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Previous Installments in this Series
Stuck at Home Staff Picks 1
Stuck at Home Staff Picks 2
Stuck at Home Staff Picks: Teens Edition

Great Ideas for Activities and Experiences

• Need Virtual Elmo Hugs? Sesame Street has New COVID-19 Resources for Kids.
• Fun Things to Do at Home from Today’s Parent.
• Virtual Field Trips from Arizona State University.
• Together When Apart – Daily Inquiries to Consider How We Stay Together Even When Socially Distanced – for teachers, caregivers, and children in grades K-5. These inquiries could be good prompts to use in with the Library’s PandemiComic submissions.

Picture Books, Read Alouds, and Storytimes

• White Plains CSD Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Joseph Ricca does a daily read-aloud of picture books on Facebook.
• Daddy-Daughter Storytime with White Plains Public Library’s Youth Services Manager, Josh Carlson.
• Morning and Evening Storytimes from Trove Librarians on Tuesdays and Thursdays starting April 7.
• Bedtime Stories for Teens and Adults with Edge Librarian Erik Carlson, every evening.

Learning at Home Resources

• Free online AP courses.
• Top 21 Kids Websites to Teach Responsibility and Life Skills.
• Learn a Language for Free Through June from Babbel.
• Free Daily Learning Workbooks from edHelper.
• Free Math, ELA and Science Educational Videos and Materials for K-12 from Great Minds.
• Legends of Learning – Includes Options for Student-Driven and Parent-Driven Home Learning Experiences Using Fun Standards-Aligned Math and Science Games.
• For Parents and Caregivers – Two Free Courses on Reading at Home from DeeperDive Learning:
  Building Reading Fluency at Home.
• How to Read With Your Child.

STEM Learning

• OFFLINE Tech Activities compiled by Austin Olney, the Library’s Digital Media Specialist: [link to blog post]
• Amazon Future Engineer Free Courses.
• Generation Genius science videos – 1 month free.
• Science Experiments at Home for Kids.
• Full STEM Ahead – Live Online STEM Courses for ages 8-18.
• Learn Unity Coding with Unity Premium through June.
• Ask an Anthropologist (grades K-12).
• Ask a Biologist (grades K-12).
• Ology – Science Learning from the American Museum of Natural History.
• Flinn Scientific At Home Lab Video Series.
• Flinn Scientific At Home Activities for Middle and High School Students.