Not-so Digital Activities

Digital Activities
  • Regular phone call - At the very least calling your little or big once a week.
  • Writing letters or drawing pictures
    • Take a picture and email or text it after write the letter
    • Mail - bigs for sure could, but littles might need to send the letter back a different way.
  • Helping with homework over the phone.
  • Watch the same tv series or movie - age appropriate - and talk about it on the phone, (or video call), or watch it at the same time or text throughout it.
  • Drop off a bag with supplies to make dinner at the same time from each of your homes while on speakerphone or facetime/video calling.
  • Start a book that you take turns reading on speaker phone or if you have a younger little, maybe you could just call or video chat to read the book to them.
    • Maybe they are reading something for school and bigs could read it too.
  • Draw a simple picture and describe it to the other person - then take a picture, send it to each other and see if they look the same. 
  • Scavenger hunts from each others homes - a shared list and race to see how fast you can do it.
  • Video Phone Call 
    • Facetime
    • Zoom Meeting - Bigs if you would be more comfortable, this may give you a record option.
    • Google Hangouts - most schools are utilizing google, so you can send a chat invite and that will also allow you to have video calls or regular audio calls as well.
    • Tell us if you need help setting this up because we can even set the meeting up and then leave.
  • Email - share email addresses and make sure they work - some schools restrict outside school mail
  • Helping with homework
  • Using Zoom, Hangouts, or other video calls - some let you share your screen and you could watch a movie together using Netflix or Amazon or Hulu and talk to each other while you watch.
  • Order a pizza for the little and you and Facetime while you eat. 
  • Read the same book with online resources - if you need help finding a book, let us know. Get on a call in some way and talk about the book. Books - will probably be digital unless you have two copies.
  • Create a Facebook group of just the two of you so you can host your own events and watch parties.
  • If you and your little both have iPhones or can download a list and picture sharing app, you can make a scavenger hunt and try to find the items on a shared list.