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Explaining Covid-19 to kids - Books in English

MPL Belonging Street Teaching Resource. Virtual Travels, 360° Aerial Panoramas, 360° Virtual Tours Around the World, Photos of the Most Interesting Places on the Earth. – Andersen Press Author Videos and Resources – Simplify your life. Otter-Barry Books. Andersen Press. #DrawingWithSarah. Scott’s Studio Storytime: Where Is My Balloon? By Ariel Bernstein, illustrated by Scott Magoon S1 E7. Write About What Fascinates You! with Author Stuart Gibbs.

Aaron Becker's activity kit. 25 Fascinating Wonders of the World You Can Visit From Home. With most travel plans now on hold indefinitely, it’s a great time to take advantage of the virtual travel opportunities of the internet!

25 Fascinating Wonders of the World You Can Visit From Home

Google Earth and other sites make it easy to visit the wonders of the world without leaving your couch. Here are some of the best virtual tours to explore from home. 1. Grand Canyon This mile-deep, 277-mile long canyon is the biggest and most impressive on the planet, and easily one of the most incredible wonders of the world. 2. Travel back in time to more than 5,000 years ago and visit the Great Pyramids of Giza online. 3. Take a virtual safari to look for all of Africa’s legendary wildlife: lions, elephants, giraffes, buffalo, rhinos, and hundreds more. 4.

Yup, Google Earth can even take you on an undersea adventure! 5. America’s oldest national park is also one of its most iconic. 6. Virtual visit Pharaoh Ramesses VI Tomb. Feathered Friends. Creepy Pair of Underwear! Read-Aloud with Author Aaron Reynolds. Chicken House Books - #COOPEDUPKIDS resources for schools.

Welcome to #COOPEDUPKIDS, the Chicken House home for all the tools you’ll need to let your imagination fly!

Chicken House Books - #COOPEDUPKIDS resources for schools

Here, you’ll find all the resources that we and our author and illustrator friends have pulled together while we’re all, well, cooped up inside! Painting Poems – Jools Wilson. Painting Poems by Julie Anna Douglas and Jools Wilson is here!

Painting Poems – Jools Wilson

Click here to buy. National Literacy Trust. Edited by Katherine Rundell, with contributions from more than 100 children’s writers and illustrators This extraordinary collection of short stories, poems, essays and pictures has contributions from more than 110 children’s writers and illustrators, including Lauren Child, Anthony Horowitz, Greg James and Chris Smith, Michael Morpurgo, Liz Pichon, Axel Scheffler, Francesca Simon and Jacqueline Wilson.

National Literacy Trust

The collection, published by Bloomsbury, is dedicated to the doctors, nurses, carers, porters, cleaners and everyone working in hospitals. The Book of Hopes is available as a beautiful hardback gift edition, with 23 never-seen-before stories, poems and illustrations. The Book of Hopes is available to buy now from all good book retailers. FSU Panama City Activity Book. For Kids Activity Book. READ ALONG with MICHELLE OBAMA. Home and Distance Learning Resources. Student Activity Booklets.

Home and Distance Learning Resources

Daisy Kutter — Bolt City Productions. By Kazu Kibuishi This project started off with drawings of a cartoon cowgirl named Daisy Kutter in an online forum called The Drawing Board in 2003-2004.

Daisy Kutter — Bolt City Productions

I posted them to share with fellow cartoonists, many of whom were professional heroes of mine, and people began asking if I intended to draw a story about her. One such person was Jessie Garza, owner of Viper Comics, a small independent publishing company in Dallas, Texas. WildEarth. Videos - MouseCircus.com - The Official Neil Gaiman Website for Young Readers. Story time for Little Ones – Wendy Meddour. Free National Theatre Live Full Performance. Download A Spring Puffin Activity Pack. Cookie Monster Is Hosting a Weekly ‘Snack Chat’ to Help Kids Deal with Staying Home During COVID–19. Annoucing: Juno June! – A Daydreamer's Thoughts. The Haven books. Have some fun. British Library - Discovering Children's Books. Shel Silverstein Resources: Poet Trees, Read Aloud Videos, and More. It’s Poetry Month!

