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Covid-19 Resources for Mom: FREE Daily Schedule for kids and 4 WEEKs of Activities and FREE Printables to use at home!

It’s the 1st official day of NO SCHOOL! All the littles are home and mama, I understand how daunting social isolation can be BUT there is no need to be anxious. We gave birth! Covid-19 quarantine ain’t got anything on us. It’s time to put the COVID-19 SURVIVAL GUIDE FOR MOM: 60+ ACTIVITIES TO DO WITH THE KIDS AT HOME into action with the help of this handy, FREE Daily Schedule for kids and Activity Printables – For an entire month!
Planning may not be your favourite thing BUT I promise, thinking ahead during this time will keep you sane.
STEP 1: Start with this DIY colour-in FREE Daily Schedule for kids.
Being able to “read” a daily schedule creates security for little ones which leads to calm and also helps cut out the “I’m bored”, “What can we do?”, “Come play with me…” moments. The girls know what to expect, as well as when I’m available to play and when they need to be creative on their own. Our home runs far more smoothly with everyone doing their part not needing mom or dad to constantly remind the kids of chores, tidying up, washing hands and more.
Our schedule includes all the basics:
- FREE DIY Easy to follow day schedule for kids 1
- FREE DIY Easy to follow day schedule for kids 2
- FREE DIY Easy to follow day schedule for kids 3
- FREE DIY Easy to follow day schedule for kids 4
- FREE DIY Easy to follow day schedule for kids 5 Boys
- FREE DIY Easy to follow day schedule for kids 5 Girls
- FREE DIY Easy to follow day schedule for kids 7
- FREE DIY Easy to follow day schedule for kids 8
- FREE DIY Easy to follow day schedule for kids Messy Play
- FREE DIY Easy to follow day schedule for kids Baking
- FREE DIY Easy to follow day schedule for kids Science and Nature
- FREE DIY Easy to follow day schedule for kids Educational Play
- FREE DIY Easy to follow day schedule for kids Physical Education
- FREE DIY Easy to follow day schedule for kids 9
- FREE DIY Easy to follow day schedule for kids 10 Baby
- FREE DIY Easy to follow day schedule for kids 10
- FREE DIY Easy to follow day schedule for kids 11
- FREE DIY Easy to follow day schedule for kids 12
- FREE DIY Easy to follow day schedule for kids 19
- FREE DIY Easy to follow day schedule for kids 14
- FREE DIY Easy to follow day schedule for kids 15
- FREE DIY Easy to follow day schedule for kids 16
- FREE DIY Easy to follow day schedule for kids 17
- FREE DIY Easy to follow day schedule for kids 18
- FREE DIY Easy to follow day schedule for kids 13
- FREE DIY Easy to follow day schedule for kids 20 Baby
- FREE DIY Easy to follow day schedule for kids 20
- FREE DIY Easy to follow day schedule for kids 21
- FREE DIY Easy to follow day schedule for kids 22
- FREE DIY Easy to follow day schedule for kids23
- FREE DIY Easy to follow day schedule for kids 24
- FREE DIY Easy to follow day schedule for kids 25
- FREE DIY Easy to follow day schedule for kids 26
- FREE DIY Easy to follow day schedule for kids 27
This is the flow of our day BUT the cards can easily be shuffled or left out to resemble YOUR day.
- I also include a little boy and girl for the morning hygiene routine:
- FREE DIY Easy to follow day schedule for kids 5 Boys 1
- FREE DIY Easy to follow day schedule for kids 5 Girls 1
- As well as a baby and kid version of snacktime:
- FREE DIY Easy to follow day schedule for kids 10 Baby 1
- FREE DIY Easy to follow day schedule for kids 10 1
- Handy extras to print at your own discretion include a “potty training” and “drinking water regularly” reminder:
- FREE DIY Easy to follow daily schedule for kids Potty Training
- FREE DIY Easy to follow daily schedule for kids Drinking water
TOP TIP: Get the kids to buy in on the daily schedule by making this an Arts & Crafts activity. Put out any colour-in and decorating supplies; pencils, paint, crayons, stickers, glitter glue… And let them go wild! They will love the schedule and stick to following it even more! PLUS this kept our girls busy for a solid 90 minutes – A WIN IN MY BOOK!
Click HERE to download and print your FREE DIY Easy to follow day schedule for kids
* For the perfect sized flashcards, I would recommend selecting a 4 pages per sheet, A4 layout when printing in black and white.
We are displaying our schedule in the dining room.
I added a cute washing line and wooden pegs with the girl’s faces stuck on, just for extra fun. Now they get to “move themselves” as the day progresses. I’m still amazed at how well something this simple works for all of us!
STEP 2: Use this FREE Weekly Activity Planner to organise your days.
Remember those 60+ Activities to do with the kids at home? Now is a good time to print out the list, selecting an activity or two per day. You can include as many as you like BUT please mama, no need to drive yourself mad trying to entertain and educate the kids every second of the day!
