Welcome kids of all ages!  I have worked really hard to sniff out the coolest things to do! I am so excited to share some of my favorites! Be sure to find us on Facebook at let me know what your favorites are and thank you for being a friend! 

 

PS: Don’t forget to wash those paws!

 

Activities:

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• Have fun making your own bath bombs

• Learn how to make your own Playdough

• The National Museum Australia has all kinds of fun activities using supplies you have at home and video instruction, Chief Bob and I made Thylacine Masks – do you know what a Thylacine is?

• Visit Seussville.com to hand out with Dr. Suess and visit educational games

 

Books:

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• Audible has free audio books for kids!  Be sure to share your favorites!

• The International Children’s Digital Library has "A library for the world's children," with thousands of books in more than 60 languages. So cool.

• Project Gutenberg has over 50,000 combined free ebooks and audiobooks

• Lit2Go is packed with hundreds of free audiobooks and many have free PDFs to download and print so you can read along

• StoryNory offers free audio downloads of classic fairy tales, world fairy tales, fables, 1001 Nights, and more

• Check this out! Astronauts will read you a story from SPACE!

 

Math, Space and Science:

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• Khan Academy has been making mat and science fun for all ages for years!  Parents, are you looking for some supportive lesson plans?  Khan Academy has something for you too!

• Play games at Fun Brain that make practicing your math skills fun!

• Practice math and reading while playing games at ABC YA

• Check out some cool science experiments at Highlights Kids

• Visit Mars!  Seriously… it is pretty cool

• Oh and don’t forget to check out the Saturn 5 Rocket

 

Museums and Art:

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• Take a virtual tour of The White House

• Take a virtual tour of the Palace of Versailles in France

• Visit the Guggenheim Museum in New York City

• Like dinosaurs and fossils? Take a virtual tour of the Smithsonian National Museum of History without leaving the house!

• Visit the Egyptian Pyramids at one of these cool sites: the National Museums Scotland: Egyptian Tomb Adventure for a fun interactive game in which you solve a series of puzzles with maps and hieroglyphs, or explore the pyramids with National Geographic

• Visit the Pretend City Children’s Museum, with 17 interactive exhibits to engage your imagination

• Check out the Boston’s Children Museum

 

Online Courses:

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• Check out free online lessons from Indigenous educators

• Learn about animals at SwitcherooZoo

• Practice your phonics skills with read along stories at Starfall

• Scholastic has a Learn at Home site with daily projects for kids of all ages

 

Parks, Nature and Zoos:

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• Tour 31 National Parks on Google Earth

• Visit the Peruvian Andes mountains the Llamas of Machu Picchu

• Visit The Great Wall of China via drone

• Check out this mud volcano at Yellowstone

• Virtually visit the San Diego Zoo

• Spend some time with polar bears in the tundra (do you know what tundra is?)

 

Physical Fitness:

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• Visit ymca360.org for free health and fitness classes - no membership required

 

Recipes – these are some of Siren’s favorites, but remember to check with an adult first:

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• 5-ingredient recipes for kids to make at home

• No bake peanut butter treats

• Turkey Wafflewiches

• Frozen Chocolate Monkey Treats

• PBJ on a Stick

• One-minute Snickerdoodle Mug Cake

• One-minute Chocolate Peanut Butter Mug Cake