Thursday, March 26, 2020

Armchair Entertainment: From Aquariums to Zoos!

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We are all in various degrees of isolation around the world so I have put together some resources to help you and your family travel together. Whether it be within the pages of a book, virtual trips to museums, zoos, aquariums, gardens, or national parks, no passport is required.

At the end of this blog you will also find a link to another blog that offers educational resources, including live stream classes, games and more. Have fun and when you have time, tell me what your favorite trip turned out to be. Until we can meet and greet each other in person again, stay well, healthy, and take care of each other!

BOOKS

25 Sources for Free Public Domain Books
https://tinyurl.com/yx2vpo83

45 Places You Can Download Tens of Thousands of Books, Plays and Other Literary Texts

Public Domain FolktalesFrom my personal blog, hundreds of public domain books to download or read online for free. You will find folktales, fairytales, myths and legends from around the world. This link is number seven in my series, at the end of this blog you will find links to six more blog post with additional resources.

JSTOR – Open data base of over 6,000 eBooks and over 150 journals now accessible without the need for an online login. now to all of their resources.


EXERCISE/PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES

10 Mental Health Tips Health Tips for Coronavirus Social Distancing

Gratitude Literally Rewires Your Brain to Be Happy

How Immersion in Nature Benefits Your Health

PERFORMING ARTS

Center for Puppetry

Cleveland Inner City Ballet: Free Virtual Online Ballet Instruction

Free Music Concerts to Watch at Home

London theater: Stream Shakespeare Plays Recorded at the Globe Theatre

PBS – Film, theater and music you can watch online.

NPR Virtual Concerts to Watch

Virtual Concerts and More
https://tinyurl.com/u9ds8as

Virtual Plays, Concerts, Plays and Museums and Other Cultures You Can Enjoy at Home


VIRTUAL TOURS

MUSEUMS

Note: Some of the virtual tour links will offer resources that have already been mentioned.

19 Immersive Museum Exhibits You Can Visit from Your Couch

The Ultimate Guide to Virtual Museum Resources, E-Learning, and Online Collections

20 Virtual Field Trips You Can Take with Your Kids

Boston Children’s Museum

Louvre Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Palace of Versailles
https://tinyurl.com/wmaczp7

Smithsonian Natural Museum of History

Virtual Museum Tours in Vancouver

FARMS

Canadian Farm and Food Tours

Willow Crest Farms

GARDENS

Five Virtual Gardens You Can Tour Virtual

NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE

Virtual Tours of US National Parks
https://tinyurl.com/vv86fq9

Wildlife and Animal Livecams

THEME PARKS

Disneyland: Take Your Kids on a Virtual Ride

ZOOS, AQUARIUMS AND ANIMAL LIVESTREAMS

Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden – Life Safaris via their Facebook page.

The Georgia Aquarium

Kansas City Zoo 24 Hour Live Stream of Penguins

Live Stream Videos from Monterey Bay Aquarium

New England Aquarium
https://tinyurl.com/ulztv4p

Stay Sane During Your Quarantine with These Animal Livestreams

Zoos and Aquariums Livestreaming


MULTIPLE RESOURCES IN ONE LOCATION

45 Places You Can Download Tens of Thousands of Books, Plays and Other Literary Texts

Art Contests, Art Games, Museums, Digital Art, Digital Art, Art at Home
Leave it to a teacher, Mrs. Velazquez to create this fabulous Google Doc with a wide variety of resources.

At Home Resources for Kids (and their grownups)So much here in this online toolkit. Make sure to check it out, it is full of ideas on a variety of topics.

Virtual Field Trips and Classes for Educational Fun at Home

Chatter Pack: A list of free, online boredom busting resources
  • Virtual Tours
  • Online Learning
  • Geography and Nature
  • Music, Arts and Culture
  • Literature Online
  • Home Learning
  • Miscellaneous Entertainment
  • Anxiety
  • Mental Health
  • Prayer Resources
  • Speech, Language, and Communication
    https://tinyurl.com/tnh2ymw

ZOOM

Learn how to use Zoom in five minutes via this YouTube video.
https://tinyurl.com/ugkgkny

How to Set Up Zoom for Parents and Students

MISCELLANEOUS

Amazon Makes All Kids Shows Free to Streams
https://tinyurl.com/rdq72xj


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Karen Chace 2020 ©
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1 comment:

Jilian Booth said...

This is amazing!!!! Thank you so much for the time you put into this. It will really help us working parents just recently promoted to full time worker, full time educator.