dtucker300 Loc: Vista, CA

Essential California newsletter. It’s Thursday, April 2. I’m Laura J. Nelson, filling in for Julia Wick, from Los Angeles.

Check out our “things to do” page,
https://www.latimes.com/topic/things-to-do

our resources page,
https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story-gallery/2020/c****av***s-p******c-resources-ideas-and-more-for-parents-and-children

or try these:

100 activities you can do at home
https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2020-03-27/100-at-home-activities-for-c****av***s-quarantine

Fun things to do with kids younger than 5
https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2020-03-17/c****av***s-quarantine-school-resources-for-parents-kids-under-5

The best children’s television shows on streaming platforms
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2020-03-17/shows-for-kids-netflix-amazon-hulu-pbs-quarantine

Invisible ink and rock candy: science projects that don’t require special supplies https://blog.prepscholar.com/easy-science-experiments-for-kids-at-home

Games to play when everyone is bored
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2020-03-27/c****av***s-family-video-games-to-play-with-children

Guides by The Wirecutter and Harvard Business Review on working from home without going crazy https://thewirecutter.com/blog/work-from-home-with-kids/
https://hbr.org/2020/03/a-guide-for-working-from-home-parents

For kids and kids-at-heart waiting for their Hogwarts letters, J. K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter at Home” toolkit has puzzles, quizzes and free access to “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” https://www.wizardingworld.com/collections/harry-potter-at-home

Learn the v***l “Blinding Lights” TikTok dance with your kids (they probably know it already!) https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/laurenstrapagiel/blinding-lights-tiktok-dance-challenge-parents