Spring Break Ideas During Social Distancing
Art
- The Art Sherpa: Live streaming and previously recorded videos that teach a variety of painting techniques and projects
- Art with Everyone: Drawing and painting tutorials for all ages and skill levels
- The Broad
- Coloring Sheets
- Create CA
- Dave Pilkey at Home
- The Getty
- LACMA
- Lourve Online Tours
- Mo Willems Drawing Lessons
- National Gallery of Art (Online Exhibits)
- How to Draw Pete the Cat
- The VERY local Resin Gallery
- Smithsonian Art & Design
- Van Gogh Coloring Pages
- YouTube Art Lessons
Books/Stories Online
- Astronauts Read Stories from Space
- Amazon Audible - Kids can instantly stream an incredible collection of stories, including titles across six different languages, that will help them continue dreaming, learning, and just being kids. All stories are free to stream on your desktop, laptop, phone or tablet
- Children’s Authors Doing Read-Alouds
- Free Books for upper elementary, middle and high school (Google account required)
- LA County Library Story Time: (twice a day M-TH)
- Josh Gad (voice of Olaf) is doing story time on his Twitter
- Junior Library Guild- Elementary, Middle and High School Books (NO account needed)
- Pete the Cat Storytime with James Dean 12pm Est
- Storyline Online (Picture books read online)
Education
- Free/Low Cost Online Classes
- Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration (CILC) - Community of Learning (Grades K-6)
- National Geographic's NatGeo@Home
Exercise
- Yoga MB
- Yoga with Adriene
- Cosmic Yoga
- Go Noodle
- Fitness Blender
- PopSugar Fitness
- Beach Body Kids: FREE kids workouts!
- Well Soul Fitness: facebook live kids workouts
- 50 Free Online Workout Resources
- Dance YouTube Videos:
Good Old-Fashioned Fun
- Board Games
- Build a Fort or Fairy House Village
- Card Games
- Cook with your kids
- Costume dinner (everyone gets dressed up in fun costumes for dinner!)
- Dance Party
- Delish is hosting free digital cooking classes for parents and kids every week day
- Dissect a Flower
- Dry and press flowers from your walk or hike. Then use contact paper to make bookmarks
- Picnic Lunch
- Plant new seeds/flowers
- Pitch a Tent in the backyard
- Puzzles
- Scavenger Hunt - create a spring scavenger hunt throughout your yard or neighborhood
- Screen-free Ideas at Home
- Write a card to a friend or relative (e.g. thinking of you, happy birthday, cheer, etc.) and send it off in the mail
- Grand View’s MakerSpace Newsletters (full of ideas to do at home!)
- Meadows' MakerSpace Newsletter
- Pacific's March MakerSpace Newsletter
- MBUSD MakerSpace FaceBook
Music
- Broadway Hits: stream online (first 7 days free)
- Concerts
- Calendar of Live Stream Events
- Met Opera: streaming performances for free.
- Seattle Symphony: livestreaming their programs for free
Museums/Tours
- Blarney Castle in Ireland (Virtual Tour)
- British Museum (Virtual Tour)
- Mars (Visit the Surface of Mars)
- Museum of the American Revolution (Virtual Field Trip)
- NASA’s Entire Collection Available Online
- 25 Virtual Philadelphia Tours
- Additional Virtual Tours:
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- Google’s Virtual Tours
- Open Heritage: Explore Famous Historical and Cultural Sights
- Articles Listing Additional Virtual Tours:
National Parks
Social Emotional Wellness
- Psychology and the Good Life (most popular online course ever at Yale)
- UR Strong programs (free parent subscription with code URSTRONG)
- South Bay Families Connected Virtual Coffee Chats
- South Bay Families Connected Virtual Parent Chats
Volunteering
Zoos
- L.A. Times Animal Webcams
- Cleveland Zoo- Virtual Classroom at 11am & virtual exploring at 1pm
- Cincinnati Zoo - Virtual Safari 12pm Daily and replays available
- Monterey Bay Aquarium - Live cams of animals
- New England Aquarium
- Virtual Farm- tours grouped by age!
- Calgary Zoo: panda cams
- Central Florida Zoo
- Houston Zoo
- San Diego Zoo
- Shedd Aquarium
Additional Resources
- Center for Puppetry Arts- livestream puppet shows
- Virtual Spring Break Vacation for 1st Graders (from Meadows Principal Mrs. Krzmarzick)
- Dazzling Princess Parties: 30 minute facebook live sessions with your favorite princesses! $5 per session
- Dinosaurs Rock Virtual Programs
- Hogwarts Online Escape Room
- Harry Potter Hub
- MarketWatch Stock Game
- NASA At Home, is packed full of activities for kids and families
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