Refuse To Be Bored: Here Is Some Inspiration
Take care, refuse to be bored, do your part to stay healthy and my now famous last words:
Go wash your hands! ---Miss Starbeck <3
Go wash your hands! ---Miss Starbeck <3
Napoleon Dynamite (in honor of our Tuesday Speech & Debate Class <3)
Watch it. Now, learn it! |
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Learn to do the Michael Jackson Thriller dance. (This should earn you some homeschool PE credit!) |
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Learn how to beatbox. (Isn't this on your list of things you always meant to do?) |
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Watch live animals! Tour the San Diego Zoo exhibits by live webcams: polar bears, pandas, penguins, baboons, apes, giraffes, tigers, elephants and more:
https://zoo.sandiegozoo.org/live-cams?gclid=Cj0KCQjwpfHzBRCiARIsAHHzyZqQmrbsV8URjeqYroNRUtwalXKNLcrfugS2mRHufEUF24GuxmbDdZoaAteMEALw_wcB
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Try a free audio book and let a story take you away. At stories.audible.comstories.audible.com, you will find hundreds of Audible titles available completely free. The collection has been handpicked by Audible editors and is a mix of stories to entertain, engage, and inform young people, ages 0–18. Audible is reaching out to share during the current pandemic. Go Audible!
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Make a magazine box. This one is so cool that I have to try it. https://abstractoctopus.wordpress.com/2009/09/07/i-make-magazine-boxes/
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Wish you could watch Netflix, Hulu, or Amazon Prime with friends while you are all at separate houses? There are a few options but the one we use for online classes works. Get a basic Zoom account and the screen sharing feature will let you watch, listen and talk at the same time!
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Does your bike have a flat tire? Perfect! Make a pouch out of the inner tube. https://blog.etsy.com/en/how-tuesday-bicycle-tube-pouch/
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Translate your art into a pillow or something wearable. This is another cool project that I could see some of you artistic people trying and creating something amazing. https://www.instructables.com/id/Use-Art-to-Print-on-Fabric-and-Make-Patterns/
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Start a succulent garden. So cute and teachers like them as gifts, too. (lol) https://youtu.be/lTOJ8TR2_zo
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Make a Sharpie tie-dye shirt. https://diyprojectsforteens.com/crafts-for-teens-sharpie-tie-dye-t-shirt/
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Learn how to code. Maybe you could even create your own app!
https://www.teachervision.com/top-5-free-coding-tools-teens
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Draw a zendoodle (or zentangle). Art so easy that anyone can do it!
https://feltmagnet.com/drawing/How-to-Create-a-Great-Zendoodle
https://feltmagnet.com/drawing/How-to-Create-a-Great-Zendoodle
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Learn to speak a foreign language. Rosetta Stone is free for the next three months. https://www.rosettastone.com/freeforstudents/
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Make batik fabric with crayons. This goes on my must try list! https://suzyssitcom.com/2011/04/feature-friday-making-batik-fabric-with-crayons.html
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Try folding some origami tessellations. These are not tiny animals. They are repeated designs and they are fascinating. The first one is pretty simple but the second one will take a few tries. I did it, can you? Game on! Try the youtube videos below.