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Skip a stone five times
45 min · $0 · Ages 5+ · Outdoors
Read plan: Skip a stone five times
Build a backyard lean-to
2 hrs · $0 · Ages 6+ · Outdoors
Read plan: Build a backyard lean-to
A no-flashlight moon walk
40 min · $0 · Ages 4+ · Outdoors
Read plan: A no-flashlight moon walk
Tie a square knot and a bowline
30 min · $0 · Ages 5+ · Indoor & Rainy Day
Read plan: Tie a square knot and a bowline
Find north with a stick and the sun
30 min · $0 · Ages 5+ · Outdoors
Read plan: Find north with a stick and the sun
Spend, save, give: three jars
30 min · $0 · Ages 4–9 · Money
Read plan: Spend, save, give: three jars
Grocery price detective
60 min · $0 · Ages 7–12 · Money
Read plan: Grocery price detective
Your kid plans a $20 family outing
60 min to plan · $20 · Ages 10–14 · Money
Read plan: Your kid plans a $20 family outing
Read a first pay stub together
45 min · $0 · Ages 14+ · Money
Read plan: Read a first pay stub together
The 10-minute doorway reset after work
10 min · $0 · Any age · Work & Home
Read plan: The 10-minute doorway reset after work
Show your kid what you do at work
30 min · $0 · Ages 5–12 · Work & Home
Read plan: Show your kid what you do at work
The 20-minute weekly parent huddle
20 min · $0 · Any age · Marriage & Teamwork
Read plan: The 20-minute weekly parent huddle
Date night at home after bedtime
90 min · About $15 · Any age · Marriage & Teamwork
Read plan: Date night at home after bedtime
Toy cleanup race: picture bins, a song and a timer
15 min · $0 · Ages 1–4 · Chores
Read plan: Toy cleanup race: picture bins, a song and a timer
Sort, fold, put away: the laundry crew
30 min · $0 · Ages 4–10 · Chores
Read plan: Sort, fold, put away: the laundry crew
A chore chart you'll actually keep
30 min · $0 · Ages 5–14 · Chores
Read plan: A chore chart you'll actually keep
Check tire pressure and oil with your teen
45 min · About $10 · Ages 14+ · Chores
Read plan: Check tire pressure and oil with your teen
Pancake Saturday
45 min · About $5 · Ages 4–10 · Cooking
Read plan: Pancake Saturday
Make-your-own pizza night
60 min · About $15 · Ages 3–12 · Cooking
Read plan: Make-your-own pizza night
Your teen cooks dinner: one-pan chicken
90 min · About $20 · Ages 13+ · Cooking
Read plan: Your teen cooks dinner: one-pan chicken
Toddler snack helper: wash, tear, stir, pour
20 min · About $5 · Ages 2–4 · Cooking
Read plan: Toddler snack helper: wash, tear, stir, pour
Picture-book point-and-name for toddlers
15 min · $0 · Ages 1–3 · Reading
Read plan: Picture-book point-and-name for toddlers
Library card day: their own card, their own books
90 min · $0 · Ages 3–12 · Reading
Read plan: Library card day: their own card, their own books
Chapter-book nights: 20 minutes, voices, cliffhangers
30 min · $0 · Ages 6–11 · Reading
Read plan: Chapter-book nights: 20 minutes, voices, cliffhangers
A two-person book club with your teen
30 min · $0 · Ages 12+ · Reading
Read plan: A two-person book club with your teen
Blanket-fort reading den
45 min · $0 · Ages 2–8 · Indoor & Rainy Day
Read plan: Blanket-fort reading den
Cardboard marble run on the wall or a box
90 min · About $10 · Ages 5–12 · Indoor & Rainy Day
Read plan: Cardboard marble run on the wall or a box
Rainy-day hallway obstacle course
30 min · $0 · Ages 2–6 · Indoor & Rainy Day
Read plan: Rainy-day hallway obstacle course
Make a family media plan together
45 min · $0 · Ages 5–17 · Screens
Read plan: Make a family media plan together
The screen-free swap box
30 min · $0 · Ages 3–10 · Screens
Read plan: The screen-free swap box
The first-phone talk and agreement
45 min · $0 · Ages 11–16 · Screens
Read plan: The first-phone talk and agreement
Living-room campout
Overnight · $0 · Ages 4–12 · Indoor & Rainy Day
Read plan: Living-room campout
The feelings check-in: a number, a word, what helps
15 min · $0 · Ages 3–8 · Emotions & Hard Conversations
Read plan: The feelings check-in: a number, a word, what helps
The car-ride talk: hard topics, side by side
