• Brain POP – Make any room a classroom! Brain POP is available to help curious learners stay informed and on track during school closures – https://www.brainpop.com/
• Kids Under Quarantine: From a local North Bay Dad – A collection of resources to help keep your kids engaged during this unprecedented time https://www.kidsunderquarantine.ca/home/
• Scholastic Learn at Home – day by day projects to keep kids reading, thinking and growing – https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome.html
• PBS Kids – Check out the PBS kids website for interactive games and sign up for their online newsletter to get daily activities & tips to help kids play and learn at home – www.pbskids.org
• National Geographic Kids – Check out science experiments, quizzes, games and homework help resources – https://kids.nationalgeographic.com
• Math Playground – Free online math games, logic puzzles & brain builders – https://www.mathplayground.com/
• Drawing for Kids – Colouring pages, crafts & drawing tutorials for kids – http://www.hellokids.com/r_12/drawing-for-kids
• Discovery #Mindblown – exploration, curiosity and STEM-based edu-tainment, Discovery #MINDBLOWN is all about exploring the world around us through videos and games – https://www.discoverymindblown.com/
• Caremongering – A group for sharing and organizing community resources in response to COVID-19. The goal of this group is to organize the local community on the grassroots level to ensure vulnerable community members have access to food, housing, healthcare, and other necessities.   https://www.facebook.com/groups/55315691533056

Livestream

• QuaranTime with Science Mom – This awesome online stream featuring home science experiments, crafts and math is live weekdays from 8am-10am PST. You can also catch up on past episodes on her page https://www.youtube.com/sciencemom
• TheGoProject Virtual Camp – Every weekday from 8-9am PST kids in grades 1-6 and their parents are invited to share in an hour of virtual camp featuring storytelling, crafts & games – https://thegoproject.ca/virtual-camp/
• Center for Puppetry Arts – inspiring imagination, education and community through the global art of puppetry! Live storytelling online via zoom. Shows start every hour from 9am-2pm EST (6am-11am PST) – https://puppet.org/center-for-puppetry-arts-home/
• Enchanted Fables Princess Parties – Enchanted Fables from Victoria, BC is offering free virtual video messages for your kids at home. And be sure to join them through Facebook Live on Saturday March 21st at 1pm PST for a free story time session with Sleeping Beauty – https://enchantedfables.com/video-messages/
• Children’s Programs and Story Time at the North Bay Public Library – Check out our library for some fun activities such as sock puppet making, etc. https://library.cityofnorthbay.ca/youth/childrens-programs/
• Children’s Church at Home – from Conseil régional Nakonha:ka Regional Council of The United Church of Canada led by Shanna Bernier. Sunday mornings live on Facebook at 9:30 am and available to watch later as well. https://www.facebook.com/Childrenschurchathome

Virtual Tours

• NASA – Take a virtual tour of NASA’s International Space Station – https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/suni_iss_tour.html
• The Smithsonian Museum  – Take a virtual tour of the Smithsonian – https://naturalhistory.si.edu/visit/virtual-tour
• The Louvre – The Louvre is the largest art museum in the world and you can tour it online – https://www.louvre.fr/en/visites-en-ligne#tabs
• Boston Children’s Museum – experience a 350 degree perspective of this museum especially for kids – https://www.bostonchildrensmuseum.org/museum-virtual-tour
• National Women’s History Museum – From STEM, to the Olympics to Fashion find out all the incredible ways women have contributed to history. Check out their online exhibits and their virtual field trips! https://www.womenshistory.org/womens-history/online-exhibits
• Buckingham Palace – take a virtual tour of the stunning Buckingham Palace in London – https://www.royal.uk/virtual-tours-buckingham-palace
• Monterey Bay Aquarium – check out the daily live cams of the otters, penguins, sharks or more living at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. They also have tons of stories and Q&A segments about all their animals – https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/live-cams
• Road Trip from Home – These are fun and wonderful websites that will show you different parts of the world, famous landmarks, beautiful works of art, historic marvels, science adventures and so much more! (Thanks Emma and Liam for the suggestion!) https://www.titlemax.com/articles/road-trip-from-home-virtual-field-trips/
• Drive and Listen – The site takes users on car rides through such cities as Moscow, Munich, Seoul, New York, Toronto and Nice, while giving them the ability to choose to listen to local radio stations and ambient street noise. https://driveandlisten.herokuapp.com/