Keeping the Kids busy while you attend your online prep course
A Class session is 3 hours long -- that is a long time to focus your attention away from the kids so important reminders include:
This will depend on the age of the kid
Ideas for infants
and toddlers:s, so we can first ask what ages are your kids:
-Watch an educational or fun program
-Take a nap
-Coloring or playdough
-Have an older child in the household read them books and play with them (hire them to babysit)
-Listen to an Ebook - audible is offering free ebooks for kids: https://www.audible.com/ep/kids-audiobooks
Ideas for preschool age and up
-Have them work on a school related project.
-Have them read a book and answer some questions about what they read
-Give them chores and incentives for completing those (clean your room, dust the furniture)
-Virtual museum visit, then answer some questions about it
-Free educational resources available through 5th grade on this site: https://www.education.com/?fbclid=IwAR1xVoYpvP1S2odVXg3CRI_X-2IuXmmujdmdbPh6Y9QWXlSW0M45n5dUnpI
-Free educational resources available through grade 9 on this site: https://www.scholastic.com/parents/school-success/home-learning-resources.html
Additional Ideas for middle school and older
-Have them cook a meal, snack or dessert - follow a family recipe or create a new recipe
-Play outside in the yard
-Play a card game like solitaire, do a crossword, or another single player game -- or play a board game if they have siblings.
-Play an instrument, use free online tutorials
-creative writing project, journaling or writing a short story