At Home With Your Teens

Teens need structure too!

We’ve all seen the schedules for our younger friends who are stuck at home, but none of them seemed quite right for the Middle Schoolers that I live with.  Since the girls haven’t received any homework yet, we decided to take advantage of the time we’ve been given to nourish our curiosity and creativity, take care of our bodies and minds, and make a positive impact in whatever way we can.   The girls and I came up with our schedule together and agreed on times that would be screen-free.  

Check out our ideas below!

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Enrichment

Activities that nourish our curiosity and help us keep learning.  

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  •  Practicing Spanish (Duolingo)

  • Researching a subject we are interested in, but don’t usually have the time to dedicate to learning about

  • Practicing our musical instruments

  • Watching documentaries

  • Taking online classes  (We are exploring Masterclass right now)

  • Book Club- Pick a book.  Invite friends. Have zoom gatherings to discuss.  Pick an adult to moderate and keep on track :)

 

Creativity

Activities that nourish our creative side and help keep us expressing and exploring what we are feeling

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  • Coloring/ Painting

  • Origami

  • Music

  • Writing 

  • Dancing

 

Self-care/ Fitness

Activities that keep our bodies strong and care for our nervous systems

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  • Meditation

  • Yoga

  • Walks

  • Bike rides

  • Weights

  • Barre Class

  • Soccer (with our family)

  • Time in nature

 

Acts of Kindness

Activities that brighten someone’s day

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  • Write letters

  • Call a family member you know might be alone

  • Check on neighbors

  • Make plans for a service project

  • Create a donation box for the house

 

Help Out

With so much time together and everyone working from home, the house is bound to get messy.  How can we share the load so that everyone is contributing?

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  • Help with the laundry

  • Prepare meals

  • Take out the trash

  • Sweep/Vacuum

  • Clean your room!

  • Do the dishes

  • Make your bed

  • TWENTY MINUTE TIDY- put on good music & EVERYONE takes 20 minutes to clean, straighten, and put things away that we are not using. Bonus if you can get the above list tackled

 

Quiet Time

Take time for yourself, by yourself, to rest and restore.  This will be so important to help us stay our best selves when we are all cooped up.

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  • Read a book

  • Take a nap

  • Soak in the bath

  • Do puzzles

  • Chill in nature

  • Write in your journal

  • NO SCREENS!!!!!!!!

 

Yoga and Mindfulness

At the end of the day, we will all come back together to practice yoga and meditation, to talk about what we learned and discovered, and to support each other.

Be sure to share your ideas with us, too!

Christyn Schroeder