Food
Sixty Vines Houston
Daily Specials listed on their Facebook page…meals even come with rolls of toilet paper!
Tiny Boxwoods
50% off bottle of wines, full menu to go for pick up, and nightly family dinner options
Pecan Creek Grille
Offering casseroles you can pick up and freeze, bring to neighbors, or an easy dinner
Instagram Accounts to Follow for more local eats:
Restaurants Offering Grocery Pickups...
Dish Society
Virtual Farmer’s Market Online
Avondale Food and Wine
Breads, soups, sauces, and pastas
Call 713-360-6313 to order for pickup at the restaurant.
Bernie’s Burger Bus
Stop by the restaurant at 5407 Bellaire Blvd to choose from the rotating selections. Produce, eggs, and meat.
The Flying Saucer
Grocery bundle available for $60. Call 713-228-9472 to order.
Good Dog Houston
Produce such as apples and potatoes, dry good such as beans and pasta, cleaning supplies, and more. Daily offerings will be posted on the bodega’s newly launched Instagram page as well as Good Dog’s social media pages.
Local Foods
Rice Village Location offers fresh meat, cheese, and seafood. Purchase a $99 family pack that includes hummus, campechana, hot sauce, strawberries, and more.
PLUS! With every $100 Gift Card purchase, receive an additional $25 bonus, and every $200 Gift Card purchase, receive an additional $75 bonus.
Saltgrass Steakhouse
Offers items such as raw meat, including steaks, dairy (milk, eggs, butter), produce (potatoes, onions, tomatoes), and more
Selection will vary by location, but Instagram has a list with most of the items.
The following is quoted from this article on Houston Press
The Pit Room
The Pit Room, 1201 Richmond, is offering its full menu to-go along with new special family-friendly bulk-to-go menu (curbside pickup is located next to The Patio). Get brisket for $19.75/pound, sides of charro beans, potato salad, green beans and slaw for $11/quart and $40/gallon, and beers and wines, too. Call 281-888 1929 to place orders from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily.
burger-chan
After being closed for two weeks, on Monday, March 30, burger-chan, 5 Greenway, will open with a limited lunch menu (burgers, hot dogs, veggie burgers, tater tots) for takeout, curbside pickup and delivery. All orders must be placed online.
Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams
Though the Heights ice cream shop is closed for dine-in and carryout orders, Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams is still offering local delivery, available with online orders; and with four pints, delivery is free.
bellagreen
All locations of bellagreen are now offering family meals for $39.99, serving four and including a choice of blackened roasted chicken, chicken fajitas or chicken parm along with a house or Caesar salad (available for delivery or pickup).
Pizza Kits at Russo’s Pizzeria
www.nypizzeria.com
Russo's New York-style pizzeria is offering free delivery for orders made through the Russo’s Houston website, plus 20-percent discounts. It’s also offering a DIY pizza kit to satisfy the need for a home-cooked meal, featuring two large dough balls, mozzarella cheese and homemade pizza sauce.
DIY Dessert Kits at Dessert Gallery
Dessert Gallery, 3600 Kirby, has created some fun DIY kits ($10 each), including a Cupcake Decorating Kit with four cupcakes, two colors of icings, sprinkles/toppings and two spreaders and Make-Your-Own Cookies Kit with six cookie dough balls and baking instructions. For ordering, pick-up and delivery options, customers can call Dessert Gallery at 713-522-999 or can pull up outside of the cafe for curbside ordering and delivery.
The Burger Joint
www.burgerjointhtx.com
The Burger Joint, 2002 North Shepherd, 2703 Montrose, has happy hour from 3 to 6 p.m., with $15 bottles of curbside pickup wine on Monday-Friday. The Heights location will be serving its full menu plus bottled beer and wine from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., offering a $5 gift card for every $20 spent on curbside pick-up orders. Call the restaurant at 713-485-6734 to place orders or order online. All north facing spots along restaurant will be reserved for curbside pick-up. The Montrose location will be open 11 a.m. to midnight, with its full menu plus bottled beer and wine (and the same gift card deal). To place orders call in at 281-974-2889 or place order online. Curbside pick-up customers need to pull up on the back curb of the restaurant on California. Both locations are also available for free delivery via UberEats and DoorDash.
