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Attention Bigs: You must also have permission from your Match Support Specialist before you participate in any of the following activities.

ITHACA YOUTH BUREAU LINKS
Ithaca Youth Bureau Website
City Of Ithaca Website
College Discovery Program
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Archived activity emails

2022

  • Jan. '22
  • Feb. '22
  • Mar. '22
  • Apr. '22
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Week of 1/8/22
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​Conversation Starters & Would You Rather
In-Person Activities:
  • Wildflower Seed Bombs
  • Chalk Some Love
  • Winter Farmers Market
Virtual Activities:
  • Minute to Win It
  • Mystery Sound
  • Classic Card Games
Video: Cute animals to ease your stress
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WEEK OF 1/15/22
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​Conversation Starters & Would You Rather

In-Person Activities:
  • Go Ice-Skating
  • Go Fly a Kite
  • Remake Guess Who
Virtual Activities:
  • Virtual MLK Day Breakfast
  • Funbrain
  • TIME for kids.
Video: Lego stop-motion cooking
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WEEK OF 1/22/22
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​In-Person Activities:
  • Go sledding
  • Make colorful ice sculptures
  • Make snow ice-cream
Virtual Activities:
  • Learn to play chess together
  • Bake cookies (yes, virtually)
  • Learn magic.
Video: Kid Vs. adult cooking
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WEEK OF 1/29/22
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​Conversation Starters & Would You Rather

In-Person Activities:
  • Go Ice bowling
  • Toss snow balls
  • Create a snow mandala
Virtual Activities:
  • Plato App
  • Drawasaurus
  • Indoor Scavenger Hunt
Video: Amazing 14 year-old ice-skater
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WEEK OF 2/5/22
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Conversation Starters & Would You Rather
In-Person Activities:
  • Head to the YMCA
  • Make Valentines Cards together
  • Snow Ball Targets
  • Hike Beebee Lake
Virtual Activities:
  • Watch the winter Olympics
  • Make Valetines Cards together
  • Make salt dough
  • Funbrain
Video: Animals reunited with their owners
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WEEK OF 2/12/22
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In-Person Activities:
  • Valentine's cookie decorating kits
  • Sugar cube igloos
  • Build a snowperson
  • Print-a-Kitty, Printing press program
Virtual Activities:
  • Jigsaw puzzle App.
  • Valentine's word search
  • Shadow puppets
Video: Draw a cute ice-cream
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Week of 2/19/22
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Conversations Starters and Would You Rather?
In-Person Activities:
  • Print a Kitty at the History Center
  • Anthropod Tour for kids
  • Black History Month Concert
Virtual Activities:
  • Navigating the Solar System
  • The Search for Alien Life
  • Virtual Drawing idea
Video: Ice-Skating from the Olympics
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Week of 2/27/22
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In-Person Activities:
  • 24th Annual Chili Cook-Off
  • Groton Cabin-Fever Festival
  • March Madness (places to play basketball)
Virtual Activities:
  • Questions Only
  • Classic Card Games
  • Chrome Music Lab
Video: 5 year old makes 400m Run Meet Record. 
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Week of 3/5/22
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Conversations Starters and Would You Rather?
In-Person Activities:
  • Women's Cornell Basketball Game Vs. Colombia
  • 24th Annual Chili Cook-Off
  • Cornell Lacrosse Game
  • Concert and "Instrument Petting Zoo" with Cayuga Chamber Orchestra.
  • Ithaca Children's Garden
  • Ice-Skating at Cass Park
Virtual Activities:
  • Mad Libs
  • Communal Jigsaw Puzzles
  • More Online Games
Video: Hamster Vs. Pop-It Maze​
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Week of 3/12/22
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Conversations Starters and Would You Rather?
In-Person Activities:
  • Purim Carnival
  • Tree Tapping
  • Dairy Open House
Virtual Activities:
  • Riddles (with answers)
  • Word Game
  • Coding
Video: Kids Vs. Adults Gymnastics Challenge​
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week of 3/19/22
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Conversations Starters and Would You Rather?
In-Person Activities:
  • Dino Eggstravaganza
  • Puppet Show with real Ballerina
  • Tales of Trees
Virtual Activities:
  • Make Your Own Wordle
  • Book Spine Poetry
  • First Letter, Last Letter
Video: How To Draw a Leprechaun ​
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week of 3/26/22
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Conversations Starters and Would You Rather?
In-Person Activities:
  • Stewart Park Waterfront Clean-up
  • Animal Encounters: Meet a Porcupine!
  • March Madness 
Virtual Activities:
  • Virtual Boggle
  • Person, place, or thing
  • Drawing Competition
Video: Laugh Attack: Jokes for kids​
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Week of 4/2/22
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Conversations Starters and Would You Rather?
In-Person Activities:
  • Ithaca Farmers Market
  • Crankies for Kids
  • Tom Knight's Puppet Show
Virtual Activities:
  • Indoor Scavenger Hunt Riddles
  • Emoji Decoder
  • 2 Truths and a Lie
Video: Wiggle Worm​
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Week of 4/9/22
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Conversations Starters and Would You Rather?
In-Person Activities:
  • BBBS April Match Event: Bird Watching
  • Cornell Gymnastics
  • Daisy Hollow Easter Egg Hunt
  • Dye Easter Eggs (kits available from BBBS)
Virtual Activities:
  • Virtual Scattegories
  • Memory Matching Game
  • Pictionary
Video: The Great Eggscape​
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week of 4/16/22
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Conversations Starters and Would You Rather?
In-Person Activities:
  • BBBS April Match Event: Bird Watching
  • Lansing Fire Dept. Easter Egg Hunt
  • Base In Yo Face
  • Dye Easter Eggs (kits available from BBBS)
Virtual Activities:
  • Virtual Easter Egg Hunt
  • Spring Flowers Word Search
  • Spring Acrostic Poem
Video: Easy DIY Paper Plate Flower​
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Week of 4/23
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Conversations Starters and Would You Rather?
In-Person Activities:
  • Spring into fun at Coddington
  • Cornell Women's Soccer Community Day
  • Journey Beyond Time: An Immersive Art Experience
Virtual Activities:
  • Earth Day This or That
  • Red Light Green Light
  • Zoomed in picture game
Video: Earth Day Rap: Music Adventure for kids​
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Week of 4/30/22
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Conversations Starters and Would You Rather?
In-Person Activities:
  • Healthy Kids Day YMCA
  • Streets Alive!
  • TCPL Spring Crafternoon
Virtual Activities:
  • Blind Draw
  • Name That Tune
  • Mad Libs
Video: Sidewalk Chalk Mosiac!​
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2021

