Recreation At Home

The Town of Arnprior Recreation staff has put together a list of fun activities to keep your mind and body healthy and active.

There are countless online resources providing free access to learning tool, fitness videos, games, tours and more. We have searched high and low for the best ones to share with you!

Kids Activities & Education

Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada
This is better than the aquarium channel! Enjoy FREE access to the Ripley’s Aquarium Shark Camera (Click Here). Make a game of it – spot the shark, the turtle, the sting ray – plenty to see!
Also check out their Teacher Resources (Click Here) that offers some fantastic worksheets for all grades and in both official languages.
Building a Fort
There are many great ways to build a fort inside our homes. Using pillows, sheets or a big box. Here are some videos to help you learn about building some of these forts:
- Building a sheet fort – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aaPBp2gw3k
- Building a pillow fort – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPZEwqkY5TQ
- https://www.primroseschools.com/blog/indoor-fort-activity/
  * Take a picture of your fort and watch for a chance to submit a picture of it on our Facebook page Arnprior Life
Kids Card Games – Click here for 5 easy card games for kids
10 Easy Kids at Home Science Experiments – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MHn9Q5NtdY
Indoor Games (https://www.merakilane.com/22-indoor-snow-day-activities-for-kids-to-keep-your-children-entertained/)
35 Activities For Kids at Home (https://www.thissimplebalance.com/activities-for-kids-at-home/)

Arts & Crafts

Artwork Challenge
They say a picture is worth a thousand words and hear what your artwork has to say! Each day this week (starting March 30), we’ll be asking you to submit a picture of your artwork on our Facebook page Arnprior Life – a different theme each day.

Week 1

March 30 – Draw a picture of the museum/clock tower

March 31 – Draw a picture of a fun day at Robert Simpson Park

April 1 – Draw a picture of your favourite meal at an Arnprior restaurant

April 2 – Draw a picture of a superhero

April 3 – Draw a picture of your family

Week 2

April 6 – Draw a picture of your favourite summer activity

April 7 – Draw an Easter Picture

April 8 – Draw a picture of an on-ice activity at the Nick Smith Centre

April 9 – Draw a picture of your favourite animal

April 10 – Draw a picture of your best friend

Easter Egg Window Hunt

Print of this Easter egg and put it in your front window, then see how many you can spot in your neighbours windows when out for a walk.

Print off this Arnprior Easter Egg and place it in your window

Print off and colour in this Arnprior Easter Egg and place in your window

For all our young artists, here are a few links to some great websites that provide free pictures to colour! Enjoy the free templates from GetDrawings.com and Colouring.ws.

How to make Kinetic Sand

Arnprior Museum Printable Colouring Book

Easter Craft

Top 5 Netflix Programs for Kids

Wild Kratts
Ask the Story Bots
Octonauts
Julius Jr.
Magic School Bus / The Magic School Bus Rides Again

Top 5 Learning Apps for Kids

There are hundreds of apps to choose from at the App Store, but here are 5 your child might enjoy! (All Free)

Prodigy
Math Story Time
Kids A-Z (Raz Kids)
TVO Kids (multiple apps)
PBS Kids (multiple apps)

Learning Tools on YouTube
While screen time is something that has its limits in a day, there are some great learning tools available on YouTube. Many focus on pre-school and primary greats, but some wonderful tools that will both entertain and educate your children.

SciShow Kid
Baby Bus Nursery Rhyme
Les Monsieur Madame (French)
Bounce Patrol
Monster Trucks (Colours & Numbers)
Cocomelon – Nursery Rhyme
Toy Monster
Blippi
Family Fun Pack
Kids TV
Circle Time with Jess Morsink (Early ON Arnprior)

Download YouTube Kids from the App Store

Do you have a program on YouTube that you watch at home that other residents can benefit from? Send us a message on our Facebook page or e-mail givory@arnprior.ca so we can add them to this list and share them with the public.

Learning Tools at Home
We are fortunate that while our kids may not be in school, there are numerous resources available to help then continue their learning. The Government of Ontario has launched its Learn at Home (Click Here) website and below we’ve provided some links to some wonderful resources to help with learning at home:
Math & English Language Arts (JK-Grade 12)
Arcademics
We are all teachers now: resources for parents and kids cooped up at home
Scholastic Learn at Home
Bookflix (Scholastic)
49 Free Educational Websites Parents Can Access While Schools Are Closed
E-Learning for Kids
Circle Time
NASA Kids Club
Kids National Geographic
Your Complete Guide to School at Home
Canadian Food Focus
You, too, can homeschool your kids
Foodland Ontario Kids Corner
Bright Fish Reading
Have Fun Teaching
Teachers Pay Teachers
From ABCs to ACTs – Free Printable Worksheets
That Fun Teacher
Primary Playground Facebook Page Website

Worksheets

Alphabet Galore
Create Your Own Planet Worksheet
Daily Forecast Worksheet
Estimation Station Freebie
Freebie Word Work Activities
Handwriting Galore
I Sense Something Worksheet
Numbers Galore

Do you use other websites for learning that other residents can benefit from? Send us a message on our Facebook page or e-mail givory@arnprior.ca so we can add them to this list and share them with the public.

Cooking

Family Fun Pack – Kids Size Cooking
Arnprior & District Family Health Team – Healthy Eating on a Budget

Kids Fire Safety

Sparky’s Fun Zone
Survive Alive Kids Zone

Fun For the Whole Family

Marble Racing! It’s the next great sport. Gather the family, pick your team and cheer them on! CLICK HERE and enjoy! Bonus points if you share a video of a marble race in your household
Article – The Ultimate List of Family Game Night Ideas
Trick Shots! Something to ramp up the competition among family members. From magic you can do with a ping pong ball, bottles flips or for those with the nerf guns laying around the house things can get taken to another level. Enjoy the trick shot antics of Dude Perfect (CLICK HERE). Bonus points if you share a video of your trick shots with us!
Article – 20 Fun Games for Family Game Night
2020 COVID-19 Time Capsule

Are you into magic? Have a neat trick shot? Got a great singing voice? Do you have wicked dance moves? Share your video and tag us on facebook (@Arnpriorlife) or twitter (@arnprior) as we would love to see!

Virtual Museums

Tour 12 Famous Museums

Trip Down Memory Lane

Arnprior – A Good Place to Visit, A Great Place to Live

Telus Cup – Memories of Arnprior

Arnprior Aerial (February 2019)

Arnprior Aerial (June 2018)

Kenwood Mills 50’s

Tribute Video: Mac Beattie Meet Me in Arnprior (’62 Centennial Year)

Take a Trail Walk

Weather condition may affect the condition of the trail. Please use with caution. Please maintain social distancing practises of 2 meters when using trails

Gillies Trail
Heritage Trail
Macnamara Trail
McLachlin Trail
Ottawa Valley Recreation Trail

How to Travel without Leaving Home

Kids Fitness

Are your kids climbing the walls with all this extra energy? Here’s some video tools that can help keep them active, healthy and maybe even help expel some of their extra energy. All links are to the YouTube page of each channel that provides are a variety of workouts/programs.
Cosmic Kids Yoga (Videos)
Kids Workouts to do at Home (Videos)
Little Sports (Videos)
ParticipACTION (Website)
PE with Joe
Kids Workout (25 Mins)
Kids HIIT Workout
Get Moving with Disney Family
Mona
The Incredibles
The Lion King
Mulan
Peter Pan
The Jungle Book