The Monkey’s Tail
www.monkeystailhou.com
Monkey’s Tail, 5802 Fulton, will be open for pick-up daily from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., with its regular food menu plus added family boxes like the Wing Box (24 wings, dipping sauces, chopped veggies and two orders of fries for $34) and DIY Cocktail Kits (Margaritas with Milagro Tequila, Moscow Mules with Deep Eddy Vodka and Old Fashioned with Maker’s Mark, $25 each, serves six). The bar has also rolled out the “On My Tab” initiative to help feed hospitality workers, first responders, healthcare professionals, public officials and folks who have been laid off due to COVID-19. Find out more and see other ways to Buy, Eat and Give Back to the Community.
Take-Out Options from Agricole Hospitality
www.agricolehospitality.com
Coltivare, 3320 White Oak, has take-out and delivery hours from 2 to 9 p.m. daily, with its regular menu favorites, family-style packages and cook-your-own pizza kits. Call 713–637–4095 or 832-203-7890.
Eight Row Flint, 1039 Yale, is open for pick-up from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily (delivery hours are 4 to 7 p.m. with $50 minimum). Get tacos, burger and dog combos, kids grilled cheese and burgers, street party taco kits and cocktail kits featuring Ranchwater cocktails, Margaritas and Old-Fashioneds. Call 832-767-4002
Vinny’s, 1201 Saint Emanuel, take-out and delivery hours are 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily. Get your fill of fantastic pizzas, salads and more, cocktail kits and pantry items like chicken stock, fresh veggies and sauces. Call 713-750-9433
Revival Market, 550 Heights, is offering takeout and delivery hours from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Get spicy fried chicken biscuits, smoked pork shoulder breakfast burritos, roast beef and horseradish whipped ricotta sandwiches, falafel gyros and kids menu items, plus family-style eats like whole roasted chickens and meats in the butcher case. Call 713–880-8463.
Rainbow Lodge
www.rainbow-lodge.com/take-out-menus
Rainbow Lodge, 2011 Ella, is now open seven days a week (the restaurant is usually closed Mondays) for to-go/curbside pick-up (and it has cocktail kits!). Monday through Friday, call 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. for pickup from 11:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, order and pick up 4 to 8 p.m. Call 713-861-8666, order and pay over the phone; then pull through the valet entrance and staff will bring your order out to your car with a $20 food gift card for your next dine-in visit. A 10-percent service fee will be added at checkout.
State Fare Kitchen & Bar
State Fare Kitchen & Bar, 947 Gessner, has introduced new menus available for to-go orders with curbside pickup from 10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Mondays and 11 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. (delivery available via GrubHub as well. Choose from a limited regular menu; home cooking kits with eats from H-Town Hot Chicken to grill-your-own smoked ribeyes; beer, wine and drink kits; and daily specials priced at Houston area codes (ex: $7.13 $8.32, $2.81, etc) offered weekly while supplies last. Get a $10 e-gift card with all to-go orders directly from the restaurant. Call 832-831-0950.
Bernie's "Name Your Own Price" Bodega at Bernie’s Burger Bus
www.berniesburgerbus.com/menus/katy-heights-bellaire
Bernie's Burger Bus Bellaire, 5407 Bellaire, will be open from noon to 8 p.m. (the other locations are temporarily closed), offering curbside pick-up and delivery orders, placed directly from Bernie’s on the Bernie’s website or via delivery platforms including Doordash, Grubhub, Postmates, Favor and UberEats. In addition to its regular menu, slider packs and some fun daily field trip specials (family-friendly offerings like enchiladas that feed one to four people), you’ll also have access to goods at Bernie’s Bodega, including premium house blend of ground beef, chili (cold or hot), fresh avocados, juke sauce, legendary tipsy onions, every topping and homemade sauce, pillowy Slow Dough buns and everything in between. Just stop by the curbside service, inquire about what's available and name your price. This helps Bernie’s team provide for those who need a little extra help and, for those who can afford to be more generous, provides help to Bernie’s team during their time in need.
