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!
Writing Resources
1. Imagine you wake up and can hear the thoughts of animals around you, write a story about what you do with your new power 2. Try to write a poem or a story in the style of Dr. Seuss 3. You just invented a time machine! Where do you go and why?
Creativity Corner 1. Put on your favorite song, draw/paint/color how it makes you feel 2. You are the first explorer to set foot on a new planet, draw what you would find 3. Using one continuous line, draw something from observation without looking at your paper
DIY Designs DIY Loom and Weaving Recycled Bird Feeder Homemade Play Clay Flower Sun Catcher
Mindful Movement Karma Kids Yoga Yoga for infants through teens, and families of all abilities. Currently offering live stream (EST) classes on Zoom, Instagram and YouTube Super Soccer Stars at Home Fully interactive virtual soccer classes for ages 7-12+! No equipment needed!
Self Care Suggestions
Practice Mindfulness: Try these breathing exercises If you're feeling overwhelmed: Recognize that you are feeling an emotion, Accept this feeling for what it is Identify the physical sensation of the feeling, Name it and remember that a feeling is not permanent Journal: Set intentions or goals for yourself, Write positive affirmations and say nice things to yourself Tap into and articulate your emotions Spend some time doing things you enjoy Ask for help or support from friends and family when you need it
VIRTUAL TOURS Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Gardens Smithsonian Museum of Natural History
Notable Quotables
"Education is not the filling of a pot but the lighting of a fire.’" –W.B. Yeats
Engineering Enigmas Marble Run Roller Coaster Suspension Bridge Rubber Band Car Calhoun’s summer partner NORY is live streaming coding lessons and teaching coding fundamentals by making animations and basic games using Scratch. The lessons are absolutely free to join and intended for children ages 5-9.
Word Puzzle
Flower Blossom Daffodil April
Hatch Showers Sapling Grass
Trees Birds Growing Bees
Green Buds Springtime Chicks
Games for the Family Games for Two Dots & Boxes Exquisite Corpse Chess Checkers
Pictionary Charades Minute to Win it 21 Questions Would You Rather I'm Going On A Picnic‌ Fortunately / Unfortunately I-Spy Cards
Games for Alone Time Solitaire Memory Card Game Puzzle
Designed by: Vanessa Uribe Created by: Beth Portnoy, Jema Aska, Vanessa Uribe