# Summer Activities

**Student Authors:** Margaret Irwin, Katie Kester, and Allison Fialkowski *(Harvard Medical School)*

**Contact:** <katherine_kester@hms.harvard.edu>

**Faculty Reviewers:**&#x20;

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.**&#x20;
  * 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&#x20;
* **Friday: Social.**&#x20;
  * Catch up with a friend over FaceTime
  * Call your grandparents, aunts and uncles, or other family members
* **Saturday: Learning or Teaching.**&#x20;
  * Do a worksheet, crossword or logic puzzle read a nonfiction book, or read through the COVID Curriculum (Link to the Curriculum)&#x20;
  * OR choose a topic you are passionate about, become an expert on that topic, teach your family/friends&#x20;
* **Sunday: Self-care.**
  * Write in a journal
  * What makes you feel most like yourself?&#x20;
  * Snuggle up with a furry friend, paint your nails, read a book, play some video games