Cure cabin fever
Despite your best efforts to keep yourself and your family occupied at home, you might be feeling a bit restless due to the physical distancing recommended during the COVID-19 pandemic. Of course there’s plenty of good “old-fashioned” activities, like building living room forts or reading a book.
But sometimes it’s fun to utilize the endless supply of online resources to help pass the time.
Here are 20 recommendations for websites that are both educational and fun for the whole family.
Keep learning
1. Families can listen to famous people read some of their favorite children’s books at www.storylineonline.net.
2. Toddlers through high schoolers can learn at their own pace using an extensive online education program at www.khanacademy.org.
3. Older kids and adults can have fun while learning a foreign language — Spanish, German, Japanese and more — at www.duolingo.com.
4. Carmen Sandiego, an iconic globetrotting heroine who debuted in the 1980s, has videos, stories and lessons for all subject areas available at www.carmensandiego.com/resources.
5. High-quality entertaining and educational videos for all levels and subjects come with a ton of additional resources at www.izzit.org.
Take a virtual tour
1. All ages will love visiting the residents at the National Aquarium in Baltimore, Maryland, with a live stream of some of the most popular tanks at www.aqua.org/Experience/live.
2. The Louvre in Paris, France, is sharing its amazing works of art through a virtual field trip at www.louvre.fr/en/visites-en-ligne.
3. No need to travel to one of the Smithsonian’s zoos or museums. Everything from live video of the National Zoo to the Smithsonian Learning Lab can be utilized online at www.si.edu/kids.
4. Never been to Yellowstone National Park? Tour the Wyoming wonder virtually at www.nps.gov/yell/learn/photosmultimedia/virtualtours.htm.
5. Families will be amazed by everything at the historic Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel: www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/collezioni/musei/tour-virtuali-elenco.html.
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