20 min · $0 · Ages 10+ · Emotions & Hard Conversations
Read plan: The car-ride talk: hard topics, side by side
Talking with your kid about scary news
20 min · $0 · Ages 6–14 · Emotions & Hard Conversations
Read plan: Talking with your kid about scary news
Repair after you lose your temper
10 min · $0 · Ages 3+ · Discipline
Read plan: Repair after you lose your temper
Set up a calm-down corner
30 min · $0 · Ages 2–7 · Discipline
Read plan: Set up a calm-down corner
A week of “when-then”: calm limits that stick
10 min a day · $0 · Ages 2–8 · Discipline
Read plan: A week of “when-then”: calm limits that stick
The after-dinner family walk
30 min · $0 · Any age · Dad Health
Read plan: The after-dinner family walk
Book your checkup and fix your sleep
30 min · $0 to plan · Any age · Dad Health
Read plan: Book your checkup and fix your sleep
A 10-minute reset for hard days
10 min · $0 · Any age · Dad Mental Health
Read plan: A 10-minute reset for hard days
Telling your kids about the divorce
30 min · $0 · Ages 3+ · Co-Parenting
Read plan: Telling your kids about the divorce
A calm handoff-day routine
20 min · $0 · Ages 2–14 · Co-Parenting
Read plan: A calm handoff-day routine
The first night back at Dad's
2 hours · $0 · Ages 3–12 · Co-Parenting
Read plan: The first night back at Dad's
Long-distance read-along by video call
20 min · $0–$10 · Ages 3–12 · Co-Parenting
Read plan: Long-distance read-along by video call
The monthly money date with your partner
45 min · $0 · Any age · Marriage & Teamwork
Read plan: The monthly money date with your partner
Split the invisible jobs: a who-does-what list
30 min · $0 · Any age · Marriage & Teamwork
Read plan: Split the invisible jobs: a who-does-what list
Set a holiday gift budget with your kids
45 min · $0 to plan · Ages 6–14 · Money
Read plan: Set a holiday gift budget with your kids
A 20-minute family workout in the living room
20 min · $0 · Ages 4–14 · Dad Health
Read plan: A 20-minute family workout in the living room
Build a real-food dinner together
60 min · About $15 · Ages 5–12 · Dad Health
Read plan: Build a real-food dinner together
Know your numbers: blood pressure at home
30 min · $0–$70 · Any age · Dad Health
Read plan: Know your numbers: blood pressure at home
Water-safety rules before summer swimming
30 min · $0 · Ages 3–12 · Outdoors
Read plan: Water-safety rules before summer swimming
Park the phones outside the bedrooms
30 min to set up · $0–$25 · Ages 8–17 · Screens
Read plan: Park the phones outside the bedrooms
Play their video game with them
45 min · $0 · Ages 6–14 · Screens
Read plan: Play their video game with them
Catch them being good: a week of specific praise
10 min a day · $0 · Ages 2–10 · Discipline
Read plan: Catch them being good: a week of specific praise
Consequences that fit: logical, not harsh
20 min · $0 · Ages 3–12 · Discipline
Read plan: Consequences that fit: logical, not harsh
The school-morning launch pad
30 min · $0–$10 · Ages 5–12 · Chores
Read plan: The school-morning launch pad
The first-week-of-school check-in
15 min · $0 · Ages 5–14 · Emotions & Hard Conversations
Read plan: The first-week-of-school check-in
A summer reading streak
20 min a day · $0 · Ages 4–12 · Reading
Read plan: A summer reading streak
Build a family emergency kit together
60 min · $20–$40 · Ages 6–14 · Chores
Read plan: Build a family emergency kit together
Book your first counseling appointment
30 min · $0 · Any age · Dad Mental Health
Read plan: Book your first counseling appointment
A 15-minute weekly check-in with yourself
15 min · $0 · Any age · Dad Mental Health
Read plan: A 15-minute weekly check-in with yourself
A short weekly co-parent update
30 min · $0 · Ages All · Co-Parenting
Read plan: A short weekly co-parent update
Introducing your kids to a new partner
1 hr 30 min · $0 · Ages 4+ · Co-Parenting
Read plan: Introducing your kids to a new partner
Tie a clove hitch and two half hitches
30 min · $0 · Ages 6+ · Classic Field Skills
Read plan: Tie a clove hitch and two half hitches
Join two ropes with a sheet bend
