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OK, parents, what’s your plan? With many school districts switching to remote school on Friday and cold weather, ice and possibly snow in the forecast through at least Tuesday, we re going to need some creativity about how to keep kids busy while stuck at home.
Of course, you ve learned from the coronavirus pandemic how to turn rooms into forts, classrooms, camping spots, home gyms, art studios and more.
But here are several more ideas of what you can do this week if you can t leave the house:
Find museums online resources: The Thinkery has some great online activities you can do with videos and step-by-step instructions. Find it at thinkeryaustin.org/thinkery-at-home.
The Thinkery children s museum will remain closed for now.
The museum closed to visitors just before Christmas when Austin Public Health determined Austin had reached Stage 5 in risk of community spread for the coronavirus.
The Thinkery had been open for Path to Play sessions with limited attendance beginning Labor Day weekend.
In its announcement sent to families, the Thinkery wrote: The entire Thinkery family looks forward to welcoming visitors back to the museum, and we re determined to reopen as soon as it is safe and responsible to do so. Thinkery will continue to monitor news and guidance from city, state and federal health authorities and we ll update you every Tuesday as to our plans for the following weekend.
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Beginning Saturday, preschoolers will dress up as their favorite dinosaur and roar. They might even create their own Jurassic background.
This fall, the theater presented The Movie Set Mystery, Edith Wilmans on Her Campaign Tour, The Talent Show Mystery, Mystery at the Toy Store and The Search for the Hidden Toys.
Its latest is The Missing Dinosaur Adventure, designed for ages 3 to 6, which will play live on Zoom at 2 p.m. on Saturdays through February.
The premise: Baby Dinosaur is missing, and fellow dinosaurs (that s the kids in the audience) have to help find her.
Pollyanna Artistic Director Judy Matetzschk-Campbell said when she started to wrap her head around how to do children s theater without gathering together, she wanted no part of recorded performances that kids could watch. I couldn t put my heart on that, she said.