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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