Resources for Kids and their Families:

• WideOpenSchool.org – Powered by Common Sense.  Resources for Educators as well as families.  Featuring content from: Khan Academy, Scholastic, Amplify, National Geographic, Sesame Workshop, Time for Kids, National Head Start Association (NHSA), PBS, Boys & Girls Club of America, noggin, Comcast, YouTube, Google, Salesforce, Zoom and AFT (A Union of Professionals)

• KidsHealth Resources – Excellent ideas developed by Jessica Carlin, 4th grade teacher at Bedminster Schools: Mindful Mondays, Talk About It Tuesdays, Wellness Wednesday, Therapeutic Thursdays, Fitness Fridays

• Emily Arrow: singalongs and stories weekdays at 1 pm.

• Bad Kitty books by Nick Bruel

• Berenstain Bears

• Ben Clantoon (Narwhal) Join Ben Clanton for an online drawing class called Miximal Mondays! on Instagram Live on Mondays at 12:30 P.M. ET.https://www.facebook.com/Clantoons/ or check out Narwhal and Jelly coloring pages on his website: http://www.benclanton.com/2020/03/fb-live.html.

• Britannica for Kids

• James Dean (author of Pete the Cat) reads various Pete the Cat stories weekdays at 12 pm.
  https://www.instagram.com/petethecatofficial/ or at https://www.facebook.com/PetetheCatOfficial/

• Dinosaurs: Here is a list from Ms. Hardman of the Dike Newell Elementary School. Many dinosaur & museum videos on Youtube video list, about Dinosaurs: https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=berenstein%20bears%20books&epa=SEARCH_BOX

• Neil Gaiman

• Dan Gutman: “My Weird Read-a-Loud” weekdays at 2 pm.

• Syd Hoff’s Danny the Dinosaur

• International Children’s Digital Library – Free online children’s books from around the world in many languages for ages 3 to 13.

• Oliver Jeffers (the Day the Crayons Quit): Drawings and stories at 6 pm / 2 pm / 11 am

• Origami Yoda website (author Tom Angleberger)

• Jeff Kinney (Diary of a Wimpy Kid):
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtcFSlkCW4A – reading | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzyMHe6t7dY – drawing video

• Jarrett Krosoczka- Draw with Jarrett (author of the Lunch Lady series) weekdays at 2 pm.

• Jeff Mack

• Kidsreads.com

• Museum of Natural History

• PBS

• Greg Pizolli weekday stories at 11:00 am https://www.facebook.com/pg/gregpizzoli/posts/ or at https://www.instagram.com/gregpizzoli/

• Peter Hamilton Reynolds (author of “The Dot” book) – live readings weekdays at 12 pm.

• Scholastic

• Shark Storytimes with The Atlantic White Shark Conservancy. Join the Shark Conservancy on Facebook Live every day this week at 10AM (EST) for Shark Story Hour. Each day they will be reading a new shark themed book followed by a shark Q/A session.

• Songs for Seeds– singalongs and musical playalongs

• Mo Willems: Lunch Time Doodle’s with the Kennedy Center’s Artist-in-Residence, weekdays at 1 pm.

• Celebrities doing storytime – https://www.storylineonline.net/library/

• PBS How to Talk to your Kids about Coronavirus – https://www.pbs.org/parents/thrive/how-to-talk-to-your-kids-about-coronavirus

• Audible Stories for Kids – https://stories.audible.com/start-listen

• National Association of School Psychologists – Helping Children cope with Coronavirus

• Tumblebooks

• Cloud Library

• Infobase Resources – American History, Modern World History, Science Online, World Geography and Culture Online, Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center, Health Reference Center, Bloom’s Literature, World News Digest, The World Almanac for Kids, Access Video On Demand: Master Collection, Access Video On Demand: Just for Kids, The World Almanac for Kids Elementary, The Mailbox School & District Edition