The normal calendar has been replaced this month to provide information for families that are with children in this time of social distancing The Coronavirus, also known as Covid-19, is sweeping through the United States. This nasty virus has caused schools across the nation to close their doors for weeks at a time. As a parent, this can be scary. No one wants their child to fall behind academically. Thankfully, programs across the globe have stepped up to offer online educational avenues to help these learners get through this pandemic. Many programs are now offering their services free of charge during the quarantine period. With so many amazing options, you will be able to keep your child busy and thriving until these weeks have passed. Here are just a few for you to check out.
Museum Virtual Tours
msn.com/en-us/travel/travel-trivia/stuck-at-home-these12-famous-museums-offer-virtual-tours-you-can-take-onyour-couch-video/arBB119nm6?li=BBnbfcL&fbclid=IwAR0 _OBJH7lSyTN3ug_MsOeFnNgB1orTa9OBgilKJ7dhnwlVvHEsptuKkj1c Google Arts & Culture teamed up with over 500 museums/galleries around the world to bring everyone virtual tours and online exhibits of some of the most famous museums around the world.
ABDO eBook
ABDO/abdodigital.com ABDO's entire eBook collection is now available to students to access at home FREE.
ActivityVillage
activityvillage.co.uk/school-closures Activity Village provides thousands of colouring pages, crafts, puzzles, worksheets and more. Specially for these difficulit times, free themed bundles of fun printable activities for children - including puzzles, colouring pages, fun worksheets and more.
American Archive of Public Broadcasting
americanarchive.org A collaboration between the Library of Congress and the WGBH Educational Foundation to coordinate a national effort to preserve at-risk public media before its content is lost. More than 52,000 files are available online. Access to thousands of historic public television and radio programs.
Crazy Adventures in Parenting
crazyadventuresinparenting.com/category/art/printable Free printables, activity sheets, coloring pages, and more!
Beanstalk
beanstalk.co/ Beanstalk Interactive, a Denver-based interactive educational pre-school children’s content company, announced today that it will be offering free membership during the Coronavirus outbreak.
Children’s University
childrensuniversity.co.uk/get-involved/downloadable-activities/ Children’s University is a charity that encourages participation in learning beyond the classroom. We have collated and are sharing as many downloadable resources and links to other activities for children
Club SciKidz
clubscikidzmd.com/blog/ Daily free science or cooking experiment to do at home. Each day we will be posting a daily activity for parents and kids to do at home, mostly using things the already have at home. We’ll also include videos and other resources to extend the experiment.
Storypark
storypark.com Storypark is a family engagement and communication tool. We have over 100 free videos of open-ended play ideas and have free webinars.
