At-home Activities
Are you stuck at home during the coronavirus quarantine in need of some activities for your kids or yourself? We'll be compiling online videos, activities, classes, etc as we find them here to help ward of boredom or cabin fever. Book-related Activities
- Audible Stories
- Authors Everywhere
- Call a Pacer
- Dav Pilkey at Home
- Disney Bedtime Hotline
- Goodnight with Dolly Parton
- Harper Kids Readalouds
- Harry Potter at Home
- Harry Potter at Home Read Aloud
- Jan Brett reads her newest book
- Jim Gill - A Soup Opera
- Josh Gad reads bedtime stories
- Julie Andrew's Library Show
- Kid Lit TV
- LeVar Burton Reads
- Mo Willem's Lunch Doodles
- Neil Gaiman reads The Graveyard Book
- Online Book Tour
- Paws & Think Inc. Therapy Dog Storytime
- Rachel Cargle storytime on Instagram
- Stay-In Storytime
- Storyline Online
- TumbleBooks Book of the Day
- #OperationStorytime - check out this hashtag on Facebook to find tons of story time videos
Family Fun
Fun & Learning or Kids
- Adventure Academy (free with code SCHOOL7771)
- Amazon free kids shows
- Buddy Bison Program with National Parks Trust
- Disney Books downloadable activity sheets
- Draw Everyday with Jarrett J. Krosockzka
- Drawing lessons for kids
- EduHam program
- Kanopy Kids (with your GPL Evergreen card)
- Laurie Berkner Band Facebook performances
- Learning Planet
- Nursery Rhyme Yoga
- PBS Kids
- Ranger Rick
- Scholastic Learn at Home
STEAM for Kids
- Babble Dabble Do
- The Homeschool Scientist
- Left Brain Craft Brain
- Science Mom
- STEAM Powered Family
- The Stem Connection
- Steve Spangler Science
Museum & Zoo Online Programs & Virtual Tours
- Atlanta Zoo panda webcams
- Center for Puppetry Arts virtual tours and workshops
- Cincinnati Zoo virtual field trip
- Eagle Creek Ornithology Center Raptor video series
- Georgia Aquarium webcams
- Harry Potter: A History of Magic Exhibit
- The Louvre virtual tours
- National Aquarium virtual tour
- National Gallery of Art virtual tour
- San Diego zoo kids page
- Wolf Conservation Center web cams
- Wonderlab virtual science programs
Other virtual tours
- FarmFood 360 virtual tours
- Great Wall of China virtual tour
- Mars Rover virtual tour
- National Parks virtual tours
- Smithsonian Magazine collection
- Virtual concerts
Free online classes
- Cooking classes from Milk Street
- Cooking classes for parents & kids
- Nikon photography classes
- Planet Fitness at-home workouts
- The Spanish Experiment
- Tai Chi Wellbeing classes
- Virtual Coding Club
- Virtual classes through Pilsung ATA Martial Arts
Other Helpful resources
- Better Together Johnson County
- Family Voices Indiana
- Food Assistance Map
- INSOURCE Special Education Parent Support
- SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loan
- We Got This! Help for Special Needs Individuals FB group
And don't forget about GPL's online resources!
- eBooks, eAudiobooks, and Videos
- One More Chapter - classic stories read by GPL staff
- Online courses through Lynda.com
- Online databases from GPL
- Virtual storytimes
updated 5/5/20