Let’s try a magic trick. I’m going to try to read your mind. I’m going to guess where you’re at…HOME! Did I guess right? Like many of us, we are (stuck) at home. But how do you define home? Is home a place where people live and gather? Maybe home is a place where one stays at permanently. Home might be a specific address. However you define home is up to you.
Home is a place that you know the instant you walk into it. Maybe it’s the smell of fresh linens or maybe it’s the smell of dirty laundry. It’s a place you’re going to be greeted with a hug and kiss from mom or papa. It’s where you had your first sleepover at and where you got caught taking a cookie from the cookie jar. Home is where you want to be in times of stress because it feels safe and familiar. Home is where you’re at right now.
Home is where my students are. Home is where my family is. Home is where I am.
Since you’re at home reading this, here’s a list of ideas:
- Read
- Write
- Draw
- Color
- Paint
- Journal
- Exercise
- Teach
- Hide & seek
- Take a nap
- Listen to music
- Create something
- Play a board game
- Learn a magic trick
- Spend money (wisely)
- Pay your bills
- Buy a pet tarantula (or puppy)
- Learn a magic trick
- Tell your family you love them
- Mail a letter
- Finish Monopoly
- Jump on your bed
- Zoom your family & friends
- Get your car washed
- Spring clean
- Take out the trash
- Go on a virtual trip
- Create an instrument
- Make your bed
- Roast s’mores
- Mow your lawn
- Donate money to a charity
- Buy more toilet paper
- Play with a toy
- Enjoy a bubble bath
- Pay for someone’s meal
- Vacuum your house
- Cook for your family
- Take an online class
- Create a maze out of Legos
- Clean out your cabinets
- Fold the laundry
- Use up gift cards
- Hang up Christmas lights
- Take down Christmas lights
- Watch a Hallmark movie
- Try a new recipe
- Home Science experiment
- Build a fort
- Play “Don’t Touch the Lava”
- Make Lemonade & sell it
- Family Talent Show
- Wash your hands
- Plant a garden
- Create your own TV show
- Dance like your sister isn't watching you
- Create a collage from newspapers & magazines
- STEM challenges
- Chalk your side walk or windows
- Break out the Atari & Nintendo
- Pillow Fight
- Pajama Party
- Do a puzzle
- Water Balloon Fight
- Play a backyard sport
- Fly paper planes/ kites
- Create a Gingerbread House
- Decorate your clothes
- Make slime
- Eat dessert for lunch
- Learn a Tik Tok dance & post it
- Watch The Tiger King
Wherever you’re at, I hope you and yours are happy & healthy!
- Jordan Potrzeba
