At-Home Activities During COVID-19
Andrew Sawusch • March 19, 2020
As we all practice social-distancing and isolation due to COVID-19, what happens when we run out of activities to do around the house?
Below are many different items - ALL COMPLETELY FREE
- including educational materials for children, books, music, and virtual activities, in order to continue learning or simply pass the time.
Have more items to add to the list? Send me a message here or on Facebook. (I will continue adding to the list as additional suggestions come in - but remember, they must be FREE!)
ACTIVITIES
Fitness 1440 - Erie
Virtual training for its members on their Facebook page, to help stay mentally and physically active (On-Demand FREE for current members, Facebook video classes also posted for current and non-members)
(just a side note: you can still also purchase their smoothies, picking them up curbside from 10am-12pm, by texting or messaging your order to them!)
(just a side note: you can still also purchase their smoothies, picking them up curbside from 10am-12pm, by texting or messaging your order to them!)
Virtual Field Trips
Take a virtual trip to locations arround the world: View exhibits from The Louvre Museum in Paris, the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, explore the surface of Mars, and more
Virtual Disney World Rides
Even though the Disney parks are closed, you can still ride their rides virtually online
Paris Musées Virtual Exhibit
Collection of 150,000 digital art reproductions in High Definition of works in the City’s museums
GoNoodle
Movement and mindfulness videos created by child development experts
CHILDREN'S EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS - GAMES, LEARNING, & VIDEOS
Khan Academy
Expert-created content and resources for every course and level (requires sign-up)
Newsela
content from the world's most trusted providers and turn it into learning materials that are classroom-ready
XtraMath
Program that helps students master addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts
Teachers Pay Teachers
Online marketplace for original educational resources with more than four million resources available for use (requires sign-up)
Create Printables
Variety of worksheets and printables ideas to personalize for your child
PBS Kids
Educational games and videos from Curious George, Wild Kratts and other PBS KIDS shows
Sesame Street
Play educational games, watch videos, and create art with Elmo, Cookie Monster, Abby Cadabby, Big Bird, and more of your favorite Sesame Street muppets
Education.com
A library of games, activities, educational worksheets, and lesson plans for PK-5th, curated by educators (requires sign-up)
BrainPOP
Animated Educational Site for Kids - Science, Social Studies, English, Math, Arts & Music, Health, and Technology
(Normally this is a paid subscription service, but they are offering free subscriptions due to the COVID-19 pandemic)
Starfall
Allowing children to have fun while they learn - specializing in reading, phonics & math - educational games, movies, books, songs, and more for children K-3
BOOKS (KIDS AND ADULTS)
Magic Blox
Offers a large library of free online books & children's stories
Epic!
Digital library for kids offering unlimited access to 35000 of the best children's books of all time (30-day free trial available)
Open Library
Collection of books from the Library of Congress, other libraries, and Amazon.com, as well as other contributors
Project Gutenberg
Library of over 60,000 eBooks, including free epub and Kindle eBooks, download them or read them online
TV & MOVIES
Tubi
Stream and watch movies and TV shows online in HD on any device
Pluto TV
Watch 250+ channels of TV and 1000's of on-demand movies and TV shows
MUSIC
Spotify
Digital music service that gives you access to millions of songs
Pandora
Music streaming and automated music recommendation internet radio service
TuneIn Radio
Internet radio, sports, music, news, talk and podcasts
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