Shel Silverstein Resources: Poet Trees, Read Aloud Videos, and More

Or should we say…Poet Tree Month? Those familiar with that homophone know that it is a delightful reminder that April is the perfect timing to break out your writing utensils and creative minds and serve up poetry that Shel Silverstein would be proud of! If you need a little inspiration or find yourself itching to build a real-life Poet Tree, we’ve got free downloadables, fun readaloud videos of Shel Silverstein’s poetry, and an endless supply of resources to get that poetic spark going! Shel Silverstein Poet Tree Leaves Download this full set of Poet Tree leaves that have some of Shel Silverstein’s poems on one side and a blank side for you to write your own.

Learn to Draw Perdu with Richard Jones. Caryl Hart reads from When a Dragon Comes to Stay. Chris Naylor-Ballesteros reads The Suitcase. Staring into space: creative ideas for school or home. Free Resources Archives - ELSA Support. Virtual Longleat Safari. Authors and Illustrators, Power of Pictures. The Smithsonian Museum: Natural History Virtual Tours. Royal Opera House's Opera and Ballet Live Streams.

Tickets🎫 Sign up to this plan to access the Royal Opera House's streaming performances, offered on demand.

Royal Opera House's Opera and Ballet Live Streams

Yosemite National Park Virtual Tour. Tickets🎫 Sign up to this plan to get access to a 360º online visualisation of Yosemite National Park, with ambient background audio making the experience even more immersive✔️ We'll send you an email with all the information you need to enjoy the experience General Info🕒 Date and time: whenever you'd like - the virtual tour is available online 24/7📌 Location: your home!

Yosemite National Park Virtual Tour

📱 You will find a link to the virtual tour in your Fever ticket and confirmation email DescriptionJust because you're stuck indoors doesn't mean you can't experience the calming effects of nature. Yosemite National Park is currently offering a delightful 360-degree virtual tour complete with a map, detailed explanations and even immersive audio for each location. Listen to the cheerful birdsong in Union Point, the running water of Merced River, the crashing sound of the imposing Yosemite Falls, the rustling of leaves on a windy day... Full read & draw-along activity. Activity Sheets – We're Going on a Bear Hunt.

Fun activities to do with kids. Programs – Wide Open School. Family Home Lab. The Experience🎫 Waiting list for Family Home Lab✔️ Prior to the streamed event we'll send you an email with the date, time, and a link to join⭐ This group activity is a wonderful opportunity to get together as a family - the kids will exercise and have a blast!

Family Home Lab

Hamlet (2018) for Free. Mr Panda Friday: How to Draw A Panda & a Reading of Mr Panda's Feelings. How to draw Mr Big - #DrawWithEdVere. Elevenses with The World of David Walliams - The World of David Walliams. #DrawingWithSarah: Dinosaurs! Free Virtual Tours of World Museums, Educational Sites & Galleries For Children - Family Days Tried And Tested. Explore the world at your fingertips…. Here’s a comprehensive list of virtual tours you can take with your children, adventure all over the world from the confines of your own home. Alexander Gordon Smith reads a chapter a day. #DrawWithRob — Rob Biddulph.

When the coronavirus pandemic quarantine period began in Spring/Summer 2020, I realised that lots of people were going to find themselves at home with their children for several weeks/months looking for things to do. So I decided to post a draw-along video every Tuesday and Thursday that parents could watch with their kids and, hopefully, make some nice pictures. They have proved very popular, garnering millions of views across the world. On 21 May 2020 we broke the Guinness World Record for the largest online art lesson when 45,611 participants drew a whale with me.

Draw with Ed Vere - How to draw a Lion. Mr Panda Friday (0+) — Steve Antony. Creepy Carrots! Read-Aloud with Author Aaron Reynolds. BOOKS — Oliver Jeffers. Draw with Nick Sharratt. Time for Storytime: Ed Vere reads How to be a Lion. How to Draw Sharks. DRAW with JIM FIELD — Jim Field. Nick Bruel - "Bad Kitty Does Not Like Dogs" and "Bad Kitty... #DrawingWithSarah: Grumpycorn! How to draw Mermaids. Activities – Jarrett Lerner.

