🌎️Entertainment, Learning and Fun ONLINE (Guide 2 of 2)

I hear about lots of new and old fun online things to keep us interested. Some for kids, some for grown-ups and some for seniors. I can't list them all, but here are a few.

I add things occasionally . If you hear of any special ones you'd like me to add to this list, please email me at tatianas@macaronikid.com

Fun Activities

25- Screen Free activities
14 Fun Activities
Free Coloring Pages from 13 Museums
CMOM Children's Museum of Manhattan, fun activities
THE CUT recommends 28 simple basic indoor activities for little kids

Storytime

Josh Gad (plays Olaf in "Frozen") on Twitter, 10 minute storytimes at 7:30 pm each night - #gadbookclub @joshgad
Day 1- Olivia Goes to Venice written and illustrated by Ian Falconer
Day 2- The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt,
Day 3- The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
Day 4- Hurray for Diffendoofer Day! by Dr. Seuss

AUDIBLE has FREE books that will be read to you. For kids, tweens, teens and grown ups. In English, Spanish, Italian, German, Chinese and French. All Classics
Astronauts Read - Storytime Books read by astronauts in Outer Space!
Popular Books Read by Popular Actors
Penguin Kids daily Storytime
STORYTIME online by endless celebrities
#SAVEWITHSTORIES on Instagram. Celebrities read stories

Drawing with Illustrators

Learn How to Draw and Draw with Michael Woodside, a Disney animator teaches you live on Youtube and streaming. @AnimWoodsy
Learn how to draw Pascal
Learn how to Draw Stitch
Learn How to Draw Olaf
Learn How to Draw Mickey Mouse
He will announce on his Twitter account when he will have the next class. And you can upload pics of your children's final drawing to him too

Mo Willems (The Pigeon Books) - Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems, each day at 1 pm. on Youtube, live and streaming - LUNCHDOODLES@kennedy-center.org , #MoLunchDoodles
Kennedy Center Education Artist-in-Residence at Home, Send your doodles and it may be posted here
Announcement
Episode 1
Episode 2
Episode 3
Episode 4
Check the YouTube channel each day

Dav Pilky (author of Dog Man and Captain Underpants) Drawing and Read-A-Louds on all Social media every Friday at 8 am

Jarrett J. Krosoczka—author & illustrator -Draw Every day with JJK. at 2pm

Artventures at Home -- Mon-Fri for 15-20 minutes instruction on how to build a sketchbook using materials from home (cardboard, duct tape, paper, shoelaces) or drawing human faces. The classes are for artists of all ages and levels of ability.

Learning

Scholastic Learning Center - 20 days of FREE lessons from preK-9+
NYC Dept of Education Activities and Resources for kids and teens
Educational Companies offering FREE subscriptions right now.
Education Companies Offering Free Subscriptions due to School Closings (Updated) : Amazing Educational Resources. An unbelievable list being updated hourly
Quarentime - Online show - Science and Math and Crafts and Games by science mom and math dad - daily live shows, Mon-Fri, 11-1 pm, live streamed to Youtube and Facebook
Let's Do Science - many activities
Brain Scoop - Science
36 Free Educational Resources
Hewlett Woodmere Public Library (HWPL) Educational links
PBS learning
Minecraft Education
New York Public Library FREE Online Tutoring and more with Brainfuse and get your NYPL library card online to access HERE. Get free online homework help from one-on-one tutors, daily from 2–11 PM. Available in English and Spanish, from early elementary through high school grades, in core subject areas. Video content and other resources are also available 24 hours a day. (En español)
NY Hall of Science, Corona, nyc activities
Quebec site for school learning all grades and fun activities - https://www.ecoleouverte.ca/en/resources/browse/9?sid=31

Coding

Code Monster
CODING - Learn for FREE at CODE
Swift Playgrounds by Apple
Scratch by MIT students, for ages 8-16
***MICROSOFT FREE CLASSES AND TRAINING

Reading

New York Public Library - Download 3 books at a time from 300, 000 from NYPL
also they have online tools for kids and parents
New York Public Library's Top 10 Best Kept Online Secrets to see HERE
New York Public Library Access Current and Historic News Resources from Home HERE
Boys Life FREE for a year with app. Limited Time.
Hewlett Woodmere Public Library (HWPL) - free ebooks and audio books and streaming video and FREE Magazines - many links
Sign up for a digital library card in your town to have access to a lot of online websites and digital resources that your library offers. Good until June 30th. (for digital use only)

Entertainment

Comedy - Through a Google Doc , 8 pm each Saturday Night beginning this Saturday.
Metropolitan Opera is streaming every night a FREE opera beginning at 7:30pm for 20 hours. Also streaming on ROKU - Met Opera On Demand -
More Opera in Europe HERE
Music for Kids- Laurie Berkner Band- New songs posted daily at 7am, 10am, 3pm, 7pm
Cellist Alisa Weilerstein plays daily on Twitter. A movement of the Bach Cello Suites each day.
Violinist virtuoso Itzhak Perlman plays daily on Twitter.
Laurie Berkner Band Live on Facebook most weekdays at 10 am
British Theatre
HERE ARts Center, nyc weekly artist on Fridays at 1pm
MUSIC from many artists on YouTube - LOCKDOWN LIVE (these were from early April so streaming now)

Travel/Explore

Virtual Farm Tours for kids / tweens / teens
Virtual National Park Tours in the west of USA
Virtual trips to exotic spots in the World
Virtual Field Trips - Over 30
Explore Mars
Broadway Plays - 15 of them
Ellis Island Virtual Field Trip
Colonial Williamsburgh - 7 live webcams
Great Wall of China Virtual Tour
Yellowstone, Grand Canyon and more - virtual tours

Animals

LIVECAM - Underwater Live Streaming Camera - Georgia Aquarium
Monterey Bay Aquarium - 10 live cams
San Diego Zoo - 12 Live Cams
Atlanta Zoo - Panda Cam
Smithsonian National Zoo - 4 Live Cams
Reid Park Zoo - Lion Cam
Ouwehand Zoo - Polar Bear Live Cam and more Live Cams
Explore - Live Cams of animals from all over the world
Cincinnati Zoo - 3 pm each day an animal will be highlighted and met and then with a child's activity
National Aquarium - Online Tour
Virtual Rides since Disneyland
Ospreys as seen on WEBCAM . made by LONG ISLANDs PSEG