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TODAY’S ACTIVITIES Monday, Week 3 Full schedule at time.com/camptfk FLIP ANIMATION This fun how-to video from the Children’s Museum of the Arts shows how to use a pad of paper to make an animated “movie.” Make one small change on each page, then flip through quickly to bring the whole thing to life. JUST JUMP Step up your jump-rope game to include 20 moves. Super skipper Rishab Gupta shows you how. For inspiration, check out seven-time jump-rope world champion Nick Woodard in this video. (It’s in slow motion so we can keep up!) HUMMINGBIRD EXPERT Learn all about tiny, speedy hummingbirds and see them in action, in a video from the Audubon Society. Then read a TFK news story about hummingbird vision and learn how editor Allison Singer put it all together. WRITE A SONG Are you ready to write the best song of the summer? Join this songwriting session with Damian from Lincoln Center Pop-Up Classroom and create your tune. We can’t wait to hear it! HIDDEN POETRY Start with a story from a newspaper or magazine. See which words jump out at you, then cover up the ones that don’t belong. Naomi Shihab Nye, the Poetry Foundation’s Young People’s Poet Laureate, shows how to make blackout poetry.

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Page 1: TODAY’S ACTIVITIES€¦ · monologue. Get some tips, then pick a monologue at Daily Actor to memorize. Have your grown-up send us a video! IN THE MOOD Learn to create a visual story

TODAY’S ACTIVITIES

Monday, Week 3Full schedule at time.com/camptfk

FLIP ANIMATIONThis fun how-to video from the Children’s Museum of the Arts shows how to use a pad of paper to make an animated “movie.” Make one small change on each page, then flip through quickly to bring the whole thing to life.

JUST JUMPStep up your jump-rope game to include 20 moves. Super skipper Rishab Gupta shows you how. For inspiration, check out seven-time jump-rope world champion Nick Woodard in this video. (It’s in slow motion so we can keep up!)

HUMMINGBIRD EXPERTLearn all about tiny, speedy hummingbirds and see them in action, in a video from the Audubon Society. Then read a TFK news story about hummingbird vision and learn how editor Allison Singer put it all together.

WRITE A SONGAre you ready to write the best song of the summer? Join this songwriting session with Damian from Lincoln Center Pop-Up Classroom and create your tune. We can’t wait to hear it!

HIDDEN POETRYStart with a story from a newspaper or magazine. See which words jump out at you, then cover up the ones that don’t belong. Naomi Shihab Nye, the Poetry Foundation’s Young People’s Poet Laureate, shows how to make blackout poetry.

Page 2: TODAY’S ACTIVITIES€¦ · monologue. Get some tips, then pick a monologue at Daily Actor to memorize. Have your grown-up send us a video! IN THE MOOD Learn to create a visual story

TODAY’S ACTIVITIES

Tuesday, Week 3Full schedule at time.com/camptfk

TFK’S DRAW WITH DREW (AND ROSIE!)This week, Drew and Rosie show you how to make a landscape drawing of a favorite location. Create your landscape masterpiece, then share it with us.

UNWIND WITH YOGAGet your body and mind ready for the day! Take a five-minute break to warm up with some basic yoga stretches and breathing.

BUILD A RUBE GOLDBERG MACHINERube Goldberg was a cartoonist who famously drew complex machines that perform simple tasks. See how you can build a Rube Goldberg machine with items you have at home. For fun and inspiration, check out how these guys pass the salt!

HOMEMADE BANDTime to make some sweet music. First, make these four instruments with your craft supplies. You can recruit other musicians at your house, or learn to play all the instruments yourself. Record a song and send it to us!

8 QUESTIONS WITH JERRY CRAFTJerry Craft wrote and illustrated New Kid, the first graphic novel to win the Newbery Medal. Learn how his unique experiences as a kid influenced his career as an artist and author, then make a cover for your own graphic novel.

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TODAY’S ACTIVITIES

Wednesday, Week 3Full schedule at time.com/camptfk

MAKE A BIRD FEEDERHere’s the secret to becoming popular with birds: Make one of these super easy bird feeders. Hang it outside near a window so you can watch your new friends come to feast!

ULTIMATE HOPSCOTCHThis game starts off like old-school hopscotch, then turns into a bigger challenge. Copy the course in this video, and add your own moves. Outdoors, use chalk to make your course. Inside, use painter’s tape or yarn.

SPOT COMET NEOWISEEarth has a bright visitor this summer. Comet Neowise will streak across the night sky until next month. Use this night sky chart to see how your family can locate the comet. You can read more about Comet Neowise here.

MEMORIZE A MONOLOGUEEver dream of auditioning to act in movies or plays? You may have to memorize and perform a speech called a monologue. Get some tips, then pick a monologue at Daily Actor to memorize. Have your grown-up send us a video!

IN THE MOODLearn to create a visual story of what makes you happy. It’s called a mood board, and you build it from photos, art, writing—anything that brings you joy. Get tips from TFK’s Shay Maunz and author and life coach Susie Moore.

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TODAY’S ACTIVITIES

Thursday, Week 3Full schedule at time.com/camptfk

SOUNDSUITSArtist Nick Cave combines craft, fashion, and sound into an art form called a Soundsuit. Read about Nick Cave’s work in this TFK story. Then make a hat inspired by a Soundsuit with help from the de Young museum in San Francisco.

CANNED FOOD WORKOUTCoach Mike Morris has another PE at Home physical fitness challenge for us. You don’t need fancy equipment or special weights. Just grab two cans of soup or vegetables and follow along!

ENGINEERING FIELD TRIPTake a virtual vacation to Paris, France, to learn about one of its most famous structures, the Eiffel Tower. Then read tips from an architect—they’ll help you make your own version of the Eiffel Tower using craft supplies.

GOT JOKES?Great stand-up comedians must be comfortable performing for a crowd. They also have to be creative writers. Read these tips for writing jokes, then write and perform your own comedy act. We’d love to see a video of your performance!

TFK KID REPORTER BOOK REVIEW: GHOST SQUADTFK Kid Reporter Mira got a chance to speak with the author of Ghost Squad, Claribel Ortega. Check out their conversation and learn more about the book here.

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TODAY’S ACTIVITIES

Friday, Week 3Full schedule at time.com/camptfk

SEW A SCENEEmbroidery is the art of using sewing stitches to create patterns and pictures. Follow these directions to learn 12 basic stitches. Practice those stitches, then design and embroider a pattern or picture.

OLYMPIC CHALLENGE: RACE WALKINGThe 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, have been delayed until next year. That gives you plenty of time to practice this Olympic sport: race walking. Watch Junior Olympians competing, then try it yourself.

PLANET HOPPING WITH NASALet’s take a field trip through space! Exit our solar system and explore a distant exoplanet with help from NASA’s Exoplanet Travel Bureau. You can even save a mini-poster of your destination planet as a souvenir.

BALLET FOR BEGINNERSEven if you have never taken a ballet class before, let’s give it a try today. Friendly ballerinas CJ and Kaycee teach a fun and easy first lesson.

MAKE IT PERSONALReceiving a handmade card can feel extra special. Here, TFK’s Ellen Nam gives tips on creating unique, personal cards for friends and family members. Make a card for someone you care about.