Backstreet Cafe
www.backstreetcafe.net
In addition to a curbside menu, Backstreet Cafe, 1103 South Shepherd, is offering a variety of drink options. Bloody Mary Kits include a bottle of Grey Goose vodka and housemade bloody mary mix; and Mimosa Kits include a bottle of bubbles and choice of orange juice or wild berry mix. You can also get wines by-the-bottle, including a customizable six pack of wine at great prices. Call 713-521–2239.
Click here for more restaurants that are open during COVID-19 in Houston!
Drinks
Backstreet Café
www.backstreetcafe.net
Marked down its entire list to “at or below retail levels”
Doris Metropolitan
www.dorismetropolitan.com/en/houston/menus/dinner
Selling most of the steakhouse’s wine inventory at 50 percent off the list price. That means Champagne fans can take home a bottle of 2000 Dom Perignon P2 with two etched champagne flutes for just over $300 (regularly $625)
The Flying Saucer
64-ounce growler fills for $20, all bottles of wine are $13 or six for $65 & packaged beers are discounted about 25%.
Rainbow Lodge
www.rainbow-lodge.com
Offering its wines at 50-percent off list price. To-go customers who pick up their orders will receive a $20 gift card good for their next visit
Torchy's Tacos
www.torchystacos.com/blog/at-home-margarita-kits
Shake up some sips Torchy’s-style, with our At-Home Margarita Kits, to-go!
The following is quoted from this blog post from itsnotHOUitsme
Downtown
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Brasserie du Parc: 50% off entire wine list for curbside pickup.
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Lawless Spirits:$10 Old Fashioned, CBD Cocktails with boba bubbles, $25 bottle + board, & more for curbside pickup
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The Rustic: Discounted beers and wines, along with $23 mimosa kits for curbside pickup and delivery via Favor
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St. Arnold Brewing: drive through beer pick up
EaDo
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Vinny’s: cocktail kits for old fashioned, margarita, mimosas + full beer and wine list for curbside pick up and delivery
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8th Wonder: mini-kegs, 6-packs, and spirits from their new distillery for curbside pickup
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Ninfa’s: Ninfarita is available by the glass for $9, a carafe for $30 or a gallon for $120 with food order.
Galleria
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Etoile Cuisine et Bar: entire wine list for 50% off for curbside pickup.
Heights
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Cantina Barba: Paloma, margs, frozen, and old fashion set-ups paired with your choice of spirit
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Coltivare: cocktail kits for gin & tonic, old fashioned for curbside pickup or delivery in the Heights
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Dish Society: mimosa kits, $15 bottles of wine, beer, and more with food orders at all Dish Society locations except the Finn Hall
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Eight Row Flint: cocktail kits for ranch water, old fashioneds, margaritas for curbside pickup
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El Tiempo: margaritas by the glass or gallon for pick-up
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Eureka Heights: 6-packs, 4-packs and crowlers for curbside pickup
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Heights Grocer: delivery for minimally intervened wines
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King’s BierHaus: beer and wine for delivery; get 20% off with code “HTX”
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Local Foods: Beer and wine for takeout & delivery at Upper Kirby, Heights, Tanglewood, and Rice Village locations. With every $100 Gift Card purchase, receive an additional $25 bonus, and every $200 Gift Card purchase, receive an additional $75 bonus
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Monkey’s Tail: Offering beer, DIY Ranch Water and Moscow mule cocktail kits, and more boozy options
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Postino Wine Cafe: to-go wine options, including a 2-pack for $30.
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Studewood Cantine: $20 pitchers of margs to-go
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Squabble: half off all wine to-go
Midtown
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Brennan’s of Houston: full wine menu is available for pickup.
Montrose
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Backstreet Cafe: bloody mary kits with Grey Goose vodka, mimosa kits, and wines by the bottle, starting at $15 for curbside pickup
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Boheme: Frozen drinks and Vietnamese fries. name a better duo, I’ll wait
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Burger Joint: bottled beer and wine for curbside pickup or delivery
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Camarata: Free delivery within the 610 loop with a minimum order of $50. All food and bottles are available for take-home consumption.