30 min · $0 · Ages 7+ · Classic Field Skills
Read plan: Join two ropes with a sheet bend
Send secret words with the wig-wag code
30 min · $0 · Ages 7+ · Classic Field Skills
Read plan: Send secret words with the wig-wag code
Spell your name in semaphore flags
40 min · $0 · Ages 7+ · Classic Field Skills
Read plan: Spell your name in semaphore flags
Make a family whistle and hand-signal code
25 min · $0 to $5 · Ages 5+ · Classic Field Skills
Read plan: Make a family whistle and hand-signal code
Play Kim's game: remember the tray
20 min · $0 · Ages 5+ · Classic Field Skills
Read plan: Play Kim's game: remember the tray
Find the North Star with the Big Dipper
30 min · $0 · Ages 5+ · Classic Field Skills
Read plan: Find the North Star with the Big Dipper
Find south with an analog watch
20 min · $0 · Ages 7+ · Classic Field Skills
Read plan: Find south with an analog watch
Measure a tree with its shadow
45 min · $0 · Ages 8+ · Classic Field Skills
Read plan: Measure a tree with its shadow
Build and put out a small campfire
90 min · About $5 · Ages 8+ · Classic Field Skills
Read plan: Build and put out a small campfire
Read tracks in mud, sand or snow
60 min · $0 · Ages 5+ · Classic Field Skills
Read plan: Read tracks in mud, sand or snow
First aid: press, cover, call
30 min · About $10 · Ages 6+ · Classic Field Skills
Read plan: First aid: press, cover, call
The first weekend at Dad's: a checklist
2 hours to set up · About $30 · Ages 2–12 · Co-Parenting
Read plan: The first weekend at Dad's: a checklist
2-2-3, 5-2-2-5 or week on, week off: compare schedules
45 min · $0 · Ages All · Co-Parenting
Read plan: 2-2-3, 5-2-2-5 or week on, week off: compare schedules
Stay close on your off week
30 min to set up · $0 · Ages 3+ · Co-Parenting
Read plan: Stay close on your off week
Get on every school list
1 hour · $0 · Ages 5+ · Co-Parenting
Read plan: Get on every school list
Run your own time: appointments and backup care
1 hour · $0 · Ages All · Co-Parenting
Read plan: Run your own time: appointments and backup care
Ask for a 15-minute pause, then come back
20 min · $0 · Ages All · Co-Parenting
Read plan: Ask for a 15-minute pause, then come back
Pretend shop and a wait jar (ages 3 to 5)
20 min · $0 · Ages 3–5 · Money
Read plan: Pretend shop and a wait jar (ages 3 to 5)
Open a family store run on points (ages 6 to 9)
40 min · About $10 · Ages 6–9 · Money
Read plan: Open a family store run on points (ages 6 to 9)
Extra jobs, a 24-hour wait and a dad bank
45 min · $0 · Ages 10–13 · Money
Read plan: Extra jobs, a 24-hour wait and a dad bank
Plan your teen's first real job
45 min · $0 · Ages 14–18 · Money
Read plan: Plan your teen's first real job
A Junior Ranger day with Dad
Half a day · Park fee, if any · Ages 5–13 · Outdoors
Read plan: A Junior Ranger day with Dad
Lay a trail with 1911 trail signs
45 min · $0 · Ages 5+ · Classic Field Skills
Read plan: Lay a trail with 1911 trail signs
Measure across a creek without crossing it
45 min · $0 · Ages 8+ · Classic Field Skills
Read plan: Measure across a creek without crossing it
Play Quicksight and Farsight: two eye games
30 min · $0 · Ages 5–12 · Classic Field Skills
Read plan: Play Quicksight and Farsight: two eye games
Find Orion, the winter hunter
30 min · $0 · Ages 5+ · Classic Field Skills
Read plan: Find Orion, the winter hunter
Whip a rope end and tie a timber hitch
30 min · $0 · Ages 7+ · Classic Field Skills
Read plan: Whip a rope end and tie a timber hitch
Holidays in two homes
1 hour to plan · $0 · Ages All · Co-Parenting
Read plan: Holidays in two homes
A two-home calendar your kid can read
45 min · About $10 · Ages 3–12 · Co-Parenting
Read plan: A two-home calendar your kid can read
When your kid repeats something from the other house
5 min in the moment · $0 · Ages 3+ · Co-Parenting
Read plan: When your kid repeats something from the other house
Rethink your drinking: a private 30-day look
20 min to set up · $0 · Any age · Dad Health
Read plan: Rethink your drinking: a private 30-day look
Quit smoking or vaping: your first week