The activities below are available for free download, and are to be used in educational and/or private settings. They may not be used elsewhere or for other purposes (such as for profit) unless explicit permission is granted. Below will find: Blank Comic Book Pages, Special Activities, “How to Draw…” Instructions, “Finish This Comic!” Comics, and Drawing/Writing Prompts. More activities are being added to this page regularly, so make sure to check back for more. And if you like the activities below, don’t miss my first activity book, GIVE THIS BOOK A TITLE. 12 Museums From Around the World That You Can Visit Virtually. Caryl Hart sur Twitter : "For families stranded at home due to #Coronavirus I'm going to be doing a LIVE Instagram broadcast at 11.00 GMT Thursday 19 March. We'll be talking about #MeetThePlanets #SPACE and #MashedPotato !! @bethanwoollvin @KidsBloomsbury.

15 Broadway Plays and Musicals You Can Watch On Stage From Home. This article has been updated as of March 16, 2020. While it used to be a rare treat when a Broadway show was filmed live on stage, it’s becoming more and more common today—great news for Broadway fans. Now, if you can’t make it to New York City or just want to see a show you may have missed, there’s an ever-growing list of productions available to watch wherever you are. READ: 11 Musical TV Shows to Binge While Self-Quarantined During the Coronavirus Outbreak More and more, live musicals are being filmed for PBS or streaming services like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, BroadwayHD and more.

Productions of Off-Broadway’s Puffs to Broadway’s Indecent to the West End’s An American in Paris, new captures of stage productions regularly become available. BroadwayHD Is Letting You Watch Your Favorite Musicals For Free — For a Limited Time. Neal Shusterman: Introducing the Storyman Virtual Reading Series. Draw Every Day with JJK - 3/16/20. Readers…Start your Questions. Okay, READER! I will be putting together videos for YOU! But I’d like your help on WHAT you would like to know! In the comments section, please post questions. ***PLEASE BEGIN EACH QUESTION with a topic label in ALL CAPS so I can sift through them. For example… Announcing: LUNCH DOODLES with Mo Willems! Videos - MouseCircus.com - The Official Neil Gaiman Website for Young Readers. Jan Brett - Jan Brett reads Cozy. Penguin Random House Open License Online Story Time and Classroom Read-Aloud Videos and Live Events. LICENSE EXTENDED TO JUNE 30th, 2021. Let’s Keep Reading. A read aloud by Peter H Reynolds - Peter H. Reynolds.

Virtual Field Trips. Teaching Remotely for Grades K - 12. WHERE ARE MY BOOKS? picture book readaloud □and art demo □ plus song! Grace Lin reads Ling & Ting. Ivy and Bean, One Big Happy Family by Annie Barrows and Sophie Blackall, chapter 1. Chris Haughton - Chris Haughton was live. The Wind in the Willows West End production is available to stream online for free.

(114) 'Mr Gum and the Biscuit Billionaire' read by Andy Stanton. The Big List of Children's Book Writers Doing Virtual Author Activities. Home With Your Kids? Writers Want to Help. School closings are a drastic change for kids at this challenging time, and children’s authors — whose normal routines are also disrupted — are finding ways to reach their readers in different ways. Dozens of book festivals, tours and events have been canceled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, and some writers are turning to social media to engage with their fans, offering readings of their books, art classes and other activities to keep them entertained.

10 Minute Challenges - authorfy. Free Resources from Barrington Stoke - Barrington Stoke Blog. In light of the current situation we thought it might be handy to pull together all of the free resources that we offer all year round. Home Learning for Kids. Activities – DAVID O'CONNELL. Activities - Emily Fox. Free Isolation Activities and Resources. We’re aware that, right now, things are a little tough around the world. The Importance of Making Books.