New #ThingsToDo — A Project for Kids to Help Each Other During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Is Kinzue bored or simply looking at interesting things outside?

We have a new project. Today, we heard from our friends with kids, our family with kids, and neighbors with kids — all struggling to juggle keeping kids engaged and safe while taking care of other tasks as well. Some are working from home, some are without work, all are feeling the anxiety of these days.

With the help of my contributing bloggers, Ava and E! The Dragnificent, I came up with the idea of them making lists of suggestions about dealing with boredom and finding things to do — speaking kid to kid, you might say. Then I realized other kids may find it an interesting project. A few texts later, here we are.

We are inviting kids and youth from Pre-K through High School to submit a list of 5–10 suggestions of how to avoid boredom. Adults can help, kids can work in teams. They can use bullet points or full paragraphs. They can keep it simple or use extra pages. They can include drawings or instructions or recipes. We’ll publish their first name(s) and age(s) — no other identifying information, no photos.

For each list we receive and publish, we will generate a $10 donation to the Northside Community Food Pantry up to $1000 total. And everyone who submits will be entered in a drawing for some cool small prizes. (If you want to donate small cool…