30 min to set up · $0 to start · Any age · Dad Health
Read plan: Quit smoking or vaping: your first week
A one-page holiday stress plan
30 min to plan · $0 · Any age · Dad Mental Health
Read plan: A one-page holiday stress plan
The transition timer: they press start, then we switch
5 min · $0 · Ages 1–4 · Toddlers
Read plan: The transition timer: they press start, then we switch
Toddler bedtime: a 15-minute wind-down, then the routine
40 min · $0 · Ages 1–3 · Toddlers
Read plan: Toddler bedtime: a 15-minute wind-down, then the routine
Two good choices, and the silliest-way game
10 min · $0 · Ages 1–4 · Discipline
Read plan: Two good choices, and the silliest-way game
Toddler pouring station with cups and funnels
30 min · $0 · Ages 1–3 · Toddlers
Read plan: Toddler pouring station with cups and funnels
Remote-control Dad: pause, rewind, fast-forward
15 min · $0 · Ages 2–6 · Toddlers
Read plan: Remote-control Dad: pause, rewind, fast-forward
A day home alone with a toddler, in blocks
15 min to plan · $0 · Ages 1–3 · Toddlers
Read plan: A day home alone with a toddler, in blocks
Check milestones, not the neighbor's kid
20 min every few months · $0 · Ages 0–5 · Toddlers
Read plan: Check milestones, not the neighbor's kid
The dice-roll rainy day
1 hour · $0 · Ages 3–10 · Indoor & Rainy Day
Read plan: The dice-roll rainy day
The nightly question journal
10 min a night · About $5 · Ages 4–14 · Emotions & Hard Conversations
Read plan: The nightly question journal
Co-op game night: think out loud
45 min · $0 · Ages 5–12 · Screens
Read plan: Co-op game night: think out loud
Just be there: low-key time with your teen
20 min, a few times a week · $0 · Ages 13+ · Teens
Read plan: Just be there: low-key time with your teen
They're having a hard time, not giving you one
10 min · $0 · Ages 2–10 · Discipline
Read plan: They're having a hard time, not giving you one
Set up a safe sleep space, then check it every night
20 min, then 5 min a night · $0–$70 · Ages 0–1 · New Dads & Babies
Read plan: Set up a safe sleep space, then check it every night
Install the infant car seat and check it like a pro
1 hour · $0 to check · Ages 0–1 · New Dads & Babies
Read plan: Install the infant car seat and check it like a pro
Your crying-baby plan: check, soothe, step away
15 min to plan, then as needed · $0 · Ages 0–1 · New Dads & Babies
Read plan: Your crying-baby plan: check, soothe, step away
The first two weeks home: Dad's jobs
20 min to set up · $0 · Ages 0–1 · New Dads & Babies
Read plan: The first two weeks home: Dad's jobs
Tummy time with Dad
3–5 min, a few times a day · $0 · Ages 0–1 · New Dads & Babies
Read plan: Tummy time with Dad
New dad mood check: two minutes a week
2 min a week · $0 · Ages 0–1 · New Dads & Babies
Read plan: New dad mood check: two minutes a week
Teach a kid to ride a bike, balance first
30 min a session · $0 with a bike and helmet · Ages 3–8 · Outdoors
Read plan: Teach a kid to ride a bike, balance first
A first fishing trip with your kid
2 hrs · About $35 · Ages 4–12 · Outdoors
Read plan: A first fishing trip with your kid
A first campout in the backyard
Overnight · $0 · Ages 4–12 · Classic Field Skills
Read plan: A first campout in the backyard
Make a sundial and mark the hours
1 hr, spread over a sunny day · $0 · Ages 6+ · Classic Field Skills
Read plan: Make a sundial and mark the hours
Throw and catch: a hundred quick reps with Dad
20 min · $0 · Ages 3–10 · Outdoors
Read plan: Throw and catch: a hundred quick reps with Dad
Light a bulb: a kitchen-table battery circuit
45 min · About $15 · Ages 7–12 · Indoor & Rainy Day
Read plan: Light a bulb: a kitchen-table battery circuit
Find five plants on a neighborhood walk
45 min · $0 · Ages 4–12 · Outdoors
Read plan: Find five plants on a neighborhood walk
Telling your kid someone has died
20 min · $0 · Ages 3+ · Emotions & Hard Conversations
Read plan: Telling your kid someone has died
The puberty talk, dad's version
15 min · About $20 · Ages 8–14 · Emotions & Hard Conversations
Read plan: The puberty talk, dad's version
