MENTORING ACTIVITIES

• Play chess, Chinese checkers, or card games. If you do not know how, learn together.
• Jigsaw puzzles, crossword puzzle, or word search.
• Build with Legos.
• Paint a picture or use crayons in a coloring book.
• Write a story or poem together.
• Build a fort.
• Make a time capsule.

• Play tennis
• Go mini golfing
• Take a walk.
• Catch a ball.
• Toss a Frisbee.
• Fly a kite.
• Go for a hike.
• Go fishing.
• Go rock hunting.
• Have a picnic.
• Wash your car.
• Go roller-skating, roller -blading, or ice-skating.
• Rent a canoe.
• Set up a lemonade stand.

• Work on a resume.
• Do a mock job interview.
• Talk about where to find a job, or how to plan a career.
• Set up a work internship.
• Dress for success tips.
• Help them complete a job application.
• Arrange for your Little to meet professionals you know in fields of interest to talk about what they do and how they got there.
• Visit the site of your first job, or a similar place. Discuss your experience.
• Read books together.
• Attend your little’s school play, concert or athletic events with them.
• Arrange to talk to/visit your local police or fire station.

• Go to a restaurant.
• Talk about table manners.
• Bake cookies or make a cake.
• Bake bread or make your own pizza.
• Pop popcorn, make ice cream floats and watch a movie at home.
• Make your own ice cream.
• Learn to cook ethnic food.

• Teach courtesy, respect for others, values.
• Teach personal hygiene-personal cleanliness (eye, teeth, hair and body care).
• Learn to iron and wash clothes.
• Learn to shop for groceries.
• Talk about the future.
• Talk about relationships.
• Talk about ways to handle different issues. Use “what if” scenarios.

• Learn about different types of music that you can find on your phone or online.
• Sing or dance to music.
• Go to a movie.
• Design an exercise program and work out together.
• Go to the mall. Eat at the food court or go to the bookstore.
• Make a scrapbook of your experiences together.
• Volunteer together to help an elderly or disabled person clean their house or weed their yard.
• Learn to read a road map, use an atlas, a globe or a compass to find someplace you have never been (in case your GPS ever stops working!)
• Adopt a grandparent at a local nursing home.

• Check your local parks and recreation department for fall foliage walks or activities.
• Check local college and high school sports schedules and choose an event to attend.

New Castle County

• Delaware Art Museum
• DE Children’s Museum
• DE Science and History Museum
• Brandywine Zoo
• Mt. Cuba Astronomical Observatory
• Wilmington and Western Railroad
• Lums Pond State Park
• Brandywine State Park

Kent County

• Legislative Hall
• Attend an open meeting in the House or Senate Chambers
• Little Creek Wildlife Area
• Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge
• Air Mobility Command Museum (Dover AFB)

Sussex County

• Cape May/Lewes Ferry
• Beaches (Rehoboth, Cape Henlopen, Bethany, etc.)
• Trap Pond State Park
• Abbots Mill Nature Center
• Mispillion River Walk
• Nanticoke River canoeing