I'm a bit confused about parts of a text my host mother sent me, and haven't
answered yet because I want to understand what she means completely...

> 楽しんでたよ。公園でやったから、休を働かすゲームもあったしね！

I understand what 楽しい is, and that it can mean "have fun" as 楽しんで, but don't
think 楽しんでたよ means the same thing. I know that よ is kind of like ", okay?" but
the た threw me off. I wasn't sure about the 休 standing by itself...it seems
like it might be a typo. It's hard to tell, since I'm never sure if it's a
typo of just something I don't understand. I looked up the 働かす part and
figured she meant that she was able to keep the kids busy with with the park
and the games.

I know that ゲームもあった means she had games as well, and I know that ね is an
ending particle similar to "right?" but the し in front of it confused me a
lot.

I'm mostly confused about the んでた in the beginning and the あったしね at the
end...particularly the しね part, since I understand the あった.

Thanks for your help!!
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translation particle-し
Help with text to Host mom!
> 楽しんでたよ。

means 楽しんで **い** たよ。 "They were having fun."  
楽しんで is the te-form of the verb 楽しむ "to enjoy" (or, 楽しん is a conjugated form
of the verb 楽しむ and the て is a conjunctive particle/接続助詞).  
The い in ～ている/～でいる often gets dropped in casual speech.  
The よ at the end is a sentence-final particle (終助詞) that you often use when
informing someone of something new.

> 公園でやったから、休を働かすゲームもあったしね！

I think 休を[働]{はたら}かす is a typo for [体]{からだ}を[動]{うご}かす, meaning "to move one's
body" "to get physical activity" "to get exercise."  
The し is a 接続助詞/conjunctive particle. It has several usages, such as adding
information, listing multiple things, giving a reason, etc. Here it means
"because," indicating a reason for 楽しんでいたよ. (The から indicates that 公園でやった was
the reason for 体を動かすゲームもあった.)  
Literally... "Because there were also games in which they had to move their
bodies, because they/we did it in the park."  
The ね at the end is a sentence-final particle often used when asking for
agreement, adding a nuance of "you know," and/or making the sentence sound
softer.
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