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Hugo’s: Score a margarita kit including El Jimador blanco tequila, fresh lime juice, orange-agave nectar cordial, and Gran Gala orange liqueur for $44
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El Tiempo: margaritas by the glass or gallon for pick-up
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Light Years Wine: Curbside pick up of wine and free delivery in 610 loop.
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Montrose Cheese & Wine: curbside pick up for wine
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Penny Quarter: half off all wine to-go
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Postino Wine Cafe: to-go wine options, including a 2-pack for $30
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Rosie Cannonball: wines by the bottle, kits to make classic cocktails like martinis, mojitos, highballs, and Irish coffee.
Rice Village
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Coppa Marketplace: Margarita, sangria, bellinis, wine packages, and wine by the bottle
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Goode Company BBQ: Beer, wine, margarita kits to-go
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Local Foods: Beer and wine for takeout & delivery at Upper Kirby, Heights, Tanglewood, and Rice Village locations. With every $100 Gift Card purchase, receive an additional $25 bonus, and every $200 Gift Card purchase, receive an additional $75 bonus
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Prego: wine list for 25% off, curbside pickup.
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Sixty Vines: wine to go
Spring Branch / Memorial
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State Fare: beer, wine, and cocktail kits with food orders, along with $10 e-gift cards for all takeout orders.
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General Public: Offering select beers for $3 and discounted bottles of wine for curbside pickup and Favor delivery
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Goode Company BBQ: Beer, wine, margarita kits to-go
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Pappasito’s: Curbside pickup for a selection of drinks and drink kits including its Patron Rita on the Rocks, a Patron Rita on the Rocks drink kit, a Ranch Water drink kit, 6-packs of beer, bottles of wine.
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Cascabel Vegan: Delivery and take-out for margaritas, palomas, pina coladas and beer
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Molina’s Cantina: Offering beer, wine, cocktail kits, and more.
Suburbia
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Dish Society (Katy): mimosa kits, $15 bottles of wine, beer, and more with food orders at all Dish Society locations except the Finn Hall
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El Tiempo (Woodlands, Webster): margaritas by the glass or gallon for pick-up
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King’s BierHaus (League City): beer and wine for delivery; get 20% off with code “HTX”
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Lucky’s Pub West (Katy): Offering cases of beer, Karbach brews, and more for pickup and delivery starting at noon daily
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Pappasito’s (several location): Curbside pickup for a selection of drinks and drink kits including its Patron Rita on the Rocks, a Patron Rita on the Rocks drink kit, a Ranch Water drink kit, 6-packs of beer, bottles of wine.
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Toasted Yolk (Katy): All-day, everyday happy hour with $2 mimosas and $5 Bloody Mary’s.
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Whiskey Cake (Katy, Friendswood, Stafford): old fashioned and moscow mule cocktail kits
Tanglewood
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Craft Pita: Lebanese wine y’all!
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Dish Society: mimosa kits, $15 bottles of wine, beer, and more with food orders at all Dish Society locations except the Finn Hall
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Local Foods: Beer and wine for takeout & delivery at Upper Kirby, Heights, Tanglewood, and Rice Village locations. With every $100 Gift Card purchase, receive an additional $25 bonus, and every $200 Gift Card purchase, receive an additional $75 bonus
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Los Tios: Offering margaritas to-go and for curbside pickup at its San Felipe, Beechnut, and Memorial locations
Upper Kirby
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A’Bouzy: Offering cocktail kits and mimosa kits, along with 10% off wines. Call the restaurant to order takeout; delivery is available within a 5-mile radius
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Eighteen36: Beer, wine, and cocktails
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Local Foods: Beer and wine for takeout & delivery at Upper Kirby, Heights, Tanglewood, and Rice Village locations. With every $100 Gift Card purchase, receive an additional $25 bonus, and every $200 Gift Card purchase, receive an additional $75 bonus
ENTERTAINMENT
Play with Friends!
