# Summer Activities **Student Authors:** Margaret Irwin, Katie Kester, and Allison Fialkowski *(Harvard Medical School)* **Contact:** **Faculty Reviewers:** Jennifer Pitt-Lainsbury, *High School and Middle School Administrator, University of Toronto Schools* Donna Fialkowski, M.Ed., *Special Education Teacher, Atlanta City Public School System* Juliana H. Chen, M.D., *Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School and Newton-Wellesley Hospital* Rachel Conrad, M.D. *Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School* **Student Reviewers:** Mengting Qiu, Chandler Moore, Rachel Reardon *(Harvard Medical School),* Toke Odimayomi *(Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health)* ## Summer Calendar Activities Challenge: **Here are some ideas , but remember it is your own calendar, so have fun with it!** * **Monday: Arts and crafts.** * Make a scrapbook * Paint by numbers * **Tuesday: “Try a new physical activity” day.** * How many pushups can you do? * Make a dance to your favorite song * Learn how to do a handstand, forward roll, cartwheel * Run around your neighborhood (with a mask, if it is safe to do so) * **Wednesday: Cook or bake.** * Bake bread for the first time * New cookie recipe you’ve always wanted to try * **Thursday: Go outside and explore a safe new place.** * Be sure to attend to your local guidelines on physical distancing * Quiet parks or uncrowded outdoor spaces can be good places to visit * **Friday: Social.** * Catch up with a friend over FaceTime * Call your grandparents, aunts and uncles, or other family members * **Saturday: Learning or Teaching.** * Do a worksheet, crossword or logic puzzle read a nonfiction book, or read through the COVID Curriculum (Link to the Curriculum) * OR choose a topic you are passionate about, become an expert on that topic, teach your family/friends * **Sunday: Self-care.** * Write in a journal * What makes you feel most like yourself? * Snuggle up with a furry friend, paint your nails, read a book, play some video games --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://kids.covidstudentresponse.org/middle-school/untitled/summer-activities-1.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.