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• Cartoon Network
• Critter Clues Education Place
• KIDiddles
• Nature Puzzles and Games
• Scramble-Saurus
• Seussville
• Tic-Tac-Toe

Free online storytimes and educational resources from around the web

To the best of our knowledge, these platforms are offering free services and educational experiences accessible by individual students and families. If you feel something is missing from our list, please send us an email at burnhamlib@colchestervt.gov. Thanks!

Author Read-Alouds

• Tracey Baptiste - A mini-lesson on comparative mythology
• Mac Barnett - Reads a book a day on Instagram live (3pm EST)
• Megan Frazer Blakemore  - Guides students through a maker activity with a class pet theme!
• Ann Braden - reads the first chapter of The Benefits of Being an Octopus
• Debbi Michiko Florence - Reads an excerpt of her chapter book Jasmine Toguchi Flamingo Keeper, along with a writing prompt
• Nikki Grimes - Shares poetry selections from Words with Wings
• Bruce Hale - Shares a read aloud of Big, Bad Baby
• Oliver Jeffers - Stay at Home Story Time: Reads a book every weekday
• Jo Knowles - Reads from the first chapter Where the Heart Is and offers a fun writing exercise!
• Jarrett J. Krosoczka - Draw every day with JJK
• Grace Lin - Teaches how to draw a Chinese Dragon and shares some tidbits about Chinese culture!
• Michelle and Barack Obama - President and Mrs. Obama joined Chicago Public Library’s “Live from the Library” storytime sessions, to read “The Word Collector” by Peter Reynolds.
• Dav Pilkey at Home- New activities every Friday featuring  Dogman & Captain Underpants
• Jason Reynolds - Shares a read-aloud from his middle grade novel, Ghost
• Aisha Saeed - Reads Bilal Cooks Daal, along with a related activity!
• Laurel Snyder - Reads Charlie and Mouse Outdoors and talks about making up stories
• Chris Tebbetts - Shares a read-aloud of the first chapters of Stranded

• Virtual ’Field Trips’
  

  • Baseball Hall of Fame
  • Boston Children’s Museum Virtual Tour
  • Central Park, New York - A guided, virtual walk from West 72nd Street  through the heart of the Park
  • The Georgia Aquarium
    
  • The Great Wall of China
  • Johnson Space Center - Join Boeing and Discovery Education on a mission to inspire the world through aerospace innovation
  • The Louvre
  • National Constitution Center
  • Monterey Bay Aquarium
  • Museum of Science at Home
  • Pandas at the Atlanta Zoo
  • San Diego Zoo
  • Shedd Aquarium - Includes “Underwater Beauty” live cam and more about aquatic life
  • Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History - A 360-degree, room-by-room tour of every exhibit in the museum.
  • Vermont Art Online
  • Virtual Field Trips 

• Educational Experiences

  • 123 Homeschool for Me - Homeschool worksheets and learning activities
  • ABC Learning -Digital education programs ABCmouse, Adventure Academy, and ReadingIQ
  • Aleph Beta - Jewish learning lessons
  • All Kids Network - Printable worksheets and crafts
  • Amaze.org - Health and sex education
  • American Archive of Public Broadcasting - Historic radio and television programs
  • Arcademics - Educational math and language arts games
  • ArtRageous with Nate - YouTube Channel about finding creativity
  • Bedtime Math - Fun math stories and challenges
  • Bunk - Museum style digital exhibits
  • Camp Kindness - Activities to promote kindness and community building
  • Can Figure It - Geometry proofs
  • Chalk Academy - Free Chinese worksheets and printables
  • ChemMatters Magazine by ACS - Chemistry magazine by the American Chemistry Society
  • Choices.edu - Bite-sized history lessons from Brown University
  • Chrome Music Lab - Fun hands-on music experiments
  • Classroom Cereal - Free, printable short stories that double as grammar exercises 
  • Club Sci Kidz - Where science and technology connect!
  • Coloring Nature - Natural science-based printable coloring pages
  • Did You Know That - YouTube channel with cool facts in ASL
  • DK Publishers - Home learning and DK Findout - completely-free, child-safe encyclopedic platform
  • Doodles Academy - Online art projects
  • Fogstone Isle - Online math game & free tutoring session by Cignition
  • Go Noodle - Get up and get moving!
  • JLG@Home - Junior Library Guild offers free access to online books
  • Kesler Science - Earth, life and physical sciences lessons
  • Laura Kelly Designs - Printable library of activities, puzzles, games and coloring sheets
  • Math Playground - Math games by grade level
  • Math Score - Self-guided math lessons
  • Music Theory. net - Music games and videos
  • The New York Times Learning Network - NYT articles with writing prompts and discussions
  • Nomster Chef - Illustrated parent and child recipes
  • PBS Learning Media - Free lessons and interactive learning
  • Play Spring Bingo - Vermont Land Trust’s Backyard Bingo, hand-drawn by ecologist Allaire Diamond. This bingo board sends children and adults out to search for a variety of items.
  • Project Explorer - Watch videos from around ther globe
  • Respectful Ways - Social-emotional learning modules
  • San Diego Zoo Kids - Numerous activities about zoo animals
  • Science Buddies - STEM activities and videos
  • Vermont Municipal Day - educational videos by local experts on local topics
  • Unsilence - Civics education through storytelling, the arts, and serious games.
  • Walkabouts - Fun standards-based movement activities