Most kids will be home from school for several weeks. Children's book authors are rising to the occasion, presenting free online story times, where they read their books out loud. This is a unique opportunity for kids to get to know their favorite author (or a new one.) In addition, other organizations will be offering some live streaming activities for kids. These will take place on … [Read more...] about Live streams for kids, including children’s concerts, zoo visits, authors reading, art lessons, more
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Celebrating Easter at home — crafts, virtual egg hunts, really good chocolate, and more…
Easter 2020 is a little different than what we expected. With no in-person events, we need to think about how to make Easter fun and meaningful, especially for kids, at home. Make sure to also check out this list of places in the Triangle to order Easter Brunch or Dinner to go, or for delivery. Here are some ideas. Virtual Easter Egg Hunts and Easter Bunny Visits Some organizers of Easter … [Read more...] about Celebrating Easter at home — crafts, virtual egg hunts, really good chocolate, and more…
Updated: 31 fun, educational, and free websites, where kids can learn coding, magic, music and much more
There are so many great kids' websites, and probably no better time to explore them as now, while schools are closed. Here's a good starting list of some tried and true educational sites that parents and grandparents everywhere should be aware of. Kids can play online games, watch video clips of children's TV shows, and get free printables. Also, don't forget: your library card offers you … [Read more...] about Updated: 31 fun, educational, and free websites, where kids can learn coding, magic, music and much more
Updated with new ideas! 89 activities for cooped-up kids that don’t involve a screen
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Your kids are going to be home for a while, and at some time you'll likely hear the words "I'm bored." We have ideas! To start with here are some fun, educational websites for kids. And since so many of us are at home, lots of children's authors, artists and performers are putting on virtual events for kids. Check out a big day-by-day list of virtual activities for kids. But, … [Read more...] about Updated with new ideas! 89 activities for cooped-up kids that don’t involve a screen
Rosetta Stone free to students for next three months
Rosetta Stone is making their language learning software free to students for the next three months. Parents can sign up their kids here. If you want to sign up more than one of your children, you'll need to sign up each with a different form and a different email address. Students will learn through immersion. They'll get instant feedback on their pronunciation. You'll be able to see how … [Read more...] about Rosetta Stone free to students for next three months
New: Harry Potter at Home website
Parents, here's another online resource for your kids. The Wizarding World Team, along with J.K. Rowling, has introduced Harry Potter at Home. The site promises to cast a "Banishing Charm" on boredom, with: Magical craft videos Fun articles Quizzes Puzzles More Some of the first offerings are: First Year Harry Potter Quiz How to draw a Niffler Harry … [Read more...] about New: Harry Potter at Home website
Dolly Parton will read stories to your kids every Thursday night
Dolly Parton announced on her Facebook page that she will begin reading stories for children, every Thursday night at 7 p.m. The story time event begins on Thursday, April 2nd, 2020, and is scheduled for the next 10 weeks, through June 4th. The events will take place through Facebook Live. You can see the schedule and watch Dolly’s video announcement on Facebook as well. Dolly will read … [Read more...] about Dolly Parton will read stories to your kids every Thursday night
Entertain bored kids by bringing live 3D animals into your house, sort of
Your kids have been home for a while and maybe it's time to pull a new trick out of your hat. Enter Google 3D animals. If you haven't tried this yet, it's good for entertaining bored kids, or maybe bored adults. (Scroll down for more ideas for fun things for kids to do at home.) Google has introduced a number of 3D animals that you can view in Google Search using AR (augmented … [Read more...] about Entertain bored kids by bringing live 3D animals into your house, sort of
Burger King offers two free kids’ meals with purchase
Burger King is making feeding the kids a little easier and less expensive. From March 23 to April 6, the fast-food chain is offering customers two FREE kids’ meals with purchase made via its app. (The chain is open for take-out, drive-thru or delivery.) Choose from a meal with a hamburger, cheeseburger or chicken nuggets, including applesauce and your choice of milk, chocolate milk or apple … [Read more...] about Burger King offers two free kids’ meals with purchase
Audible is streaming children’s stories for free
For as long as schools are closed, Audible is letting kids everywhere stream stories for free. Here are 20 other fun, free, educational websites for kids. A large collection of children's stories are free to stream on your desktop, laptop, phone or tablet. There are titles in six different languages. The collection includes: Stories for the littlest listeners Elementary … [Read more...] about Audible is streaming children’s stories for free
