At Home Activities
These Famous Museums Offer Virtual Tours You Can Take on Your Couch:
British Museum, London
Guggenheim Museum, New York
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Musée d’Orsay, Paris
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul
Pergamon Museum, Berlin
American Museum of Natural History
The Art Institute of Chicago
National Museum of Toys and Miniatures
Truman Presidential Library and Museum
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Georgia O’Keeffe Museum
Hockey Hall of Fame
Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Vatican Museum
National Portrait Gallery
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
National Historic Museum of Chile
Smithsonian
Michigan Science Center
Getty Museum
High Museum of Art
Detroit Institute of Arts
National WWI Museum and Memorial
Armory Art Center
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Uffizi Gallery, Florence
MASP, São Paulo
National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City
The Louvre
Theater, Film, Symphonies and Operas:
Broadway HD
The Rossini Opera Festival
Philadelphia Orchestra
OperaVision
Metropolitan Opera
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Ann Arbor Film Festival
Universal Pictures
Visit these National and International Landmarks:
Buckingham Palace, England
The Gardens of Versailles, France
White House, USA
Tower Bridge, England
NYC Street Art Murals, USA
National Parks, USA – 113 Parks Available
Johnson Space Center, USA
Hang Son Doong, Vietnam
Great Wall of China
Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Galapagos Islands
Easter Island
Doge’s Palace, Italy
Visit these Animals, Aquariums, Zoos and Gardens:
San Diego Zoo
Paul Nicklen IGTV
Oregon Zoo
Ocean Ramsey IGTV
New England Aquarium
Kansas City Zoo
National Aquarium
Monterey Bay Aquarium
Loggerhead Marinelife Center
Houston Zoo
Georgia Aquarium
Daniel Botelho IGTV
Cincinnati Zoo
Atlanta Zoo
Try These Exercise Routines:
Peloton – Free 90 Day Trial
Blink Fitness – Hosting Facebook Live sessions weekdays at 8 a.m. ET.
Orangetheory – Sharing a new 30-minute workout video each day
305 Fitness – Offering cardio dance live streams twice a day on YouTube. The sessions are held at 12 p.m. and 6 p.m. ET
Gold’s Gym – Offering a variety of digital workouts for free through the end of May
Planet Fitness – Live streaming “Work-Ins” at 7 p.m. ET every day on Facebook
Retro Fitness – Now offering free daily live stream classes on its Facebook page that are available weekdays at 6 p.m. ET
Life Time – Classes on Demand
YMCA – On-demand exercise and youth programs
CorePower Yoga – Offering free access to a limited collection of online yoga and meditation classes
Fellowship while Social Isolating Tips:
Netflix Party allows family and friends to have movie nights while social distancing.
Here’s how it works:
- Go to netflixparty.com on a Google Chrome browser and click “Get Netflix Party for free!” This will redirect you to Netflix Party’s page on the chrome web store.
- Click “Add to Chrome” and then click “Add extension” in the pop-up window. Netflix Party will then be added to the top right corner of your Google Chrome browser, next to the address bar. It will have the initials “NP.”
- Make sure your friends have downloaded “NP” onto their Google Chrome browsers as well.
- Using your Google Chrome browser, go to Netflix.com, and play the show or movie you all want to watch.
- Then click the “NP” button on your browser. You’ll also have the option of making yourself the one in charge of pausing, fast-forwarding and rewinding by checking the “Only I have control” box. If you don’t, anybody in your party will be able to use these features.
- Click “Start the Party” and copy the URL that appears. Send this URL to the people you want to join your party.
- Once your friends open the link, they should log into Netflix and hit the “NP” button on their Google Chrome browsers.
- You should now be synced up! Enjoy your program. You can also communicate with each other via group chat on the right side of the screen. Choose a festive user icon and screen name and share all your binge-watching feels through messages, screenshots, emojis and GIFs.
Education at Home Tips:
Learn Everywhere
Scholastic is releasing free daily courses for kids stuck home amid coronavirus school closures. Just pick a grade level:
Scholastic Learn at Home
Tune in to see weekly demo videos, download recipes and other fun culinary games for you and your budding chefs to enjoy at home.
Tastebuds Kitchen
Your Kids Can Now Watch Astronauts Reading Stories from Space:
The Space Foundation and Story Time from Space
This Big List of Children’s Authors Doing Online Read-Aloud & Activities:
Storyline Online
KidLit TV
Storytime Read Aloud
Storytime with Bill
Brightly Storytime
Jerry Pallotta Stories
Mid-Continent Public Libraries
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
The Don’t Worry Book by Todd Parr
We Are the Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom
Where’s My Teddy? by Jez Alborough
Llama Llama Mad at Mama by Anna Dewdney
The Book with No Pictures by B.J. Novak
Visit these Libraries and Reading Resources:
Tumble Book Library
Audible Library
Growing Book by Book
KCPT
Kids Ask Authors
Have them participate in these sing-alongs!
Sing-along with Julia Donaldson in The Breathing Song.
Emily Arrow’s Songs
Jbrary’s Songs
Dr. Jean Feldman Songs
Visit these Libraries and Reading Resources:
Tumble Book Library
Audible Library
Growing Book by Book
KCPT
Lakeshore
Kids Ask Authors
Dictionary.com
Khan Academy
PJ Library
Mystery Science
Cabin Fever Science
Have them draw with Illustrators:
Jarrett J. Krosoczka—author & illustrator
FB LIVE with Ben Clanton
LUNCH DOODLES with Mo Willems!
Take them on a digital field trip:
The Farm
American Egg Board
A Planetarium
Nature Conservancy
Yellowstone National Park
The Great Lakes
Mars
Ancient Egypt
Son Doong Cave
360 Cities
Ellis Island
Colonial Williamsburg
National Constitution Center
Birthplace of Music
Google Arts & Culture
U.S. Census Bureau
Boston Children’s Museum
Discovery Education