The online safety talk: photos, secrets and sextortion
20 min · $0 · Ages 9–17 · Emotions & Hard Conversations
Read plan: The online safety talk: photos, secrets and sextortion
Cookie decorating night
90 min · About $15 · Ages 3–12 · Cooking
Read plan: Cookie decorating night
Build a snack board for the family
30 min · About $10 · Ages 3–10 · Cooking
Read plan: Build a snack board for the family
Balloon volleyball in the living room
30 min · $0 · Ages 4–10 · Indoor & Rainy Day
Read plan: Balloon volleyball in the living room
Freeze dance with Dad's playlist
20 min · $0 · Ages 2–8 · Indoor & Rainy Day
Read plan: Freeze dance with Dad's playlist
Sticker storybook: they stick, you write
30 min · About $5 · Ages 3–7 · Reading
Read plan: Sticker storybook: they stick, you write
Trash-can basketball league
30 min · $0 · Ages 3–10 · Indoor & Rainy Day
Read plan: Trash-can basketball league
Building-brick set night: they read, you run parts
2 evenings, about 90 min each · About $20 · Ages 5–12 · Indoor & Rainy Day
Read plan: Building-brick set night: they read, you run parts
Kitchen band: pot drums, shakers and a song
45 min · $0 · Ages 2–8 · Indoor & Rainy Day
Read plan: Kitchen band: pot drums, shakers and a song
Audiobook and coloring hour: a calm reset
1 hour · $0 · Ages 4–10 · Reading
Read plan: Audiobook and coloring hour: a calm reset
Dad builds, kid launches: straw rockets
45 min · $0 · Ages 4–10 · Indoor & Rainy Day
Read plan: Dad builds, kid launches: straw rockets
The 15-minute couple check-in
15 min · $0 · Any age · Marriage & Teamwork
Read plan: The 15-minute couple check-in
Breakfast date: just you and one kid
1 hour · About $15 out, $3 at home · Ages 3–8 · Dad-and-Kid Dates
Read plan: Breakfast date: just you and one kid
Library and cocoa date: they pick books for you both
90 min · About $5 · Ages 4–9 · Dad-and-Kid Dates
Read plan: Library and cocoa date: they pick books for you both
Tiny adventure ride: bus, train or walk to somewhere new
2 hours · About $5 · Ages 3–6 · Dad-and-Kid Dates
Read plan: Tiny adventure ride: bus, train or walk to somewhere new
Home movie date: tickets, a snack bar and their pick
2.5 hours · About $5 · Ages 4–10 · Dad-and-Kid Dates
Read plan: Home movie date: tickets, a snack bar and their pick
Cook-off date: your kid is head chef
About 2 hours · About $15 · Ages 10–14 · Dad-and-Kid Dates
Read plan: Cook-off date: your kid is head chef
Coffee and an errand: a teen date where they pick
90 min · About $10–15 · Ages 13+ · Dad-and-Kid Dates
Read plan: Coffee and an errand: a teen date where they pick
Build-something date: a birdhouse, shelf or planter
About 3 hours · About $20 · Ages 7–12 · Dad-and-Kid Dates
Read plan: Build-something date: a birdhouse, shelf or planter
The big day out: your kid plans it
Most of a day · About $40–80 · Ages 8–17 · Dad-and-Kid Dates
Read plan: The big day out: your kid plans it
The cardboard giant target throw
45 min · $0 · Ages 4–10 · Indoor & Rainy Day
Read plan: The cardboard giant target throw
Rain gauge and animal pairs, a rainy-day double
1 hr · $0 · Ages 4–10 · Indoor & Rainy Day
Read plan: Rain gauge and animal pairs, a rainy-day double
The neighbor kindness errand
1 hr · $0–$10 · Ages 5–12 · Chores
Read plan: The neighbor kindness errand
The lost sheep hunt, and what to do if you get lost
40 min · $0 · Ages 3–7 · Indoor & Rainy Day
Read plan: The lost sheep hunt, and what to do if you get lost
Storm watch: count the thunder, then talk about fear
30 min · $0 · Ages 4–10 · Indoor & Rainy Day
Read plan: Storm watch: count the thunder, then talk about fear
Paper-plate fish and the running-away talk
40 min · $0 · Ages 4–9 · Emotions & Hard Conversations
Read plan: Paper-plate fish and the running-away talk
Tie-dye day: a shirt of many colors
1 hr, plus the kit's wait · About $15 · Ages 5–12 · Indoor & Rainy Day
Read plan: Tie-dye day: a shirt of many colors
Build a wall together before the timer rings
45 min · $0 · Ages 4–10 · Indoor & Rainy Day
Read plan: Build a wall together before the timer rings