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Thursday, April 9, 2020

Play, Create, Read, Travel, & Learn Together










PLAY!: Screen Required
Brought to you by the Youth Services librarian at Peters Township Public Library in McMurray, PA.


New Hobbies!

Here’s an easy YouTube video. If you get ‘hooked’ there’s plenty more there!



Learn how to grow celery, potatoes, carrots and so much more!

Cooking!


Offering free cooking classes for kids and adults.

Exercise!
From Yoga to T’ai Chi to Bootcamp.


YouTube videos by Koo Koo Roo.
Resources Galore!
We have been working steadily to provide a variety of enriching activities to engage everyone at home. As always, take advantage of our digital media available through our online resources, always available from your home computer, tablet, or phone. Overdrive eBooks and eAudios are available in the Libby app. Freegal music can be streamed through the Freegal app. Hoopla movies and TV shows can be streamed through the Hoopla app.

Literacy!
This is a Youtube Channel created and run by children's book writers and illustrators. On this channel, you'll find workshops, readings, activities, art projects, writing games, writing advice, and more. We hope that we can offer you some fun, some distraction, and a creative outlet for any feelings that might come up during this time. More videos will be coming soon, and if there's any topic we haven't covered that you want to see, please let us know!

Create art + stories with the Greater Boston Illustrators Group

More read-aloud choices!

Astronauts read alouds!

Interactive read-alouds via social media. It is a google document that gets updated.

Free audio books available during school closures.

Free and for all ages: eBooks, audiobooks and lessons

Fan of Pete the Cat books written by James Dean?
You can write to him! Mr. Dean likes to receive fan mail and does reply.
Pete the Cat
2126 East Victory Drive #112
Savannah, GA 31404

Activities and more!

Author of more than three dozen books

Author of children’s picture books

Reading from her I Survived: The Sinking of the Titanic, 1912

Author of the Mr. Lemoncello books

A Virtual Scholastic Book Festival With R.L. Stine & More!




A variety of resources for parents and teachers from publishers.



Drawing with Illustrators!
Mo Willems invites YOU into his studio every day at 1pm for his LUNCH DOODLE.

Catch up with the author & illustrator of the Lunch Lady series of graphic novels!

Spiderwick Chronicles + more!

Acclaimed picture books illustrator.

Sci-fi comic activities.

Children’s author and illustrator gives drawing lessons.

Local Author/Illustrator via the Palmer Public Library

Music!
A concert on Facebook every Tuesday and Thursday.

Speech & Language Therapy!


Languages!
Well-known children’s stories are translated and read in Spanish.

Children’s books in print & read aloud in French.



Science!
20 easy experiments in 5 minutes or less.




A place to play games and learn about NASA.

Free STEAM activities.

STEAM enrichment.

Snoopy science!

Families welcome a scientist virtually into their living room.

Museums, Libraries, Art & Culture!

Free STEM activities for kids ages 4-11











YouTube choices of opera and ballet.

Animals!












Travel!



Map quiz games

Movies!
Over 200 indigenous-made films provided free from the NFB




Printables!







Teens Too!


Groups of resources!
One stop shopping for a great variety of options, some of which are repeats of sites I have already highlighted.


Additional access to ebooks & audiobooks.

Early Childhood Partners
A comprehensive list of resources, both digital and many activities that do not require any devices. 

CommonSenseMedia.org
Online Events and Activities for Kids at Home

A variety of online support.

Online Learning!
Scholastic Learn At Home
Scholastic has created a free 20-day online learning resource. Learn at Home uses Book Flix and Watch & Learn Library; if prompted to login to either, just enter the following:
username: Learning20 | password: Clifford

Enjoy learning at home with:
·         Video Tutorials
·         Distance Learning Resources for Parents
·         Remote Learning Ideas for Schools
·         Learn & Play with World Book Online
·         Fun Lessons (all ages) 
If asked, please use this sign in information: Username: wbsupport  Password: distancelearn

Gale Databases
Miss Humblebee's Academy - an interactive kindergarten-readiness program that introduces children ages three to six to key concepts in math, science, social studies, language and literacy, art, and music. It’s as challenging as it is fun!
     If you get asked for a password for any of these resources, use “open” (no quotes). The end date of access to these resources is unknown at this time.

Learning media for students.

Free, trusted digital resources that span disciplines for grades PreK-12, are aligned to national and state standards, and include videos, comprehensive lessons, and other activities.
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