Still need more? Take a look back at our weekly activity emails. Hover over the image to see what ideas are inside, then click on  to see the full email from that week.
Take & Make STEAM Kit, Solstice Market, Daisy Hollow Farm, Garland For Birds, Build a City, Make a Meme, Social Experiment Video.
Conversation Starters, Would You Rather, Ice-Skating, Farmers Market, Rutabaga Curl, Santa's Arrival, Paint a Masterpiece, Build a City, Music Mixing, The Power of Mentoring Video
Conversation Starters, Would You Rather, Chowder Fest, Winter Lights Fest, YMCA, Little Red Wagon, Doll-Making, Vision Boarding, Origami Zoo, Memory Lane, Drawing the Future.
Conversation Starters, Would You Rather, Pie Bake-Off, TBurg Winter Festival, Puppet Show, Explore The World, Madlibs, Scavenger Hunt, 5 Minute Craft Video
Conversation Starters, Would You Rather, Pop-Up Holiday Market, Waterfall Challenge, Ponyo at Cornell, Charades, Scattegories, Dance Party, Hidden Pictures Video
Conversation Starters, Would You Rather, GIAC Harvest Dinner, Sagan Planet Walk, Chamber Orchestra at TCPL, Spacecraft Planetary Image Facility, Zoom Charades, Snake Feeding, Talking Dog Video
Conversation Starters, Would You Rather, Leaf Lookout, Circus Culture, Treetops Tree House, Cardboard Explosion, See a Show, Yoga Class, Phonics Man Fitness, Kid President Video
Conversation Starters, Would You Rather, Ithaca Cemetery Tour, Lighted Bike Parade, Lab of O, Explore the Outdoor From Home Virtual Tours, Gratitude Video
Conversation Starters, Would You Rather, Daisey Hollow Farm, Ithaca Ballet, LGBTQ+ History Month Tour, Take and Make STEAM Kit, Learn to Code, Purple Rocket Podcast, Origami Throwing Stars, How To Draw a Panda Video
Conversation Starters, Would You Rather, Art Show, Restorative Justice Meeting, BDale Apple Fest, Fall Festival, Create Your Own Board game, Quiz Time, Explore The Sea, 5 Minute Crafts video
Conversation Starters, Would You Rather, IC Bee Fest, Friends of the Library Booksale, Eco-Explorers, Exciting Sponge Game, Movie Nights, Jokesters Rejoice, Joke Video
Conversation Starters, Would You Rather, Community Science, Sock Monkey Circus, Breaking Barriers, Eco-Explorers, Fall Creek Brass Band, PocketSights, Meet The Animals, Mindfulness, Move to the Beat Video
Conversation Starters, Would You Rather, Apple Fest, Fossil Mania, Roller-Skating, Scratch, Explore, Go Noodle, Foot or Sock (Video).
Conversation Starters, Would You Rather, Streets Alive, Moore Family Fun Fall Festival, Sunset Cruise, Ithaca Bike Rental, Chess, Chrome Music Lab, 10 Fun Questions for Kids, Kid Inventions (Video).
Conversation Starters, Would You Rather, Roller Skating, Art Anywhere, School, Pictures, Poppets, Memory, Shadow Animals, 12 Illusions For Your Brain (Video).
Conversation Starters, Would You Rather, R2P Showcase, Highkey Science, Water Quality Cruise, Berry Picking, Magic Tricks, Bake Cookies, Virtual Coloring Book, Lego Stop-motion Video.
Conversation Starters, Would You Rather, Free Science Workshop, Swimming, Architectural Drawing, Virtual Show and Tell, Story Bird, Olympics, Baby Olympics (Video).
Trivia, 4H Family Fun Day, Farmer's Market, Circus, Art for Kids Hub, Tinker at Home, Wilflife Live-Cam, Believe Yourself (animated short video.)
Conversation Starters, Would you Rather, Take and Make STEAM Kits, Pick Blueberries, Catfest, Paint Together, Heads Up, Breakdance Class, Kid Vs. Adult Cooking Challenge (Video)
Trivia, Mutual Aid Block Party, Community Circus Show, Take a Hike, Shadow Puppets, Yoga, Coding, Elephant Toothpaste (Video)
