{"id":977,"date":"2020-03-25T08:14:24","date_gmt":"2020-03-25T08:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/deb-gully\/?page_id=977"},"modified":"2020-04-12T02:25:13","modified_gmt":"2020-04-12T02:25:13","slug":"keeping-your-mind-active","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/deb-gully\/lockdown\/keeping-your-mind-active\/","title":{"rendered":"Keeping your mind active"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>This page is a work in progress, hopefully will have a lot more on it over the next few days.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Reading<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1028 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/deb-gully\/files\/2020\/03\/book-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/deb-gully\/files\/2020\/03\/book-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/deb-gully\/files\/2020\/03\/book.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Visit your library online<\/p>\n<p>Bookbub \/ Smashwords<\/p>\n<p>Book Depository<\/p>\n<h3>NZ Geographic<\/h3>\n<p>Every day NZ Geographic are posting a new story, video or activity idea based on our beautiful country. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzgeo.com\/together-at-home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Check it out here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Learn something new<\/h3>\n<p>Learn a new language<\/p>\n<p>Improve your touch typing<\/p>\n<p>Learn to play piano. Keep you device volume down though. I heard of someone suggesting learning to play the violin. But learning a new instrument is probably not what your bubble mates will welcome, so be considerate!<\/p>\n<h3>Visit Museums online<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1026 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/deb-gully\/files\/2020\/03\/monalisa-mask-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/deb-gully\/files\/2020\/03\/monalisa-mask-201x300.jpg 201w, http:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/deb-gully\/files\/2020\/03\/monalisa-mask.jpg 429w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelandleisure.com\/attractions\/museums-galleries\/museums-with-virtual-tours\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">12 Famous Museums Offer Virtual Tours<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Puzzles &amp; Games<\/h3>\n<p>It&#8217;s very easy to get sucked into spending hours on games on phone or tablet. But let&#8217;s take this opportunity to do things a bit differently. Here are some puzzles that you can source online, then print and take away to a comfortable corner:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.websudoku.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sudoku<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.printable-puzzles.com\/printable-drop-quotes.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Drop Quote puzzles<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.printable-puzzles.com\/printable-word-search-puzzles.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Word Search &amp; Reverse Word Search<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.printable-puzzles.com\/printable-logic-puzzles.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Logic Puzzles<\/a> (or you can download the app from Puzzle Baron and do them on your tablet or phone)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.printable-puzzles.com\/printable-acrostic-puzzles.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Acrostics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.printable-puzzles.com\/printable-cryptograms.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cryptograms<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.puzzlechoice.com\/pc2\/Codeword_Arcx.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Codewords<\/a> (Code Cracker)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Quizzes<\/h3>\n<p>Stuff have a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stuff.co.nz\/national\/quizzes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">daily quiz available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1129 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/deb-gully\/files\/2020\/04\/divider2-300x72.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"72\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/deb-gully\/files\/2020\/04\/divider2-300x72.png 300w, http:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/deb-gully\/files\/2020\/04\/divider2.png 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Other lockdown resources: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/deb-gully\/lockdown\/\">Lockdown 2020 overview<\/a> ~\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/deb-gully\/lockdown\/building-strong-immunity\/\">Building good immunity<\/a>\u00a0~\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/deb-gully\/lockdown\/resources-for-mumskids\/\">Resources for kids &amp; families<\/a> ~\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/deb-gully\/resources\/online-exercise-routines\/\">Exercise routines<\/a> ~\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/deb-gully\/lockdown\/keeping-your-mind-active\/\">Keep your mind active<\/a> ~\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/deb-gully\/lockdown\/get-your-joy-on\/\">Keeping our spirits up and finding joy<\/a>\u00a0~\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/deb-gully\/lockdown\/finding-purpose\/\">Finding Purpose<\/a>\u00a0~ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/deb-gully\/lockdown\/questioning-the-mainstream-narrative\/\">Questioning the Mainstream Narrative<\/a> ~ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/deb-gully\/2020\/03\/21\/march-2020-client-sessions-still-available\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sessions with Deb<\/a> ~ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.naturefoods.co.nz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nature Foods<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This page is a work in progress, hopefully will have a lot more on it over the next few days. Reading Visit your library online Bookbub \/ Smashwords Book Depository NZ Geographic Every day NZ Geographic are posting a new story, video or activity idea based on our beautiful country. Check it out here. Learn something new Learn a new language Improve your touch typing Learn to play piano. Keep you device volume down though. 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