ICDL - International Children's Digital Library YMCA launches free online classes for at-home exercise YMCA wants to make sure people stuck at home due to the COVID-19 outbreak can still get the exercise they need. The YMCA of Pierce and Kitsap Counties announced Wednesday the launch of more than 60 free online exercises classes and youth programs to “support the health and well-being of the community,” the organization said in a press release. Among the classes: boot camp, barre, yoga, weightlifting, boxing, Tai Chi and more. The classes are available at ymca360.org. “We’ve been working with Ys around the country for several months in anticipation of launching online classes later this year for members, but when the impact of the coronavirus became clear, we decided to launch early and make online programs available for everyone,” Jonny Eberle, communications director for YMCA of Pierce and Kitsap Counties, said in an email. The YMCA closed all of its branches starting Monday due to the coronavirus outbreak. Live classes will also be held on the Y’s social media accounts.
Where the Wonders of Learning Never Cease | Wonderopolis You can now download over 300,000 books from the NYPL for free There's good news for all the New York City-based e-bookworms out there. The New York Public Library has an app that allows anyone with a library card (and an iOS or Android phone) to "borrow" any of the 300,000 e-books in the collection. It's called SimplyE and will allow you to read books on your phone, but beware, there might be a wait list for some popular titles, including the Game of Thrones series. (Check out the Harry Potter books, quick!) RECOMMENDED: Time In: The best things to do at home To gain access, NYPL's free e-reader app, SimplyE, can be downloaded for iPhone or Android. There is a limit of three books that you can borrow because there has been a surge in the app's usage now that we're all at home, according to the library. You can also search the library's collection of 800,000 digitized items, including historic prints, photographs, maps, and manuscripts and check out Mango Languages and Career Cruising with your New York City library card.
Free, fun educational app for young kids | Khan Academy Kids DIY Cloth Face Mask : 8 Steps (with Pictures) - Instructables UPDATE 5This update is care of two wonderful DIY folks from this community:1. Since printers tend to slightly shrink or enlarge documents, and since one size mask does not fit all, Winko has created scalable vector based files!More info about this in step 1. 2. You have been asking for a video tutorial. UPDATE 4Hey mask makers! UPDATE 3Child size pattern added, problem with large size pattern PDF solved, added some more measurements to the wire and elastic supply list, added a whole section on filter options in the research notes. UPDATE 2Holy moly, the DIY face mask world is blowing up. UPDATEHey folks, thanks for reading. Why You Should Make (and wear!) With highly contagious coronavirus (COVID19) rapidly spreading throughout the world, many people are shopping for surgical masks to protect against this dangerous disease. The truth is more complicated: COVID19 is spread from person-to-person in droplets of moisture, mucus and saliva from people with infections. Supplies:
Best Hands-On Activities for Families (Teacher Approved!) Whether or not schools are closing for the Coronavirus, it’s likely that U.S. kids will be spending a lot of time indoors in the next couple of months. With that in mind, we rounded up loads of hands-on activities for families to do together at home. Share this with everyone you know who might need it! 1. Try out these fun sensory tables Exploring the world around them makes every moment a learning experience for kids. 2. Kinetic sand is fascinating to touch, make things with, and talk about. 3. These calm down jars are fun to make, teach kids science, and really truly calm kids down as they watch them settle. 3. Board games offer fun ways for kids to practice skills. 4. You probably have a few decks of cards at home. 5. The great thing about dice is that, like dominoes and cards, the formations of dots help kids organize their math thinking. 6. Sometimes science projects need special materials that can be tough to find, but not these! 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Plus, don’t forget to read!
Free online stuff to do during social distancing — A Year With My Camera Help Amnesty International Record an open access audiobook Help to map Mars with NASA Play games that upload metadata for the world’s museums Be a sighted volunteer to help blind/low vision people with the Be My Eyes app Document the history of your community by uploading photos to the History Pin website Help first responders to reach future disasters faster by mapping remote locations: Missing Maps Join the Write On campaign and write letters to those in need Join Zooniverse, the hub for volunteer online researchers 2. The New York Met is streaming a free opera every night (go to each night to watch, click here for more details). 3. OpenCulture is probably the biggest online repository of free courses on the web. The history of photography What is contemporary art? Learn a language Art through time Ideas from the history of graphic design 1,000 free audio books 800 free ebooks 1,150 free movies
12 Famous Museums Offering Virtual Tours While there's nothing like setting foot inside an iconic museum and laying eyes on a world-famous sculpture created by a renowned artist centuries ago, it's not always possible to hop on a plane to New York City, Paris, or Florence to tour the gallery halls in person. But there is a way to get a little culture and education while you're at home, gaining inspiration and intel for future trips as well. Google Arts & Culture has teamed up with more than 1,200 museums and galleries around the world to bring anyone and everyone virtual tours and online exhibits of some of the most famous museums around the world. You get to "go to the museum" and never have to leave your couch. Google Arts & Culture's collection includes The British Museum in London, the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, the Guggenheim in New York City, and literally hundreds more places where you can gain knowledge about art, history, and science. The British Museum, London Guggenheim, New York Musée d’Orsay, Paris The J.