- Have lunch with a friend, by getting your lunch all ready at the kitchen table, call your friend on the phone, and put it on speaker, put the phone on the table by your spot, and talk away. Just don't forget to do some eating while your friend is talking. Oh, and remember your manners, too. They can hear you burp. This could work at dinner time, too, if you want to have dinner with friends or with family members who do not live with you.
- Send flowers to a friend or family member for free by taking pictures of some. You might find some in your yard (before the snow comes) or with some help from an adult, find some on a webpage that will give you permission to copy and paste them into an email or text message. An adult can help you send them by email or text message if you don't have an email account or your own phone.
- Take pictures of an assignment you finished, some of your art work, something you built with Lego blocks, or a craft project. Email it to me, to your teacher, or a family member who does not live with you (again you may need a hand from an adult). The grown ups will be so proud of you.
- Take some fun pictures. Maybe of your pet, of your pet doing something silly, or of you looking silly and share it out with help from an adult (maybe they have a Face Book or Instagram account)
- Heard any good jokes lately? Share those out (see above for suggestions for how to do that)
- If your family enjoys going to church or other Sunday spiritual services see if they are broadcasting on-line (many are). Some have a chat feature so you can check in and see who else is "joining" you.
- Send a friend or family member a card you made by snail mail.
- If you find a fun or helpful resource share it with a friend, and then chat about what you liked best about that resource (by email, text, or on the phone). My favorite I heard so far was author Julia Cook's Face Book page where she has a video of her reading and talking about her book I Am A Booger, Treat Me With Respect, (you may need some adult help finding that one)
- Use a video conferencing platform, like Zoom, to virtually meet up with your friends. Go to zoom.us to learn more about that (again you will need some adult help with that one).
- Follow the school Face Book page, the school website in the center under Distance Learning, and keep an eye out for the Thursday emails coming out from Mrs. Spray. Those are all places lots of people are posting their ways of connecting with you. Again, you may need some adult help to find us on your remote days, but we are here.