Kids should learn to play by themselves. We’ve encouraged independent play since day 1, setting out time for our babies to safely play, by themselves in their playpen with only a select few items to keep them stimulated. Also, no-one needs to become “home-school teacher of the year”. The kids will be fine, learning through play and loads of extra reading and storytime over the next few weeks.
So, in our home we stick to one main activity a day PLUS something small, maybe…
Write down the chosen activity into the corresponding day on the “Weekly Activity Planner“. You will also see a space for “Selected Toys“. These are the toys I will be putting out during “free play” to encourage independent play. It can be anything from LEGO construction, puzzle play, dolls, dress-up clothes etc.
“Selected Books” refer to the books we will be reading this week. The idea is to change things up every week. Writing down titles or themes will help keep track of books read, ensuring I keep the girl’s bookshelf stocked with “fresh”, new titles every week.
- FREE Weekly activity planner for kids page1
- FREE Weekly activity planner for kids page3
- FREE Weekly activity planner for kids Recipe Card
- FREE Weekly activity planner for kids page2
An “Activity Planner” and “Recipe Card” can be used to write out the details and instructions for the week’s baking, science and educational activities.
Lastly the “Supplies List” comes in handy! Write down all the ingredients and supplies needed for each week to make shopping and sourcing quick and easy.
Click HERE to download and print your FREE Weekly activity planner for kids
STEP 3: Be present and enjoy this time with your little ones
This is what we are getting up to this week…
Click HERE to download and print WEEK 1’s Planning
* Print these on the 2 pages per sheet layout to save paper.
“Tasty Tuesday” had us making a sweet dessert treat to “celebrate” the start of school holidays!
Last year I attended the KOO interactive cooking experience hosted by Olive Branch Cookery School. KOO had just launched their new range of beans and we got to cook delicious bean-based dishes.
Everything was amazing but the dessert definitely stole the show… Easy to prepare, only a few ingredients needed, super decadent and tasty…
Download and print this Black Bean Chocolate Fudge Ball Recipe HERE
* I 100% recommend doubling up when making this recipe. You will want more.
* Also leave the mixture to firm up in the fridge for at least 30-40 minutes and remember you’ll have to work quickly. Coconut oil melts easily.
* When using the right kind of chocolate, these can be VEGAN too.
For “Wonderous Wednesday” we are exploring various chemical reactions made with Baking Soda!
Always a crowd-pleaser!
CLICK here to download and print this DIY Lemon Volcano Experiment
“Thinking Thursday” includes a touch of science as well as language development.
Combining science and literacy… The kids won’t even realise they are learning making this the best kind of way to practice those tricky letters and words Eliana struggle with at times. PLUS I can’t wait to see the pretty name keepsakes we’ll be making.
Download and print the DIY Homemade Crystal Experiment HERE
* Borax can be found in the baking section of most convenient stores.
For “Fun Friday” we’ll be exploring our backyard!
This is such an easy yet fun activity AND no help is needed. The girls never have any trouble exploring our garden. Armed with a basket or bowl and the checklist below. Each will have their own. As soon as all 3 have found all of their treasures, we can compare and discuss their findings.
- DIY Nature Scavenger Hunt for Kids
- DIY Natuur Skattejag vir kinders
Find the DIY Nature Scavenger Hunt for Kids HERE
Vind die doen-dit-self Natuur Skattejag vir kinders HIER
* Make these reusable by laminate the list and using whiteboard markers to tick off items.
And that’s the plan for this week. Weekends will be reserved for all-day pajama parties, movie marathons and games night! No plans, just relaxing together!
Did you like our week 1?
Find our planning for Week 2,3 and 4 below PLUS links to all the FREE downloads!
WEEK 2
- 5 Days of Activities for kids Week 2 page 1
- 5 Days of Activities for kids Week 2 page 2
Click HERE to download and print WEEK 2’s Planning
- Kids Art Activity How to make a Fireworks Painting 1
- Best Banana Bread Recipe
- Kids Craft How to make a bird feeder 1
- How to make 2 ingredient snow dough 1
Remember to download and print these too:
- Easy arts and crafts scaled
- Craft ideas for kids scaled
- DIY Firework Paintings scaled
- Firework art scaled
(Can be made vegan by replacing the butter with coconut fat and using an egg-replacer. We recommend using Orgran No-Egg Egg Replacer available at Dischem.)
- Easy DIY ideas for kids scaled
- DIY Birdfeeders scaled
- How to make snow dough scaled
- Homemade snow dough scaled
- 2 ingredient snow dough recipe scaled
I also made the girls some fun number tracing cards, 1-5.
- FREE Number Tracing Card 1
- FREE Number Tracing Card 2
- FREE Number Tracing Card 3
- FREE Number Tracing Card 4
- FREE Number Tracing Card 5
FREE Number Tracing Cards 1 to 5
Trace the numbers with your finger, with stickers, paint, a pencil, inside a sensory bin… There are so many possibilities.
EXTRA:
We will be using these worksheets below as an extra, revising one number daily.
