Attention car buffs! Some of the world’s best car museums have opened their doors virtually – posting virtual tours and videos online – so you can check out their impressive collections from the comfort of your home:
https://magazine.northeast.aaa.com/daily/life/cars-trucks/the-worlds-great-car-museums-are-just-a-click-away/
Try making an origami piece yourself. This page explains how to make well-known origami figures that people have been making for a long time.
https://web-japan.org/kidsweb/virtual/origami2/exploring01.html
Musicians manipulate the vibration that instruments create to make different notes or pitches. Try making this simple instrument to explore the physics of sound!
https://www.msichicago.org/science-at-home/hands-on-science/sound-sandwich/
Bring beautiful garden scenes and sweeping outdoor views to your own home with some virtual tours! Take in the beauty of the herbaceous garden at Anglesey Abbey, explore Ireland’s famous Giant’s Causeway, enjoy the Arts and Crafts-inspired garden at Hidcote or Vita Sackville-West’s garden at Sissinghurst Castle… and more. (TIP: While you’re touring, don’t forget to click on the SOUND EFFECTS icon!)
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/lists/virtual-tours-of-our-places
Virtual camps and classes offer a wide variety of enrichment to keep kids busy, learning, and having fun — while practicing safe social distancing. Many (though not all) of the camps listed here are free! https://www.commonsensemedia.org/blog/15-online-camps-fill-kids-summer-with-learning-adventures
We are now providing free access to RB Digital’s entire collection of THOUSANDS of magazines on all subjects, including foreign language magazines and magazines for kids & teens! You can search the collection by title, or filter by genre or language.
http://southplainfieldnj.rbdigital.com/search/emagazine?page-index=0&page-size=60&sort-by=title&sort-order=asc
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Yarn is a great resource for crafters – it can be used for knitting, crocheting, crafting – the list goes on! The best part? Kids enjoy crafting with yarn. (And it’s not very messy!) Yarn can be made into many things which make it the perfect craft supply. Use your favorite colors of yarn to craft.
https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/yarn-crafts-for-kids-3862791
Happy Independence Day! Here’s a great collection of holiday crafts for kids, including Paper Firework Craft, Paper Plate Wind Catcher, Toilet Roll Rockets, Egg Carton American Flag, and many more! https://www.craftymorning.com/category/4th-of-july-crafts/
==>Learn about the holiday:
==> More resources at American Revolution: A Resource Guide
Young children are drawn to questions that help them make sense of their world, like how birds fly, why leaves change color, and which objects sink and which float in the tub. At the same time, they are also fascinated with the process of doing science — exploring cause-and-effect, discovering patterns, and more. Use these simple ideas to you help your young child (up to age 5) begin to understand big ideas about science.
https://talkingisteaching.org/resources/lets-talk-about-stem-video-science
https://talkingisteaching.org/assets/general/Everyday-Fun-With-Science.pdf
The cast of Broadway’s *Hadestown* and past & present Major League Baseball Players celebrate the start of spring training and Broadway’s inevitable return with exclusive videos of “Take Me Out To The Ballgame” and “Wait For Me.”
See https://www.iheartradiobroadway.com/content/2020-06-30-hadestown-mlb-players-perform-take-me-out-to-the-ballgame-wait-for-me/ for both videos & the full story!
