Watch Chesapeake Public Library’s Popular Storytime Series on YouTube

The Chesapeake Public Library is bringing its popular storytime series to YouTube! Check out their channel for a variety of videos for your little ones:

Learn to Paint with 403 Free Episodes of Bob Ross’ “The Joy of Painting” on YouTube

Have you always wanted to learn to paint?  Now you have time to delve into 31 seasons of the late Bob Ross’ The Joy of Painting, which is now freely available to watch on YouTube. Posted by “The Joy of Painting” with Bob Ross on Friday, March 27, 2015   Using Bob’s “wet-on-wet” technique you can learn to paint…

Learn to Play Harmonica with Chris Janson!

If you’ve always wanted to learn how to play an instrument but don’t have the funds to invest into a lot of equipment, the harmonica might be a great and inexpensive option for you! And I can’t think of a better instructor than a popular country music artist who plays the harmonica very well! Chris…

Kids Can Learn To Juggle, Hula Hoop and More with These Free Virtual Circus Trick Classes!

The Philadelphia School of Circus Arts is offering free virtual circus trick classes for kids! You can sign up for half-hour Zoom juggling class (ages 8-12; clubs not required), or circus tricks class (balancing, basic juggling, and acrobatics, ages 5-7), hula hoop (5 and up), or fun movement (ages 3-4). All classes are via Zoom. You can…

Get Fun Broadway-themed Educational Programs from The Lion King, Hamilton and More!

Work out with the Rockettes! Bring the Broadway stage to your living room with limited time full-length performances and live streams with cast members Get fun Broadway-themed educational programs from The Lion King, Hamilton and more! You can do all of this with SevenVenues Virtual View!

Watch a Joint Story Time with the Virginia Beach Library and Fire Department

Virginia Beach Firefighter Ben from Station 3 teamed up with the Virginia Beach Public Library for Story Time! Enjoy Ben’s reading of “Pete the Cat:Firefighter Pete”

Virtual Classroom with the Virginia Zoo

The Virginia Zoo’s YouTube brings the Zoo right to your living room! Meet and hear the Zoo Keepers talk about the animals they have the privilege of working with every day.

Ingrid Andress Gives a Lesson On Songwriting

Ingrid Andress just scored her first #1 with More Hearts Than Mine.  If that isn’t impressive enough, she attended Berklee School of Music, won the prestigious Unsigned Only Music Prize and has co-written hits like “Steady 1234” and Charli XCX’s “Boys.” She’s written with heavy hitters in the music community such as Sam Hunt and…

Watch Home School Sessions from Country Stars Like Justin Moore, Carly Pearce, Eli Young Band and More!

Country stars are giving Home School Sessions to help parents at home with their kids in quarantine. Justin Moore gives parents some valuable tips: Jon Jones from Eli Young Band makes a ramp with a cardboard box for his kids to play with.   Carly Pearce teaches fitness and healthy eating tips. Danielle Bradberry shares…

Cooking Monster Hosting ‘Snack Chats’ During Coronavirus Pandemic [VIDEO]

“Sesame Street” has launched a Caring For Each Other campaign to provide free digital content to entertain and educate little ones during periods of extended quarantine at home. 

NASA Launched a Free Science Site for Homeschooling

NASA just launched a free website called “NASA at Home” that has a TON of stuff to help keep your kids occupied. You’ll find lesson plans . . . videos . . . e-books . . . podcasts . . . and STEM activities. There’s also an interactive map section called “NASA in All 50 States”…

Harry Potter At Home: New Online Hub For Kids Quarantined.

J.K. Rowling has launched an online Harry Potter hub for kids, families and fans to enjoy while quarantined. The hub will include “special contributions from Bloomsbury and Scholastic, nifty magical craft videos (teach your friends how to draw a Niffler!), fun articles, quizzes, puzzles and plenty more for first-time readers, as well as those already…

Bring Virtual Animals Into Your Home with This Google Feature

We may not be able to visit the zoo right now, but you can bring virtual animals into your home, for free, through your phone. When you search for certain animals on Google using your phone, you’ll see the option to “View in 3D.” According to the blog 9to5Google, these are the animals included: Alligator…

Free On-Line Art Lessons

The Kennedy Center Education Artist-in-Residence is now offering free lunchtime art classes from his home studio. Mo Willems invites you to virtually visit with him at 1p.m. weekdays for Lunch Doodles, which take “in residence” to a whole new level.   The Virtual Instructor is offering the following recorded Live Lessons to everyone for free for at least…

Free Online Classes

54 free online courses from the best colleges in the US — including Princeton, Harvard, and Yale. Online learning sites like Coursera and edX allow you to audit any course for free. You get access to course materials and follow along with the class as it progresses. For an additional $40 to $160 (depending on…