A digital world of activities, Storytimes, attractions, and school and learning resources are at your fingertips. Check back often for new ideas!
Boredom Busters
Activities available anytime, anywhere
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Watch more than 1,000 DIY classes from renowned artists—anytime, anywhere. Create a Creativebug account using your library card and PIN, and start crafting!
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Get unlimited access for three months to over 2,500 audio-guided workouts and programs led by expert trainers in running, strength, yoga, and ten other categories. Create an Aaptiv account using your library card and PIN.
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Local history is at your fingertips through ALH! Browse our collection of historical images, documents, oral histories and more. Highlights include the oral history from a former Devil's Head fire lookout and converted video footage of the 1965 Castle Rock flood.
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OverDrive Kids, TumbleBooks and Kanopy Kids. Log in or sign up with your library card and PIN.
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These movement and mindfulness videos were created for kids to benefit their physical wellness, academic success, and social-emotional health.
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Steve Spangler makes science fun, and this site offers hands-on activities and science experiments to try at home with the kids.
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The beloved children's author invites you into his studio every day for lunch doodles. Grab your paper and pencils, pens or crayons to explore writing and doodling together.
Storytime Here, There, Everywhere
A different Storytime experience wherever you are
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Join us each weekday for Storytime fun and activities! DCL Library staff will lead songs, rhymes, reading and fingerplays to keep nurturing those all-important emerging reading skills.
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A reference collection of 30-60 second videos of songs, rhymes, and fingerplays appropriate for early childhood. Each video clip includes helpful early literacy tips to increase caregivers' understanding of child development and pre-literacy needs.
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"What you cannot imagine, you cannot do." Now imagine Astronauts on the Space Station reading stories to and conducting science experiments for the children of Earth as the world rotates. A project of the Global Space Education Foundation.
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Celebrated actors read children's stories alongside creatively produced illustrations. The videos are available 24/7 to children, parents, caregivers and educators.
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Kids love Laurie Berkner, and they can rock out to her music videos here!
Around the World
Virtual field trips and famous attractions to visit from home
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Visit places around the world without ever leaving home.
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Visit the world-famous museum's exhibition rooms and galleries on this virtual tour.
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View the art collections displayed at a wide variety of national and international museums and cultural attractions.
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This virtual tour of the famous aquarium allows you to meet the animals and learn more about their stories and habitats, as well as view live web cams.
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Kids can watch and learn about favorite zoo animals through live web cams and videos.
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Kids will love this fun, fact-filled journey through the Metropolitan Museum of Art, exploring 5,000 years of art across the globe.
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Explore the natural beauty of five amazing U.S. National Parks, from Alaska to Florida, with expert guides and rangers.
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Visit the Vatican museums, archaeological areas, departments, and more online and through its virtual tours.
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View live web cams, films and photographs on this online community destination that is all about exploring!
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Cincinnati Zoo brings you a live home safari each day at 1PM Mountain time, highlighting a different animal each day and activities you can do from home.
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The musicians of the Seattle Symphony are streaming free performances on the Symphony's social media channels to help provide strength, comfort and joy at this difficult time.
Kids Learning
School and learning resources to keep kids engaged and on track
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PebbleGo is a curricular content hub specifically designed for K-3 students. Packed with informational articles, ready-made activities, and literacy supports for students of all abilities, it boosts engagement and fosters independent learning in core subject areas.
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Build literacy skills and have fun reading with these interactive titles. Designed for emergent, struggling, reluctant and ELL readers, the high-interest content combined with text-highlighting, read-aloud features, and engaging graphics makes reading a successful experience for every reader.
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This fun and educational resource focuses on the E in STEM, engaging K-12 students in a variety of engineering activities and projects.
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Walt Disney Imagineering partnered with Khan Academy to bring this one-of-a-kind learning experience to life. The series offers 32 videos in which Imagineers share how they use a wide range of skills—from story development and conceptual design, to math, physics and engineering—to create truly immersive experiences.
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Thousands of ready-to-go lessons, mini-books, activities and more for elementary grades.
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Kids can create and share stories, animations and games while developing important skills for thinking creatively and collaboratively.
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Kids can build, solve, launch and play through a variety of activities, puzzles, games and more.
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Try these non-screen math activities to keep your kids' math skills sharp.
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Free online resources for schools shifting online during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Keep kids reading, thinking and growing with these stay-at-home projects for Pre-K through 9th grade. Plus resources for families and teachers.
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More than 4,500 kid-friendly videos are available to parents, and teachers, who want to share smart, meaningful media with their kids. Grown-ups will enjoy the collection too!
Resources for Adults
Learning and entertainment to keep you going
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Every three months Hoopla releases new titles in their Spotlight Selection along with eight additional curated suggestions, perfect for any book club.
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Whether you're just starting your family history or looking for a new perspective on your research, Ancestry will help you discover how your story was shaped.
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Online language learning from German to Spanish, Russian to Mandarin Chinese. No downloads are required, and an app is available.
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Learn software, creative, business and technology skills from thousands of video courses taught by industry experts.
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Enjoy unlimited access to educational courses taught by award-winning experts and professors from the most respected institutions in the world.
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The Zooniverse enables everyone to take part in cutting-edge research in many fields across the sciences, humanities and more. You can help unlock answers and contribute to real discoveries.
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Update your skills or earn a certificate or degree with world-class learning in subjects like business, computer science, data science, language learning, and more.
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Online cooking classes from Milk Street Cooking are free through April 30, including baking sweets, making the most of your instant pot, perfecting pasta, and more.
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A category within the movie section of the Internet Archive, enjoy classic feature films such as Invasion of the Bee Girls and Buster Keaton's The Goat.
Support Local
Support our local restaurants and businesses with these guides*
*Douglas County Libraries is providing links to local information curated by third parties, and is not responsible for content or accuracy.
