We're collecting some online and real-life activities to support fun, learning, and exploration. This will be updated, so check back for more!
Updated 4/17/2020 11:07 a.m.
For kids
- Storyline offers online storytime videos with some of your favorite actors and animated stories for kids of all ages
- Brightly Storytime on YouTube - storytimes grouped by ages
- The Kennedy Center for the Arts is hosting daily Lunch Doodles with author/illustrator Mo Willems.
- Go on a bear hunt! Read "We're Going On a Bear Hunt" by Michael Rosen and have friends/neighbors put a stuffed bear or illustrated bear in their windows so you can find them as you walk around your neighborhood
- Printable Coloring Sheets - DLTK
- Printable Word Searches
- Printable Activity Sheets
- Code.org - learn computer science
- Khan Academy - online learning for ages 2-18
- Scholastic - daily learning activities
- Starfell Education - activities for pre-K and grades 1-3
For all ages
- New! April: ideas for kids of all ages
- NASA's Stem activities - for students of all ages
- Explore Sound - for students of all ages
- San Diego Zoo Live Cams - live cameras of animals at the zoo
- New! Online Gaming Guide from Board Game Geek
- New! DK's Stay Home Hub - activities to do at home for all ages
For adults and teens
- Google Arts & Culture Explore - offers virtual tours, art, and much more
- Virtual tours of the libraries around the world
- Khan Academy - online learning for ages 2-18
- PBS learning media - videos, interactives, and lesson plans for teachers
- Tour Yellowstone National Park virtually
- Do Sudoku puzzles online
- Printable daily crossword puzzles or online crossword puzzles
- Printable coloring pages - includes a variety of options
- Minneapolis Institute of Art Explore - explore the museum collection online
- Hogwarts Digital Escape Room - from Peters Township Public Library
- Other Escape Rooms - from various libraries, many themes
- New! Stay connected: virtual communication options