FREE worksheets: Learning numbers 1-5
- Learning about the number 1 1
- Learning about the number 2
- Learning about the number 3
- Learning about the number 4
- Learning about the number 5
(I have left a space to colour-in, draw, cut-out, paint and do whatever you like, at the bottom of the pages.)
WEEK 3
- 5 Days of Activities for kids Week 3
- 5 Days of Activities for kids Week 3 page 2
Click HERE to download and print WEEK 3’s Planning
Remember to download and print these too:
* PLEASE NOTE: The success of your slime is determined by the glue you use. If you can’t find clear glue, I’ve added a Ponel recipe too BUT this is more of an oobleck slime. See HERE for edible slime.
- Sensory Play: Homemade Slime Recipe – Ponel ooblecks.
- Making: Apple Slice Cookie Recipe
- Baking: Egg muffin recipe and filling ideas
- Homemade Slime Recipe
- Apple Slice Cookie Recipe
- Egg muffin recipe and filling ideas
- Nature Collage Cues Cards3
- Nature Collage Cues Cards2
- Nature Collage Cues Cards1
- Nature Collage Cues Cards4 e1584875078255
Use pressed flowers, twigs, grass, mud and leaves to complete the pictures above.
- Fine Motor Skills (and a touch of maths): Treading numbers 1-10
- Fine Motor Skills (and a touch of maths): Treading numbers 11-20
- Treading numbers 1 10 page 1
- Treading numbers 1 10 page 2
I also made the girls some basic colour and shape flashcards. These can be used in many different ways for sorting, identification, indoor and outdoor scavenger hunts, as part of an obstacle course… Anything!
- FREE Colour cards Blue
- FREE Colour cards Green
- FREE Colour cards Orange
- FREE Colour cards purple
- FREE Colour cards red
- FREE Colour cards Yellow
- FREE shape cards circle
- FREE shape cards diamond
- FREE shape cards oval
- FREE shape cards rectangle
- FREE shape cards square
- FREE shape cards triangle
WEEK 4
- 5 Days of Activities for kids Week 4 page 1
- 5 Days of Activities for kids Week 4 page 2
Click HERE to download and print WEEK 4’s Planning
Remember to download and print these too:
- Kids Art Activity: How to paint with salt
- Making: No-Bake Coconut and Peanut Butter Energy Balls OR Easy Peanut Butter Energy Balls
* For nut allergies – substitute the peanut butter for any seed butter. The taste will vary BUT it’s still delicious.
- Kids Art Activity How to paint with salt 1
- Easy No Bake Coconut and Peanut Butter Energy Balls
- Easy Peanut Butter Energy Balls
- How to make a Lava Lamp
- Word Scavenger Hunt for Kids1
- Woord skattejag vir kinders page1
Letter Recognition: Word Scavenger Hunt for Kids OR Woord Skattejag vir Kinders
- Colour Scavenger Hunt for Kids
- Kleur Skattejag vir kinders
Colour Identification: Colour Scavenger Hunt for Kids OR Kleur Skattejag vir Kinders
Now that’s it mama’s, YOU’VE GOT THIS! More than enough ideas to keep the little ones entertained and you sane. Just remember, you’re apart of history so make this a time to remember too.
Stay safe!
PHOTO CREDIT | Cover photo by Celeste Van der Berg from Celeste van der Berg Photography.
Disclaimer: Please note that the FREE Daily Schedule for kids and all other resources available above are for recreational purposes and not intended to be used as educational aids in classrooms. I have not used the correct “Grade 1 ” font and the idea is to learn through play, not homeschool your child.
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wow… you are amazing… really amazing..
thank you for all these incredible resources..
xxxx
It’s only a pleasure Christine. May they prove very helpful.
SO many fun ideas!! Thank you for sharing mama, and enjoy this time with your precious girls x
It’s a pleasure mama, helped me get organised so I figured it would help other mamas too.
Wow this is incredible and so generous of you to share with us all!
Hopefully, it will bring some calm during the stressful time mama
Dankie dankie dankie!! Jy is die beste!! Kwarenkansie hier kom ons xx
Plesier Ruzandri! Hoop hierdie maak die lewe bietjie makliker.
Your resources are gorgeous and so helpful AND FREE (YOU LEGEND!!!!) Thank you!! I have had the same ideas but do not have the creativity to lay them out as beautifully as you have! Thank you! This is just what I’ve been looking for! Saw @lionheart.mama use them 🙂
Hi Kate
It’s a huge pleasure. Glad I can be of some assistance during this time. We can totally get through this together!
Mari-Louise…AMAZING! Seriously, this is just so wonderful! Thank you for doing what you do. Elizabeth is going to have THE BEST week next week and it’s all going to be thanks to what you have given me in this single post. I cannot thank you enough. Keep well with that beautiful family of yours and I look to having you blow my mind again with your awesome content.
Hi there Claire! Wow! Your comment means so much to me, THANK YOU!!!!! Comments like these keep memotivated. Have a great week ladies.xxx
Baie dankie vriendin!! Is nou vir die eerste keer terug by die huis so moet nou in roetine kom asap…. Sien uit om al jou idees toe te pas.
Thank you so much for the awesome ideas!