Amidst the situation with COVID-19, we have compiled a list of links you can use to access FREE resources while your children are home from school, day care facilities and normal daily activities. We will continue to update this document if needed. We have broken it down into sections for you and your children to make it easier to find what you are looking for.
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We wish you all health and safety during this time.
-Miss Alessandra
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Free Links and Resources (Clickable):
Weston Public LIbrary Accessible Services:
Hoopla (audiobooks, e-books, videos)
Overdrive (audiobooks, e-books)
RBDigital (audiobooks, e-books, magazines)
Transparent Language Online (Learn a new language)
SimplyE (Download items from Overdrive, RBdigital, Digital Public Library of America, NYPL & More all in one app)
Additional Links/Free Resources for Children, Teens and Families at this time (Click on the description to go right to the website/image/pdf):
***Links marked with *** are new for this week.
How to Talk to Your Children about Cornoavirus or COVID-19:
- Healthy Hand Washing Habits
- Kids and Face Masks
- PDF Picture Book to Explain COVID-19 to children (different languages available)
- Seeing People Wearing Masks: A Picture Book Story for Children
- Sesame Street Caring for Each Other
- What does it mean/what should we do?
There’s a website for that (websites for learning about everything):
- At Home Activities, Parent Tips, Informational Worksheets, and more
- Free Digital Escape Rooms
- Indoor Activities: Art, Science, Literacy and more
- Learning at Home Plethora of Websites on EVERYTHING
- The Hangout Spot: Long-Distance Play Dating Webinar
- Virtual tours, learning websites, places you can learn online for anything
Apps:
Art/Creativity:
Coding:
Cooking:
- Chop Chop: Family Cooking Magazine
- DELISH Instagram Live Free Digital Cooking for Parents & Children 1PM every Weekday
Education Free Subscriptions:
- Amazing Educational Companies offering Free Subscriptions (google doc)
- Brainpop
- Educational Companies List offering FREE subscription while schools are closed
- Lakeshore Learning
- HomeSchooling
- Scholastic Learn-at-home
- Virtual Learning and Engagement Websites
Fitness:
Foreign Language:
KidLit Online Event Calendar:
LEGO:
Make/Maker:
Math:
Mental Health:
Music:
Outdoors:
- 100 Low-Prep activities for your Backyard
- Little Blue Truck’s Road trip Challenge
- Outdoor Learning and Activities
Reading/Literacy:
- Astronauts: Storytime in Space
- Brightly Storytime Online
- Enchanted Garden of Ridgefield Storytimes
- Free Vocab Work
- Harper Kids’ Online Read-a-loud Videos
- International Children’s Digital Library
- Junior Library Guild Free At-Home Resources
- Live Read-Alouds with Authors
- National Emergency Library (1.4 Million FREE books)
- The New York Times Writing Prompts
- Ranger Rick Free Digital Subscription
- Short Stories for Children
- Storyline Online Actors Read-Alouds
Screen Free:
Science:
Sebco Books Access: Please Click on the Link and enter the following information:
Username: keepreading
Password: sebco
Shows/Videos/Live Streams:
Social Justice:
Teens:
- Activities for Teens Stuck Inside-Electronic Free
- CollegeWise Updates and Resources
- Epic Reads: Online Talks with YA Authors
- Free College Courses
- Free University Art Classes Online
- Ivy League Courses to take for Free
- JSTOR remote access
- TeenBookCloud
Tumblebooks Access: Please click on the DIRECT LINK for the database you want and use the username and password for that direct link
www.TumbleBookLibrary.com – K-6 children’s ebook database
Direct Link: https://www.tumblebooklibrary.
Username: tumble735
Password: books
www.TumbleMath.com – K-6 math ebook database
Direct Link: https://www.tumblemath.com/
Username: tumble2020
Password: A3b5c6
www.TeenBookCloud.com – gr 7-12 ebook database
Direct Link: https://www.teenbookcloud.com/
Username: tumble2020
Password: A3b5c6
www.AudioBookCloud.com – all ages audio book database
Direct Link: https://www.audiobookcloud.
Username: tumble2020
Password: A3b5c6
www.RomanceBookCloud.com – a huge collection of steamy Romance novels for the older crowd!
Direct Link: https://www.romancebookcloud.
Username: tumble2020
Password: A3b5c6
Virtual Tours (museums, zoos, etc.):
- Beardsley Zoo Cams
- Canada’s Wonderland Virtual Roller coaster Rides
- Carlsbad Taverns Virtual Tour
- List of more virtual tours of zoo’s and museums
- More virtual field trips
- National Park Tours
- Virtual Disney Rides
- WWII Museum
World: