- Go to the library – stay for story time
- Bake something, anything
- Construct something with blocks or Lego’s
- Read a book
- Draw/Color together
- Go window shopping
- Host a play date with their favorite friend
- Dress Up together
- Go Sledding
- Build something in the snow (fort, snowman)
- Go swimming (indoor or outdoor)
- Have a picnic (outside or on the living room floor!)
- Listen to new music together
- Visit a museum
- Visit a Zoo
- Visit a pet store
- Write and mail a letter to someone special
- Play a card or board game
- Take a walk
- Get out baby photos and talk about them
- Sing Songs
- Take a class together at local art center
- Go roller or ice skating together
- Tell stories about when your child was a baby
- Hug/hold your child
- Build a blanket fort
- Tell your child what makes them special ( to you and others)
- Teach/tell your child about your job – take them to work for a day if you can
- Have a scavenger hunt (indoor or outdoor)
- Go to a movie together
- Visit your child at school
- Dig out your year book and share about your experiences
- Visit a nursing home or hospital
- Finger Paint
- Take pictures
- Visit and learn about places in your neighborhood (fire station, police station, post office, dairy, etc.)
- Clean out a room together (basement, attic, garage)
- Work a puzzle together
- Plan a vacation together – then GO!
- Make S’mores
- Build a bird house
- Play a sport together
- Make homemade pizza
- Rake leaves and play/jump in them
- Go on a hayride
- Visit an apple orchard / pumpkin patch
- Plant something
- Have a water fight
- Play hide and seek
- Go to the state fair
- Collect different fall leaves
- Have a block party
- Take a hike
- Make puppets and put on a show for each other
- Tell stories about your childhood
- Attend athletic event
- Make homemade ice cream
- Learn about different cultures
- Take flowers to a friend
- Go wading in a creek
- Go for a train ride
- Go horseback riding
- Climb a tree
- Go camping
- Have a family talent show
- Draw a map and have a treasure hunt
- Walk/play in the rain
- Talk about feelings/emotions
- Paint a picture by numbers together
- Go to a theater performance
- Complete a DIY project together
- Wash the car
- Play Frisbee
- Pick up litter in the community
- Fly a homemade kite
- Jump rope
- Exercise together
- Discuss nutrition and the 4 basic food groups
- Start a savings account – talk about budgeting and saving money
- Write a story (draw illustrations together too!)
- Go fishing
- Visit a relative
- Visit the neighbors
- Go bowling
- Dance party!
- Play Simon Says
- Have letter or color of the week and look for them together
- Play “I Spy”
- Act out a favorite story together
- Listen to music and play homemade instruments together
- Start a gratitude journal with your child – they can draw what they are thankful for
- Let your child pick out the menu for a meal
- Start a collection
- Practice/teach something (reading, tying shoes, zipping zipper, sports, rhyming, sorting, telling time)
- Sidewalk chalk
- Go for a bike ride
- Play pretend
- Make a collage out of photos and/or clippings of their favorite things
- Tell jokes
- Spend time simply LISTENING to them.
- Make a list of things you want to do together in the future! ?
“When you look at your life, the greatest happiness’s are family happiness.”
~Joyce Brothers~