Activities for Kids during COVID-19 Closings: Miscellaneous

SPANISH LANGUAGE

• Story Place: Video storytime activities in Spanish

• PBS Kids Spanish Games: Play educational games in Spanish

PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES

• 87 Active Indoor Games and Activities to Burn Energy: from the whatmomslove website

• Get Kids Moving: 40+ short workout videos tied to superhero and other popular culture themes from Glenn Higgins Fitness in the U.K., plus some 20-minute school P.E. workout videos

• Fitness Blenders: Hundreds of free workout videos from the team at FitnessBlenders.com

• Cosmic Kids Yoga: Stay active as you practice yoga together

• Edinboro Family Martial Arts Center: This center offered free online karate lessons via Facebook Live while schools were closed in Pennsylvania, and videos are available online

• Salisbury University Fitness Club: Posted daily workouts on its Facebook page at the beginning of the pandemic and videos are available online

• Maximize Your Garage: At Home Workouts and Fitness Activities: This links to various exercises and workouts for all ages.  Thanks to Stella, Nessa, and Kason Cisneros for pointing out this page.

• Virtual Reality for Fitness: This links to various sites explaining how to link virtual reality to fitness.  Thanks to MaryAnne Johnson for suggesting this page.

COOKING

• Daily Dinners with Michael Symon: At the beginning of the pandemic, chef Michael Symon went live on Facebook every day on Food Network Kitchen to share a Daily Dinner.  Links are available here

• Kids Cooking Activities: Site by Debbie Madson that includes hundreds of recipes and activities, kitchen science experiments, and more

• 70 Easy Recipes Your Kids Can Make: Recipes from the cooking magazine Taste of Home, organized by elementary, middle, and high school ages

• Nutrition for Kids: Games, Activities & Printable Lesson Plans: This webpage on HowToCook.recipes by Megan Miller links to online activities and games relating to nutrition and also has some printable lesson plans as well as linking to WebQuests and miscellaneous health and nutrition websites. Thanks to Cam Stevens for suggesting this site.

ADULT

• Open Culture: Links to free online courses, movies, audio books, ebooks, textbooks, language lessons, etc.