10 social activities that don't require physical interaction outside your home

Hopefully these are helpful and can bring a little joy to you and the people you serve!

1. Play a board or card game
2. Make a card and sent it to someone
3. Plan a picnic
4. Plan a movie marathon (what will you watch, when, food, who's invited)
5. Have a water fight
6. Create a scavenger hunt
7. Serve a neighbor
8. Send someone a box of sunshine
9. Write to a pen-pal (soldier, child in a hospital, favorite author, missionary)
• http://www.cardsforhospitalizedkids.com/make-general-cards.html
• https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/sponsored-content/USPS/how-write-letters-encouragement/
• http://www.operationwearehere.com/IdeasforSoldiersCardsLetters.html
• https://www.operationgratitude.com/express-your-thanks/write-letters/
• https://www.stjude.org/get-involved/other-ways/holiday-cheer-online-card.html?sc_icid=gi-mm-tg-holidaywishes
10. Find people you know who could use some happy mail. My friend recently told me of some of her family struggles so I decided to write to her daughters. We'll see how that goes. 
11. Plan a family talent show

7 Spiritual/mental activities and goals

Obviously I wrote this when temples were still open, but you could plan a trip for when temples are reopened. 

Spiritual

People are multifaceted. We have emotional, physical, spiritual and social needs. Our spirits need to be fed just like our bodies. We need to make sure we don't neglect our souls. I think our emotions and our spirits are very closely related. When I don't take care of my spirit I am more likely to give into bursts of anger or frustration. I am more likely to feel sad and discontent. Taking care of myself spiritually helps keep me balanced. I don't think taking care of your spirit necessarily has to do with church. I have benefitted from meditation and reading uplifting literature. 
You can find more ideas here. 

1. Write in your journal
   
1. This is not my graphic. I got it from here. Why reinvent the wheel? 
   
2. This one is from here.
2. Plan a trip to the temple
3. Meditate I chose this video because I love her yoga. There are tons of other videos you can find or  maybe find some soothing meditation music and do your own.
4. Read a conference talk
• These are ones that were recommended by family members.
• Will you engage in the wrestle?  By Sheri Dew (Recommended by aunt Kari)
• Hope of Israel By President Nelson (also recommended by Kari)
• Like a Broken Vessel By Elder Holland (recommended by my cousin Taressa)
• Watchful unto Prayer By Elder Bednar (recommended by me)
• Spiritual Crocodiles By Elder Packer (recommended by Elder Bednar)
• I'm thinking of sometimes having them take notes
5. Read the scriptures or other uplifting literature for 10 minutes (love having a library card)
• There are at least 100 chicken soup for every kind of soul there is
• There are also about a million self help books 
6. Plan and give a family home evening lesson
• There are tons of websites with great family night lessons already prepared, ideas for lessons, or come up with something on your own.
• 52 Family night lessons
• Here is my family night Pinterest board
7. Index names

These are more non-religious spiritual/mental health goals

1. Write in your journal
2. Read or listen to uplifting literature
• Chicken soup for the soul
• TED talks
• Self help book or podcast (7 habits of highly effective teens)
3. Meditate
4. Learn a new coping skill and put it into practice
5. Put your phone in airplane mode every night at 10pm
6. Start a gratitude journal
7. Stay off social media one day a week
8. Make your bed every day (this is why you should)

Summer

I've been obsessing a bit about next summer. I just want it to be successful. I want to create memories. I want them to enjoy their time with us. I want the kids to WANT to come back. I want them to feel loved. I want them to do more than sit on screens ALL SUMMER LONG.
So I've been brainstorming and polling and pinning like a crazy person. I love the new youth program from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I think it's so important for people to take ownership of their development. Especially in the critical teenage years.
I've been working on a summer routine/plan to get the kids off screens and trying new things. I've gone back and forth on how to implement it. Do I work in an allowance, do they just get an allowance and this is extra, no allowance and they earn everything, etc. Still ironing out those details. I'll have to talk with Bryan on that.
I'm going to ask the kids for ideas they have, give them my list and see what interests them and make sure I have the supplies. I think I'll ask my nieces and nephews as well. If they are interested in something the kids aren't, the cousins might be able to spark an interest in at least trying something else.
I've got their must do list for every day

1. make your bed
2. clean your room
3. read 20 minutes
4. do your assigned chore (still don't know what those will be)
5. work in the garden x number of minutes

That's it. Those are the things they need to do every day. When those are done, they will get 2 hours of screen time. After that, I'm still working on how more time will be added. I'm sure there will be a lot of revisions. Especially when things actually get started and I see what ACTUALLY works. There could be a lot of weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth. Lots of wifi password changing. But I'm willing to do it, if it means there are actual memories made and there aren't video games going 24/7.

The categories for them to choose from go with the youth program spiritual, physical, intellectual and social. They will not be required to do any of them. If all they do are the physical tasks, that's fine. If all they do is social, that's fine. I won't force them to do any of it. If they choose to sit and stare at the wall because they don't want to do any of the choices or make up their own, that's their choice. Hopefully they will find a new hobby or two and move more than their thumbs.