Coupon Book for Kids | Fun Coupons for Kids at Home

I had a bunch of raffle tickets that kids had got from school but we didn't participate in it and they were lying around.  While looking for ideas on how to use them at home, I created a "quarantine coupon book" out of the cards and printed out different activities for kids to use the "coupons" for.  Shelter-in-place in Bay Area has been extended for another month, so we're trying to make it fun as we stay quarantined indoors.

The Name Game Workout Challenge | Easy Fitness Challenge for Kids | Customize Your Workout

My kids' PE teacher at school had been keeping in touch with the kids by emailing videos and activities for movement everyday.  One of the ideas he had sent was this Name Workout Challenge.  Some of the exercises in the list were a little complicated for my kids, so I made our own version of A to Z Name Game Workout Challenge.

I have had enough of my lethargy at home with just cooking eating sitting sleeping, repeat, and I need to keep finding ways to get my kids moving too.  So we're going to get active, starting with just 5 minutes in the morning and see if we can go longer by the end of this month.  Hey, I'm the kind of person who doesn't like to exercise, so if it's doable for me it will be a piece of cake for you.

        

Click on the images to get the FREE Printable PDFs.  Both the files have same exercises, I just created them in different styles so you can choose if you want to print in color, or in black & white, or if you want to print the B&W version on your choice of colored paper.

The instruction for The Name Game Workout Challenge is very simple: you have to do the simple exercises listed on each alphabet as per your full name, that's all.  So you are basically customizing your own workout.  For a level up, you can exercise by spelling out names of other members in your family and in no time you will start sweating and huffing and puffing.  Or wait, may be that's just me.  *lazy and guilty!*

Are you (and your kids!!) up for an easy fitness challenge?  And guess what, this is also an alphabet practice & spelling exercise at the same time for the kids.  Comment "YAY, WE DID IT!" on this post on the days your kids do this Name Game Workout Challenge.  Let's see how many times you can make this happen in a month.

xoxo,

Nisha

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Note: Please follow your physician’s advice or personal trainer’s recommendation for your exercises.

Worksheets for Kids | PDF Printables for Preschool to Kindergarten

March 2020 was a turning point in most peoples' lives in recent times, especially mothers, when they were expected to turn into home-school teachers as well while juggling other responsibilities in and outside home.  While there are several blogs and educational websites for worksheets for kids starting Preschool onward that one can download and print, I wanted to make my own lesson plans and worksheets for my 5 year old kids while they stayed at home (they were in Transitional Kindergarten when the schools shut down).  I made these worksheets based on what my kids have learnt, what I wanted them to practice, some are things I planned to teach them to prepare them for Kindergarten, and some as a quiz to check what they are able to remember.  

-- I am trying --

Ever since January 2020 when I heard the news about the novel coronavirus spreading in China, there was a slight unrest but it didn't bother me that much until we started hearing of covid-19 spreading in California, WHO announcing it as a pandemic, President of United States of America declaring a national emergency, coronavirus spreading in Thailand and India too where most of my family resides, and shelter in place ordered in some counties of Bay Area where businesses have shut down and only essential places are open.  Things have escalated unbelievably in these two months of February and March that the whole world is shook.  I have been feeling very overwhelmed like everyone and the emotions are just piling up each day, so I penned my feelings in the form of poetry as usual.  I know each person is going through a lot so I thought I might share it here too... just to let you know you're not alone if you're feeling down in these difficult times.  💛