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- Read a book! Try a classic, a Newbery or Printz award winner, or some non-fiction.
- Make some art.
- Learn some words and phrases in other languages.
- Play FreeRice.com
- Write a story. Make it a novel!
- Go for a walk.
- Learn the names of some clouds and see if you can identify them.
- Read to a younger relative or neighbor.
- Play a board game with your family.
- Visit a museum or zoo. Check out the Bakken Museum or the Museum of Russian Art for something local and unusual. The public library has passes you can "check out."
- Find a recipe and make a new food.
- Watch a documentary on something you don’t know anything about.
- Try identifying the trees or birds in your neighborhood.
- Jump rope.
- Volunteer.
- Check out the library.
- Plan a fundraiser for a charity you have researched.
- Memorize a poem.
- Make origami.
- Take a virtual tour of the Smithsonian. (http://www.mnh.si.edu/panoramas/)
- Memorize the first 20 digits of pi.
- Call a friend or relative who is at least a generation older than you and talk to them about what life was like when they were your age.
- Write a Thank You note to someone who has helped you.
- Clean something around the house.
- Play Sudoku.
- Watch the news.
- See how far back you can make a family tree.
- Write a play.
- Teach yourself to sow, knit, or crochet (lots of helpful YouTube videos.)
- Learn to play cribbage and teach a friend.
- Create a book club and share a book with some friends.
- Find a political issue you care about, research it, and write a letter to your congressperson outlining what you think should be done. (You can find addresses here: http://www.contactingthecongress.org A real letter with a stamp works better than an email.)
- Collect something.
- Take a picture. Make a photo journal or photo-collage.
- Compliment someone.
- Pick up some liter.
- Swing on a swing.
- Laugh.
- Try yoga or to meditate.
- Fill up a bag with clothes, toys, and other items you don’t use anymore and find someone or an organization that can use them.
adapted from http://anthony.mpls.k12.mn.us/what_to_do_when_you_really_don_t_
have_homework by Ms. Bartholomew accessed 9/6/15.