be a great way to relieve stress and deal with cabin fever, for children or adults. Show your NY pride while you relax!
Parents, this one is for you, from Sesame Street
Creativity Corner Create your own board game! You’ll need to::
Sketch out your ideas. Set up and write down rules for the game. Build the board with materials you can find at home. Make player pieces. Do you need dice or a spinning wheel? Create playing cards: print or handmade. Play and have fun!
Storyline Online: Award-winning children’s literacy website streams videos featuring celebrated actors reading children’s books alongside creatively produced illustrations.
Performance Pieces
Hatched by the Treehouse Shakers: (ages 0-6) Hatched is a beautiful tale, told through exquisite visuals, music, and the exploration of baby animals on the farm.
New York City Ballet: NYCB presents digital streams of two ballets a week, along with new podcast episodes and live-streamed movement classes for all ages.
Pencil Prompts
1. Write about 3 places you would like to travel someday, what will you do there? 2. If you could be any animal, which one would you be and why? 3. Write about being on spaceship. What are you doing there? What is life like?
Wonderful Websites Artful Parent A wonderful resource for processoriented children’s art and creativity, seasonal crafts, and family fun.
Kids Gardening Fun garden-based activities that provide opportunities for families to learn together while encouraging love for nature and the environment.
National Geographic Kids Our favorite books from ASP81 snack time come to life in videos, projects, and games.
ENGINEERING ENIGMAS Fizzing Dinosaur Eggs Rubber Band Car Dyson Engineering Challenges Lego Volcano
VIRTUAL TOURS Bronx Zoo & NY Aquarium Live Cams: Check out a few hotspots at the zoo and you’ll see sea lions, lemurs, little penguins, sharks, sturgeon and rays, and a giant Pacific octopus!!
National Air & Space Museum: Anytime, anywhere you can enjoy a variety of online programs, stories, videos, activities, virtual tours, and resources from Air and Space.
Great Wall of China: Commonly considered a wonder of the world, the Great Wall boasts a history of over 2,000 years and stretches more than 3,000 miles across northern China.
Notable Quotables
“Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.” – A.A. Milne, Winnie the Pooh
Word Puzzle
Stream River Stones Salmon
Bears Moose Sparrow Geese
Chipmunk Hedgehog Rabbit Squirrel
Forest Maple Sycamore Maple
Games for the Family Yank Me Game Telephone Freeze Dance Scavenger Hunt
Games for Alone Time Games for Two Battleship Boggle Story Cubes Mastermind Would You Rather
Bananagrams Set Tegu blocks Hopscotch
Designed by: Vanessa Uribe Created by: Beth Portnoy, Jema Aska, Vanessa Uribe