Story time
Listen to a stories with moving illustrations:
https://www.youtube.com/user/StorylineOnline
Begin to listen to an audio book – Amazon Audible have set up free access to audio books for children. There are lots of lovely stories under ‘little listeners’ and ‘elementary’:
Get creative
Check out the links below for lots of ideas to be creative at home.
Try a draw-along video with Illustrator, Rob Biddulph:
http://www.robbiddulph.com/draw-with-rob
100 Activities To Do At Home During School Closures:
https://entertainkidsonadime.com/2020/03/13/100-activities-to-do-at-home-during-school-closures/
Art ideas and resources to use at home:
https://www.accessart.org.uk/art-resources-for-home/
Famous Museums Offer Virtual Tours
The British Museum, London, Britain:
https://britishmuseum.withgoogle.com/object/marble-figurine-of-a-woman
The Louvre, Paris, France:
https://www.louvre.fr/en/visites-en-ligne/
The National Gallery, London, Britain:
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/visiting/virtual-tours
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA:
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/online-features/metkids/
The Frida Kahlo Museum, Mexico City, Mexico:
https://www.museofridakahlo.org.mx/en/the-blue-house/multimedia/
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands:
https://360stories.com/amsterdam/story/van-gogh-museum
Bedfordshire Online Library
Library members can download the RBDigital app, then use their library number to download ebooks, audiobooks and magazines. There is a good selection of audiobooks and ebooks (eg. Harry Potter series and David Walliams books, or the Dirty Bertie series). Use the 'audience' button to select resources for children. In the e-magazines, there are some specifically for children: National Geographic for Kids; Minecraft World Magazine; Horrible Histories.
Link to website: http://virtual-library.culturalservices.net/webingres/bedfordshire/vlib/0.children_teenagers/whats_in_the_library_for_me.htm
Online Registration: http://virtual-library.culturalservices.net/cgi-bin/vlib.sh?enqtype=REGISTER&enqpara1=youth
(To support lessons which you may be planning, we recommend the Encyclopedia Britannica, which is available in a junior version. From the Virtual Library, this may be accessed with a library number and pin)