During Covid-19 Safety Precautions: Mentoring will be done virtually via telephone, smart phone, social platforms, and/or video conferencing solutions (Zoom, Skype, Facetime, Duo, etc.). Some activities in the 101 Things list below can still be done virtually. However, here are additional resources to help you in finding activities you can still do with your mentee: Conversation Starters, Easy Crafts (you can mail supplies to your Little and then you can do them at the same time virtually), you can color together virtually using these Coloring Pages, have a virtual book club - here's a great book list by age, or visit a museum or zoo online! You can even play games online together, listen to a podcast, or do these fun indoor activities together, virtually.
101 Things to Do with Your Mentee!
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Attend a Home Depot workshop
Attend a craft fair Attend a theatre performance Bake a pizza and your favorite cookie recipe Build Lego and a model (house, car, boat, etc.) Catch butterflies, find insects Decorate your Christmas tree and take down lights and ornaments together Try to create jigsaw puzzle and play with your Little/mentee Do landscaping and gardening together Draw pictures and color together Do some painting – a fence, a picture, a face Do some woodwork and build a bird’s house, bird’s feeder and a box Do arts and crafts Attend a parade together and cheer for your favorite float Try something your Little/mentee has never tried or a food she/he has never tasted Get a book from the library on science experiments or crafts Get your Little/mentee to direct you to your destination by using a map Go bowling together Go cheer Little/mentee at one of his/her sporting events Go fishing (learn how to tie flies) Go for a hike Go watch a hockey games Go horseback riding Go see the mentor’s worksite Go skating at different rinks, both indoor and outdoor Go to a flea market or farmers market Go to a musical concert or play Go to recreation parks Visit the museums in Jacksonville Go to the Imax theatre in World Golf Village Go to the library and read about a favorite subject Go to the YMCA Go ride go-karts Go biking with your little Go swimming Have a barbecue Play in our recreation area in the basement of the office Have a garage sale Help your Little/mentee with his/her science project Help Mentor with a project around his/her house Keep a journal of your activities Learn about astronomy together Learn to play a musical instrument together Learn to take pictures and make a photo album together Listen to music and try to create your own song Make a gift or card for someone special |
Make a sailboat and sail it in a creek
Make paper snowflakes Make jewelry out of beads Make a kite or go fly a kite Make paper-mache Make your own gift wrap or gift bag Make a scrap book together Mow the lawn/rake the lawn Paint some ceramics or pottery Plan a picnic in a park Plan and make dinner together Plant a tree together Play “hang man” or “I Spy” with your Little/ mentee when you’re in the car Play cards (crazy eights, go-fish) Play video or computer games Play mini golf or go to the driving range Play games together (ping pong, soccer, tennis, road hockey, basketball, etc) Read the newspaper headlines and have your Little/mentee guess the story Read the paper and attend festivals Rent a movie and make lots of popcorn See a play together Take a drive to your favorite part of town Take an art class together Take a tour of the Christmas Lights around town Tell good stories of when you were their age Tour a police station Visit a greenhouse Tour a fire station Try sailing Visit a farm Visit a pet store Visit the zoo Watch the boats go through the Bridge of Lions Visit a Senior Center Volunteer your time together Walk or wash the dog Walk through the Flagler College campus Wash a car together Write and perform your own play and video tape it Write your song and sing together in the car Write a good story together Visit the Flea Market Visit the Butterfield Art Gallery Visit the Castillo de San Marcos downtown St. Augustine Visit the art galleries downtown St. Augustine |