>Colour in a colouring book or printed out colouring sheets from your favourite online kids website. Make this a family activity: Get down on the floor and share your colouring book or pages with your family. This activity promotes fine motor skills and colour awareness.
>Go ice fishing! You’ll need special ice fishing gear–like an ice auger and maybe even an ice fishing hut to keep you warm. If you know someone who ice fishes, ask them if you can come along. They’d probably be totally delighted to show you how and to lend you a rod! Hint: Maggots make
>Have you been playing outside? Have a cup of hot chocolate to warm you up. Add a few mini marshmallows if you have them to up the fun factor. Safety First: Don’t make it too hot and have an adult help you! Make this a family activity: Make enough hot chocolate to share with your
>Play school. Who gets to be the teacher? What subject will the teacher teach? Make this a family activity: Play as a family. Who gets to be the teacher? This activity promotes communication skills and learning.
>Let’s go curling–at the table! On a smooth surface, mark a circle. (You might want to lay smooth plastic over a table and draw your circle on the plastic.) Then, take ice cubes and slide them across the surface. To get points, you need to make your ice cube stop inside the circle, or touching
>Research someone famous, or someone you admire. Is there someone you know or someone you have heard of that you want to learn more about? Make a list of questions you are interested in finding the answers to. They might be questions like: What is their favourite colour? How old are they? When and where
>Happy Valentine’s Day! Cut out paper hearts and decorate the house! Fold a red piece of paper in half and draw half a heart over the fold. (See picture below) Cut out half heart, cutting through both halves. Unfold the paper and you have a heart. Make this a family activity: Make these hearts into
