Let’s keep kids creative, healthy, strong, smart, and well informed during the Corona Virus shut down. Below are a myriad of resources to help your kids explore the arts, exercise, learn, and be well informed, not scared about what’s going on right now. I kept seeing them listed individually and decided to pull them together in one FREE Kids Coronavirus Resource post.
Some of these resources require a free trial. And as a part of that, they may require a credit card. If you choose to sign up for one of these services, be sure to cancel the subscription before it bills you. I’ll make a note where there’s a trial involved.
One more note: some of these sites, I’m happy to set my 12 year old free on, others I monitor while she watches/participates.
Interactive Arts Resources
- Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems
- SkillShare Art Classes (2 month free trial)
- Your Local Library and Lynda (should be free with your library card if your library participates)
- FREE Writing Class for Teens from NYT Best Selling Author Kelly Yang on Instagram Live
- Draw Every Day with JJK (weekdays at 2 PM)
- The Drawing Lab’s Deb’s Virtual Art School
- How to Toon with Joe Wos YouTube
- Art & History Lessons from The Frick Pittsburgh
Just Plain Fun
Authors reading books, astronauts reading books, opportunities to learn how to cook, expand your faith, and more!
- Story Time From Space – Astronauts Reading Books
- Kids Cooking Lessons from $5 Dinners (streams M-F at noon with new lessons)
- The Cooking Family Instant Pot Live Demos on Facebook
- Mr. Phil TV (from the creator of Veggie Tales – 6 week trial when you use the code GOINGCRAZY at checkout)
- Josh Gad (aka Olaf) Storytime on Twitter #GadBookClub
- Familiar Children’s Stories Read in Spanish by a native speaker with slow audio for learners
- Storyline Online – Celebs read popular kids’ books
- Disney Imagineering in a Box from Khan Academy
- Patricia Polacco Reads Her Books on YouTube
- America’s Test Kitchen Kids Young Chefs’ Club FREE Resources
- Hesta Prynn Teaches DJing on her Instagram Stories
FUN Physical Fitness Resources
There’s a variety of options and some might be fun for you, too. Get on the move even if you’re inside.
- FitnessBlender Workout Videos
- Broadway Cardio Dance
- PopSugar Family Cardio Fitness
- Cosmic Kids Yoga
- Yoga With Adriene
- Pilsung ATA Martial Arts Training
- Daily P.E. Workouts with Joe Wicks
- 90 Day Trial of the Peloton App
- Tiler Peck Teaches Ballet on Instagram (Principal Dancer at the NYC Ballet)
Our Favorite Educational Resources
- W.O.W. in the World Podcast – now daily!
- BrainPop
- Full Collection of Schoolhouse Rock on YouTube
- Mark Rober on YouTube
- Scholastic FREE Resources
- Kennedy Space Center FB LIVE Science Lessons MWF 9:30 AM EST for Younger Kids at 1 PM for Older Kids
- Lakeshore Learning FREE Printables
- Kahn Academy FREE Online Courses
- Mystery Science
- Duolingo
Museums You Can Tour
- The National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian)
- National Air and Space Museum (Smithsonian)
- The Louvre
- Frida Kahlo Museum
- Digital Display of Works at the Art Institute of Chicago
- The British Museum
- The Van Gogh Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis (plus some great FB Live Events coming up!)
- The National Museum of Computing
- The Frick Pittsburgh
Zoos, Aquariums, Farms, Outdoor Spaces, & More You Can Tour
- Virtual Field Trips of the Shedd Aquarium
- National Parks of the United States (I had to use Chrome for this but it’s so cool!)
- Mount Everest
- Georgia Aquarium Webcams
- Take a Look at the Surface of Mars
- 10 Live Cam Views at the Monterey Bay Aquarium
- Dutch Hollow Dairy Farm (good for kids ages 4-9)
- Will-O-Crest Dairy Farm (good for kids ages 10-13)
- JoBo Holsteins Dairy Farm (good for high school students)
- 9 Different Farm Tours from the Midwest
Historic Sites You Can Tour
- Buckingham Palace
- Monticello (home of Thomas Jefferson)
- Mount Vernon
- Mark Twain House
- The Anne Frank House
- The Great Wall of China
- The Statue of Liberty
Shows, Plays, & Operas to Stream
- The Met Opera Streams Nightly Through the end of March
- Broadway Artists Stream Daily Performances on The Actors Fund
- Broadway HD (7 Day Free Trial)
Corona Virus Related Resources
- Seeing Germs
- BrainPop Coronavirus
- Great Comic Strip That Explains Coronavirus
- Glitter Germs
- PBS Kids Tips and Episodes to Watch
- W.O.W. In the World Resources for Coronavirus
- Crusoe the Dachshund Explains Coronavirus
What else would you recommend? Leave me a comment and I’ll add it to the list!
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