Kennedy Center Education Artist-in-Residence at Home Mo Willems invites YOU into his studio every day for his LUNCH DOODLE. Learners worldwide can draw, doodle and explore new ways of writing by visiting Mo’s studio virtually once a day for the next few weeks. Grab some paper and pencils, pens, or crayons and join Mo to explore ways of writing and making together. New episodes will be posted each weekday at 1:00 p.m. ET and then remain online to be streamed afterwards. Check back each weekday for new LUNCH DOODLES! FAMOUS ACTORS READ CHILDREN’S BOOKS (FOR FREE) The Screen Actors Guild Foundation has a really cool free Storyline Online Program. The SAG-AFTRA Foundation’s award-winning children’s literacy website, Storyline Online, streams videos featuring celebrated actors reading children’s books alongside creatively produced illustrations. Watch on your computer or download the app. You can also subscribe to the Storytime Newsletter to be notified when a new story is available. PATTERN BLOCK ACTIVITIES (Tanagrams) THE SPRUCE CRAFTS
COOKING - SPATULATTA EDUCATIONAL WEBSITES WITH FREE SUBSCRIPTIONS FUNBRAIN HOW STUFF WORKS LEARN AT HOME WITH LEGO: GREAT FOR ELEMENTARY/PRIMARY GRADES PBS KIDS SCHOLASTIC RELEASES FREE DAILY COURSES VIRTUAL REEF DRUMMING - VIRTUAL STYLE FOOPETS INDOOR THINGS FOR KIDS TO DO INSTEAD OF SCREEN TIME NO-CONTACT NEIGHBORHOOD SCAVENGER HUNT ADDITIONAL SCAVENGER HUNT ACTIVITIES
ANIMAL CAMS AQUARIUMS DISNEY VIRTUAL RIDES FARM TOURS WHILE YOU'RE STUCK AT HOME Provided by the American Dairy Association North East FIELD TRIPS YOU CAN TAKE FROM THE COUCH ZOOS AKRON ZOO LUNCH & LEARN CINNCINNATI ZOO CLEVELAND METROPARKS AND CLEVELAND METROPARKS ZOO SAN DIEGO ZOO
ART LUNCH DOODLES with Mo Willems!
DRAWING WITH ILLUSTRATORS
Author and illustrator, Jarrett J. Krosoczka, will be doing drawing tutorials on his YouTube Channel each weekday at 2pm EST beginning on 3/16. Jarrett will do this for the next few weeks. He is the creator of Hey, Kiddo, Lunch Lady, Star Wars Jedi Academy, and more.
Provides children with the virtual experience of going to the Library and participating in the same types of activities the North Carolina Library offers at its physical location.
ADULT COLORING PAGES
Discover 1,500+ Free Adult Coloring pages to download in PDF or to print : various themes, artists, difficulty levels and styles.
ONLINE COLORING
You can paint in color by numbers coloring books online, right from your web browser. Every picture is available in three modes: easy, difficult, and numberless. there are games and printables too.
The tangram is a puzzle consisting of flat shapes, called tans, which are put together to form shapes. Use this site to make tanagrams from paper or play a tanagram game online here.
A variety of craft ideas like origami, homemade slime, milk painting, dinosaur excavation, rainbow pasta, paper plate clock, melted crayon art and a lot more!
Spatulatta is a website where kids teach kids to cook. The main goal is to foster peer-to-peer learning, healthy eating, and teaching children life skills.
Warning! This is a very large list, but the developer is slowly adding categories and age groups.
Created for kids in grades Pre-K through 8, Funbrain.com has been the leader in free educational games for kids since 1997. Funbrain offers hundreds of games, books, comics, and videos that develop skills in math, reading, problem-solving and literacy.
An award-winning source of reliable, easy-to-understand answers and explanations of how things in the world are made.
Legos are not only for building, but they can be used for a whole range of learning activities – everything from writing to spelling, math to science, social studies to art.
We’re living through some challenging times, but amid all this, Noggin's goal continues to be about helping kids stay healthy, grow their noggin, and have fun. We pledge to do that by helping educate and entertain kids with digital and off-screen activities that are designed to grow their hearts, minds, and bodies.
Sign up for their daily newsletter that will offer activities and tips for keeping kids learning and entertained if they are home from school.
Each day of content is filled with exciting articles and stories, videos, and fun learning challenges. The students can even go on virtual field trips or meet best-selling authors. The website provides up to three hours’ worth of content each day and can be completed on any device. There are four categories: PreK and Kindergarten, Grades 1 and 2, Grades 3-5, and Grades 6+.
Become a scientist and help monitor the Great Barrier Reef. Virtual Reef Diver is a collaboration between scientists, managers, citizens, data analysts, marine explorers and reef operators working together to record, analyse and predict coral cover on the Great Barrier Reef. The web-based interface provides a way for citizens to classify hard coral in thousands of underwater images and contribute to a growing dataset used to monitor the condition of the Reef.
Virtual Drumming is a collection of free online drum games where you can play drum beats, drum solos and songs along to your favorite music, with the drums of the best drummers.
FooPets are the world's most realistic virtual pets. Adopt your favorite pet now and keep it all to yourself forever!
A list of alternatives to entertain your household and leave the electronics in the chargers.
Create a post asking neighbors to help you out by printing or coloring a specific item to place in their front windows. Then challenge parents and kids to take a walk around their neighborhood to see how many of that item they can find! It’s a perfect way to get some fresh air and exercise without worrying about coming into contact with other people. Fun for the whole family!
If you are planning to go outside - grab one of the SCAVENGER HUNT printables from these websites before you go! A great variety from looking for colors to sketching items on the page.
Nothing like relaxing on the couch and watching animals including Elephants in Bali, Giraffes, Lions, Tigers, Bears, Eagles, Meerkats, Penguins, Manatee, Panda, Sea Otters, Rhinos, the Punxsutawney Groundhog and even Snowmen!
Even though Disney World and Disneyland are closed for a few weeks, you can still experience some of that magic while everyone is cooped up at home. Enjoy virtual rides on Space Mountain, Slinky Dog Dash, It's A Small World, Frozen Ever After, The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Undersea Adventure, Peter Pan's Flight, Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway, the Pirates of the Caribbean, Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin and The Seas with Nemo & Friends.
This is list of more than 40 different places you can explore online with your kids. You can sail through Antarctica, climb the world's largest cave, walk through the Egyptian pyramids, visit the Royal Family, look in the Mount St. Helens volcano and take an african safari to name a few.
Every day at 12pm the Akron Zoo will be showcasing the zoo with animal encounters, fun activities and more!
Facebook Live event everyday at 3pm on their home page featuring an animal and an activity that kids can do at home beginning Monday March 16
Join the weekday Virtual Classroom on Facebook Live starting, March 17! At 11 a.m. join biologists as they secure a future for wildlife at the Zoo. At 1 p.m. join naturalists as they look for signs of spring, discover wildlife and more. New animals and adventures each weekday!
Amazing videos, activities, and games
If you have a resource you think families would enjoy, please email Lisa Thompson. Thank you for working together as a community during this time!