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10 Activities to Make Family Video Calls Fun for Kids
Read Bedtime Stories Many authors and celebrities are reading books in videos during the pandemic, but grandparents can also record themselves reading books and send their videos to your kiddos while you're stuck at home. Your kids can also hop on a Skype or FaceTime call with grandma and grandpa before bedtime and have them read a bedtime story.
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Tell Jokes or Riddles Before the call, agree to gather up a page full of riddles or jokes to tell one another. My Littles absolutely LOVE to tell me jokes or ask me riddles that they are sure I won’t possibly guess. The only rule here is that you have to LAUGH!!! Even if it’s the dumbest thing you’ve ever heard. . . which will probably make you laugh anyway!
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Phone Conversation Starters
-Are you a cat person or a dog person?
-What was your hometown like?
-What’s your favorite band / singer?
-What weird foods have you tried?
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-What’s your favorite way to waste time?
-Whose your oldest friend? Where did you meet them?
-Who had the biggest impact on the person you have become?
-What’s the most useful thing you own?
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-What is the most adventurous moment in your life?
-What type of cuisine are you most interested in?
Who is the person you look up to?
-What was your most embarrassing moment?
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When conversation becomes slow, whip out your trustee conversation cubes! These can be homemade. You can make as many as you want. Place random conversation topics on each side, and toss them around to see what your topic for the day is.
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Have a conversation where you each alternate contributing one word until it forms a cohesive sentence.
from:62 Interesting Things to Talk About on the Phone | LoveToKnow
Sometimes people want to chat but have not much to say to each other. One way I create interesting conversations is by reading play scenes together over the phone.
A: I'm calling the waiter.
B: What's the matter?
A: This steak has too much fat.
B: What do you want the waiter to do?
A: Bring me a better steak.
B: I wouldn't do that.
A: Why not?
B: They will drop the new steak on the floor, step on it, and then spit on it.
A: You're crazy.
B: Then the waiter will give you a big smile as he brings you the new steak.
A: Where do you get these crazy ideas?
B: I used to cook in a restaurant!
From:Easy Conversations
Texting Activities
Tighten up your rhyming skills with this game of rhyme. The first person begins by texting a word or phrase. The opponent then has to text back with another word or phrase that matches the first. Keep the game going back and forth until someone gets stumped. This is a great way to stay in touch with a friend who lives miles away
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This is a fantastic, fun texting game to play over the phone where you select a topic of conversion and you need to talk about it for a minute. It looks very simple, but you are not allowed to deviate from the topic at any time and should not repeat any word more than once. This game enhances the oratory skills of a person as well as the knowledge of their words, not to mention it may lead to improvements in your overall texting speed.
Fun Texting Games to Play over the Phone
Abbreviations:To play the abbreviation texting game, all you have to do is pick a category, mention an abbreviation or acronym; then your opponent has to tell you the correct meaning of the abbreviation.from:
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“Storytime” is a game with a life of its own, where players can build on each other’s creative snippets to make up a story with no boundaries. But it doesn’t have to be innocent like the ones your parents used to read you. How to play: One person will start out the story by “setting the scene”, and the two players will take turns building on the first entry. Players can set boundaries like keeping it realistic, or throw everything out the window and have fun with it. The story can only be built with one sentence entries, and it will end after the 20th text.
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Kiss, Kill or Marry- This one is a classic that your girlfriend or boyfriend will love playing with you. Tease each other and see which celebs, actors, musicians, sports star of just about anyone your partner would – kiss, kill or marry!
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Video Call Activities
One of you lists three “facts” about himself. One of the “facts” should be false. Try to list the facts in an even voice, so as not to open a lie in advance. Another player is trying to guess which of the facts is false.
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Email Activities
40+ Games by email
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"For a long time I wanted to communicate with people in general in a non-chat format. It was only when I was on vacation with limited access and resorted to exchanging long emails with a friend who was similarly inclined that I realized that what I wanted was penpals. 45 years ago I had them but I had forgotten about the whole things. The social networking apps that are really fronts for dating apps are a poor substitute for PPW.-Max from Italy"
from: Pen Pal World
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"A seven-year-old boy who was struggling with loneliness during lockdown has received over a hundred handwritten letters, after asking for pen pals." link
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