The national COVID-19 lockdown during school Term 1 and continuing in Term 2 2020, provided a unique context to investigate?children's experiences of informal, everyday learning in their household bubble. In Terms 3 and 4, 178?children in Years 4-8 from 10 primary schools agreed to participate in a group art-making activity and?an individual interview about their experiences. The research adopted a strengths-based approach on the basis that most children are capable actors in their social worlds. This report documents children's accounts of the multiple ways in which they?negotiated the novel experience of forced confinement over a period of several weeks with family and?whanau. Seven themes emerged from qualitative analysis of the interviews with children: (1) Learning new structures and routines in the bubble; (2) Learning from and with whanau; (3) Learning about and through language, culture, and identity; (4) Learning through life events; (5) Emotional dimension of learning; (6) Learning about and through digital technologies; and (7) Self-directed and self-regulated learning.