Keep game night going with this super fun variety of games accessible online! Jackbox games allows you to play games virtually with friends! May we recommend you definitely give Drawful a chance? Trust us, bring out the most HILARIOUS version of artistry in us all.
Tour a Museum!
www.travelandleisure.com/attractions/museums-galleries/museums-with-virtual-tours
Google Arts & Culture teamed up with over 2500 museums and galleries around the world to bring anyone and everyone virtual tours and online exhibits of some of the most famous museums around the world.
Watch Broadway Shows online for free
BroadwayHD, normally $8.99/month, is offering a 7-day free trial.
Metropolitan Opera Will Stream Operas for Free
The Metropolitan Opera will host “Nightly Met Opera Streams” on its official website. The stream will be free and will present encores of The Met’s acclaimed Live in HD series. The performances will begin at 6:30 p.m. CST and will be available to stream for 23 hours.
Amazon Audible for online audio books
www.audible.com/ep/kids-audiobooks
Free 30-day trial for adults & free for children while schools are closed.
Take an Art Class
Local Houston art café offering free daily (virtual) art classes.
Adaption – Virtual Houston Art Exhibit
The month experience allows patrons to take a virtual stroll from exhibit room to exhibit room from the comfort of their own homes. In addition to seeing the artwork, visitors can check out artist bio pages and watch streaming artist interviews. Amber created the online exhibit herself. Runs through April 26
Nutcracker Market Goes Virtual!
Full list of Vendors:
Access to Market:
Running March 25 through April 30, Nutcracker Market will host Virtual 2020 Spring Nutcracker Marketplace via Facebook, featuring many of the same merchants who were scheduled to appear at the event. The online event provides both an opportunity for the shop owners to sell their merchandise and for shoppers to support these small businesses.
Play a Board Game
Check out the list of the best family games to play at home.
Dive into a great book!
www.barnesandnoble.com/h/curbside-pickup
Free curbside pickup for online orders & buy one, get one 50% (all books).
Workouts
The Today Show's list of free online classes
Planet Fitness is offering free Facebook Live at-home workouts
Live-Streamed Daily 4pm PT/ 5pm MT/ 6pm CT/ 7pm ET
Free online yoga classes
shopping
Houston Rodeo Vendors
As the Houston Rodeo had to close abruptly over coronavirus fears, hundreds of vendors have been left with large, unsold inventories and nowhere to sell. Click the link above to shop their websites and support these local vendors.
Nutcracker Market Goes Virtual!
Full list of Vendors:
Access to Market:
Running March 25 through April 30, Nutcracker Market will host Virtual 2020 Spring Nutcracker Marketplace via Facebook, featuring many of the same merchants who were scheduled to appear at the event. The online event provides both an opportunity for the shop owners to sell their merchandise and for shoppers to support these small businesses.
kids
Education Companies Offering Free Subscriptions Due to School Closings
www.kidsactivitiesblog.com/135609/list-of-education-companies-offering-free-subscriptions/
North Carolina Zookeepers
Facebook Live every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 10am
Hogwarts Digital Escape Room
www.docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSflNxNM0jzbZJjUqOcXkwhGTfii4CM_CA3kCxImbY8c3AABEA/formResponse
Virtual Field Trips for Kids
www.weareteachers.com/best-virtual-field-trips
Amazon Audible for online audio books
www.stories.audible.com/start-listen
Free for children while schools are closed
Play a Board Game
Check out the list of the best family games to play at home.
Play with Friends!
Keep game night going with this super fun variety of games accessible online! Jackbox games allows you to play games virtually with friends! May we recommend you definitely give Drawful a chance? Trust us, bring out the most HILARIOUS version of artistry in us all.
250+ Creative Ways to Keep Your Family Sane
We can make the COVID-19 crisis into a moment that will live vividly in our kids' memories, so that in other times of uncertainty they'll recall fondly how their family pulled together and made the best of things, and they'll be able to do the same.
Family Activities & Daily Schedule
www.wsisd.com/apps/pages/familyactivities
It may be an uncertain time, but we can choose to help spread hope and not fear, to be there for others, and to be a difference maker in our community.
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