Conversation Starters, Would you Rather, Ice-Cream, Cass Park, Playground Hopping, Skribblio, Lip-Sync Battles, Classic Card Games Online, 11 year-old vs. Olympic Gymnast (Video)
Conversation Starters, Would you Rather, Make Tea, Family Fun Day at the Park, Swim at Cass Park, Pick Raspberries, Mystery Sound, Taboo, We Got You (Podcast), Child Prodigy Music Video
Science Trivia, Robot Rumble in the Park, Free Community Science, Kidstuff Theater, Treman Park, Multi-player games online, Salt Dough, Mad Libs, Incredible Kids Video
Conversation Starters, Stewart Park Carousel, Empire Pass, Bike Rental, Strawberry Picking, Virtual Summer Adventure Kickoff, Outdoor Challenge, Digital Masterpiece, Nature Mandalas.
Conversation Starters, Alex Haley Pool, Alpaca Farm Tours, Anarchy Zone, Jeopardy, Monopoly, Lightening Scavenger Hunts, Kid President
Conversation Starters, Cascadilla Gorge, Strawberry Picking, Treman State Park, Word Scatter, 5 Second Rule, Paint Nails, All About Snakes
Conversation Starters, Disc Golf, Planet Walk, History Center, Origami, Dry Erase Science, Chrome Music Lab, Domino Video
Conversation Starters, Ithaca Bike Rental, Playground Hopping, The Anarchy Zone, Lip Synch Battles, Two Truths & A Lie, Mazes & Coloring Pages, Marcel The Shell.
Conversation starters, Mulholland Wildflower Preserve, Outdoor School Visits, Dry Flowers, Marvel Superheroes, Shadow Puppets, Riddle Challenge, Funny Video
Conversation Starters, Owl Creek Trail, Free Science Workshop, Ice Cream in a Bag, Making Slime, Drawasaurus, Sorry or Guess Who, Questions Only, Water Experiments
Conversation Starters, trivia, Roy H. Park Preserve, Ithaca Bike Rental, Sciencenter, Bridge Building workshop, Stop motion videos, Yoga, Drawing tricks
Conversation Starters, Play Tennis, Wash Your Car, Tie Dye, Coding, Scavenger Hunt, Virtual Roller Coasters, Drone Footage of a Volcano
Conversation Starters, Grow Together, Cayuga Creamery, Picnic at the Park, Tour Buckingham Palace, Learn to Play Chess, Make Village People, Make Your Own Kite
Conversation Starters, Farmers Market, Ithaca Skate Park, Lab of Ornithology, Pictionary with a Robot, Northern Lights, Coloring Books, Painting Pots.
Conversation starters, chalk it up, frog hunting, baking, name more food, house party, online jigsaw puzzles, a singing puppet
Conversation Starters, Hike Taughannock Falls, Fly a kite, Visit the Farmers Market, Alphabet scavenger hunt, Pictionary, 5 second rule, shaving cream crafts.
Conversation starters, Free Science Workshop, Ellis Hollow Nature Preserve, March Madness, Chrome Music Lab, Mad Libs, Talented kids, Play classic card games, perfect baked potato.
Beebe Lake, Make Oobleck, Hang at the IYB, Toothpick sculpture, Heads Up, Skribbl.io, Hot Chocolate Bombs.
Sugar cube igloos, Build a snowperson, Make a snow mandala, Stop motion video, Play chess online, Virtual show & tell, Try not to laugh challenge.
Unstoppable bubbles, Snow volcano, Snow ice-cream, coding, Outdoor challenge, Virtual lessons, Origami Tetris blocks.
Snowballs, Cass Park, Cornell Botanical Gardens, Shadow puppets, Memory, Word games, Elephant toothpaste.
Five Below gift cards, Ice bowling, Great British bake-off, Winter Olympic games, Words with Friends, Valentine word search, Instructional drawing.
Ice Sculptures, Snowshoeing, Sledding, Poetry, Real board games, Drawing on your head
Box Cake Baking, Eldridge Wilderness Preserve, Ithaca Children's Garden, Virtual Paint Off, Animal Jam (App), Workout Fun
Ice-Skating, Fidget Spinner, Gingerbread Houses, Spot It, Magic Tricks, Play The Classics, Bake Cookies

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