At-Home ActivitiesMooresville (Indiana) Public Library
Virtual Activities for Children & Caregivers
Can’t come to our youth programs? Try our virtual storytime! We have a large selection of children’s videos available online, including readalouds, singalongs, nursery rhymes, craft tips, puppet shows, book recommendations, and many more.
- Virtual Storytime with Miss Emily
- MPL’s Virtual Summer Programming
- MPL’s Fantastic Summer Reads (Book Talks)
- Nursery Rhyme Videos
- Readaloud Videos
- More Readaloud Videos
- Singalong, Craft, Books to Read (Puppet Show) Videos
- More Singalong, Craft, Books to Read (Puppet Show) Videos
- Even More Puppet Show Videos
Visit the MPL YouTube Channel to learn more.
Book & Reading Engagement Kit, Home Edition: With seamless connections for students and families, now everyone can bring to life the books they are reading. Awaiting you are 172,000+ videos, audio recordings, activities, and lessons to enrich your community’s virtual learning. These enable readers to stay connected to favorite books.
Storyline Online is a website that has many readaloud videos available to watch free.
Scholastic has many free elementary & middle school virtual activities for students to do at home.
There are lots of fun activities you may do at home! (Our thanks to Greenwood Public Library and ALA ALSC blog for sharing!)
TEEN ACTIVITIES
Words Alive: Activities for Teens during COVID-19
Boys & Girls Club
BOOK-RELATED ACTIVITIES
- Audible Stories
- Authors Everywhere
- Call a Pacer
- Dav Pilkey at Home
- Digital Directory of Remote Learning Resources
- Disney Bedtime Hotline
- Goodnight with Dolly Parton
- Harper Kids Readalouds
- Harry Potter at Home
- Home With the Kids? Writers Want to Help
- Jim Gill – A Soup Opera
- Josh Gad reads bedtime stories
- Kid Lit TV
- LeVar Burton Reads – listen with your favorite podcast provider!
- Librarian Bookends Blog
- Mo Willem’s Lunch Doodles
- Neil Gaiman reads The Graveyard Book
- Online Book Tour
- Rachel Cargle storytime on Instagram
- Storyline Online
- TumbleBooks Book of the Day
- #OperationStorytime – check out this hashtag on Facebook to find tons of story time videos
CLASSES ONLINE (FREE)
- Cooking classes for parents & kids
- Digital Directory of Remote Learning Resources
- Nikon photography classes
- Planet Fitness at-home workouts
- The Spanish Experiment
- Virtual classes through Pilsung ATA Martial Arts
FAMILY GAMES
FIREFLY AWARD
- The Indiana State Library’s Firefly Award (Indiana’s picture book reader’s choice award) website has videos of each book and an online ballot where you may cast your vote.
HELPFUL RESOURCES
- Be Well Indiana (FSSA)
- Coronavirus: A Book for Children
- Coronavirus Resource Guide
- Family Voices Indiana
- Food Assistance Map
- INSOURCE Special Education Parent Support
- SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loan
- We Got This! Help for Special Needs Individuals FB group
LEARNING FUN FOR KIDS
- Adventure Academy (free with code SCHOOL7771)
- Amazon free kids shows
- Animated Math (3Blue1Brown)
- Bedtime Math
- Buddy Bison Program with National Parks Trust
- Disney Books downloadable activity sheets
- Draw Everyday with Jarrett J. Krosockzka
- Drawing lessons for kids
- Family Learning Ideas
- Kanopy Kids (with your MPL Evergreen card)
- Laurie Berkner Band Facebook performances
- Nursery Rhyme Yoga
- PBS Kids
- Ranger Rick
- Scholastic Learn at Home
- What Do We Do All Day?
- Wonderopolis
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS ENGAGE
- Library of Congress: Engage has lots of activities for all ages.
MUSEUM & ZOO ONLINE PROGRAMS & VIRTUAL TOURS
- Atlanta Zoo panda webcams
- Cincinnati Zoo virtual field trip
- Eagle Creek Ornithology Center Raptor video series
- Famous Paintings (Make Your Own Versions)
- Georgia Aquarium webcams
- Harry Potter: A History of Magic Exhibit
- The Louvre virtual tours
- Museums to Visit Without Leaving Home
- National Gallery of Art virtual tour
- New Victory’s Arts Break
- San Diego zoo kids page
- Thirty-Plus Virtual Field Trips
- Wolf Conservation Center web cams
- Wonderlab virtual science programs
MORE VIRTUAL TOURS
- FarmFood 360 virtual tours
- Great Wall of China virtual tour
- Mars Rover virtual tour
- National Parks virtual tours
- Smithsonian Magazine collection
- Virtual concerts
