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Free Resources During Coronavirus
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“While the Cincinnati Zoo is closed and kids are home from school, let us help make your children’s hiatus from school fun and educational. Join us for a Home Safari Facebook Live each weekday [at 2pm Central Time] where we will highlight one of our amazing animals and include an activity you can do from home. Join us starting Monday, March 16 at 3pm EDT for our first Home Safari- featuring Fiona!”
Disney Resources
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Online Teacher’s Guides – resources tied to Common Core and SEL standards that can be used to teach students ranging in age from 3-12, depending on the title
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Also visit individual book pages to find downloadable activity sheets like this one for We Don’t Eat Our Classmates. Make sure to check regularly for more updates!
Book and Author Related Resources
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[Includes Harper Kids and Storytime in Space. If you know of other publishers/authors with videos of read-aloud books, please feel free to add to the sheet!]
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Kidlit online schedule, includes when and where several authors will be reading their books online.
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Barefoot Books has activities, videos of storytimes featuring their books, and video singalongs with their books
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Holiday House has added a page full of resources for parents, educators, and librarians.
They will be adding new materials and resources in the days and weeks to come, including links to videos and other content from their authors and artists who are eager to help. Please check back with us as your schedules allow. They also listed their guidelines for creating read-alouds of their books.
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Audible is making a collection freely available.
Available for as long as schools are closed. People everywhere can instantly stream an incredible collection of stories, including titles across six different languages, that will help them continue dreaming, learning, and just being kids. All stories are free to stream on your desktop, laptop, phone or tablet. Explore the collection, select a title and start listening.
Other States
There is useful information being gathered and shared by other State Library Administrative Agencies. Here are some of the ones we have found:
Los Angeles - While this is aimed at Los Angeles area families, there is good information here also.
Specific Author Sites - Alphabetically by Author
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Jarrett Krosoczka [children’s author] will be live streaming art & writing lessons every week day at 1 pm Central Time. (They will be recorded.)
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Rick Riordan
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Read Riordan – articles and quizzes about all of Rick’s books and the books in the Rick Riordan Presents imprint
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Rickriordan.com – activities and teacher’s guides, news, and updates
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Mo Willems
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Pigeon Presents – videos, activities, teacher’s guides, and more
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Lunch Doodles with Mo – join Mo in his studio every day for the next few weeks. New episodes will be posted each weekday at 1:00 p.m. ET and then remain online to be streamed afterwards.
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Mo has also given short-term permission for teachers and librarians to use his books for virtual storytimes while schools are closed. Details Here
COVID-19/Coronavirus Info for Young People/Graphic Presentations
A LibGuide by State Library of Louisiana Staff
A Comic Exploring The New Coronavirus
BrainPOP has a surprisingly entertaining, at time humorous, basic explanation of COVID-19 and needed precautions for elementary age children and young teens.
Little Puddins Blog has a nice, English language "Coronavirus Social Story."
Kids Health has information on COVID-19 for children in English and Spanish and available in audio. Other sections of their website have information for parent.
