Staying in?
A list of adventures you can take while staying in.
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For all ages:
From the Natural History Museum in London – how to press flowers
John Fluevog (yes, the shoe man) reading The Fantastic Mr Fox by Roald Dahl.
Learning Resources from UVic – information for parents, links to resources in math, science, social studies.
NNELS (National Network for Equitable Library Service) has a list place to find ebooks and storytimes.
Gale Cengage online resources – for pre-schoolers to adults.
Digital Learn – computer basics for everyone
Goldfish School – learning English or French
Samuel West – new poems everyday read by him and his friends from suggestions from his Twitter followers.
Audible Stories – mostly for children but some adult classics. Six languages!
Berlin Philharmonic Digital Concert Hall – sign up for 30 days free
Learn to weave. – aimed at kids but anyone can try.
Virtual Tour of the Smithsonian
Virtual Tour of the Sistine Chapel
Virtual Tour of the Great Wall of China
Virtually tour sites in Yorkshire
Discover the British Library’s online exhibits
Watch historic film of Scotland – National Library of Scotland, Moving Image Archive
Visit galleries around the world.
Especially for Children:
Crabtree Publishing‘s elibrary is available free until 30 June 2020. Non-fiction books.
Neil Gaiman reads from his children’s stories
LeVar Burton, of Reading Rainbow fame, is livestreaming children’s stories on Twitter @levarburton Mondays, 9am PT
Novel Study Guides – Janet Somerville is an author and teacher.
Keep Learning BC – from the Ministry of Education.
Children’s Museum of Manhattan
David Walliams – reading a new story each day
Internet Archives – children’s resources
Oliver Jeffers – he’s reading his books and you can find them in two places: on Instagram – click on the logo, choose “watch live video” or on his website Stay at Home Story Time . A new story each day at 11am Pacific time.
Book Trust Rhyme Time – a selections of songs from this UK organisation which works to get kids reading.
Penguin Kids live story times on Instagram – click on the logo, choose “watch live video”. New story at 8am Pacific time each day.
Read Brightly story time on Instagram – click on the IGTV tab. New story at 11am Pacific time each day.
International Children’s Digital Library
National Geographic Young Explorers
Robert Munsch – yup, Robert Munsch reading his own stories!
For adults:
LeVar Burton Reads – a podcast. Mr Burton is also livestreaming on Twitter @levarburton.
Coursera – online courses from leading universities and companies from around the world.
TechBoomers – online learning specializing in popular apps and websites
GCFGlobal – another online learning site