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CHCCS - Public Libraries Easy Access Program - All students and staff can use their district student or staff ID number and a secured password allowing easy access to research databases, tutoring and test prep, downloadable books, audio books online.
100+ Video Read Alouds - Some overlap with other sites, but all in one place for children to click and choose. Courtesy of Indianapolis Public Library
Audible Stories Free access to story collections on audible in multiple languages.
Authors Everywhere! - This is a Youtube Channel created and run by children's book writers and illustrators. On this channel, you'll find workshops, readings, activities, art projects, writing games, writing advice, and more. We hope that we can offer you some fun, some distraction, and a creative outlet for any feelings that might come up during this time.
Between the Lions - This special collection from PBS Media provides a set of early Reading/Language Arts resources, organized by early elementary and preschool literacy skills.
Draw Every Day with JJK - Author Jarrett J. Krosoczka’s daily drawing lesson.
The Fable Cottage - Bilingual Tales for Language Learners
JK Rowling - JK Rowling is allowing an open license to teachers to read the Harry Potter series to kids!
Mo Willems Daily Doodle - 1pm Daily Doodle with author Mo Willems. Sponsored by the Kennedy Center.
KidLit TV - Author read-alouds, podcasts, book-related crafts & activities
Mouse Circus - Author Neil Gaiman's site for kids, with activities and videos of him reading The Graveyard Book and Coraline!
#Operation ASL Storytime - American Sign Language Storytimes Youtube Channel
Pre-K learning resources from StoryPlace (English | Spanish)
Read Brightly - Lots of storytime options with read alouds of some new favorites.
Read, Wonder and Learn - from author Kate Messner - Favorite Authors and Illustrators share resources for learning anywhere. You’ll find a growing collection of resources that include everything from first-chapter and picture book read-alouds (shared with permission from publishers!) to drawing and writing mini-lessons. Be sure to check back often, as new resources will be added every day.
Reading Resources for Parents - Provides tips to encurage and nurture reading at home
Spanish Playground - Spanish reading for kids, including links to stories online, downloadable stories, and printables.
Storyline - Videos featuring celebrated actors reading children’s books alongside creatively produced illustrations.
Unite for Literacy - Mostly nonfiction ebooks for very young readers. Text displayed in English or Spanish, with read aloud option in 43 languages including Burmese and Karen.
We Are Teachers - Storytime Video Series featuring children’s book authors + We are teachers - Big list of authors doing online read alouds and activities
Operation Storytime
Twitter: https://twitter.com/romper
Or follow #OperationStoryTime
Celebrities and authors reading books aloud!
Daily Author Readings
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Access to Public Library Audio and e-Books
CHCCS - Public Libraries Easy Access Program
All students and staff can use their district student or staff ID number and a secured password allowing easy access to research databases, tutoring and test prep, downloadable books, audio books online.Read Aloud Videos
Read, Wonder and Learn from author Kate Messner - Favorite Authors and Illustrators share resources for learning anywhere. You’ll find a growing collection of resources that include everything from first-chapter and picture book read-alouds (shared with permission from publishers!) to drawing and writing mini-lessons. Be sure to check back often, as new resources will be added every day.
Authors Everywhere! - This is a Youtube Channel created and run by children's book writers and illustrators. On this channel, you'll find workshops, readings, activities, art projects, writing games, writing advice, and more. We hope that we can offer you some fun, some distraction, and a creative outlet for any feelings that might come up during this time.
Reading Resources for Parents - Provides tips to encurage and nurture reading at home
Reading and Writing Activities
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K-12 Visual Arts
Parents Magazine Virtual Museum Tours - Article listing twelve famous museums offering free virtual tours. Museums include The British Musuem, The Guggenheim, National Gallery of Art in DC, Musée D'Orsay inn Paris, National Musuem of Modern and Contemporary Art in Seoul, Pergamon Museum in Berlin, Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Uffizi Gallery in Florence, MASP in São Paulo, and National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City.
Jarret Krosozcka's Art Lessons - This famous graphic novelist will lead instructional videos every day at 2pm.
Jarrett Lerner's Activities - Endless fun, creative opportunities designed by a cartoonist. Activity sheets are partially filled in so students must be creative structures in place.
K-5 Visual ArtsColumbus Museum of Art - Digital Collage
6-12 Visual Arts
The Louvre Online Tours - Visit the museum's exhibition rooms and galleries, contemplate the façades of the Louvre
National Gallery of Art Virtual Tours
The Google Art Project - The Art Project is a unique collaboration with some of the world’s most acclaimed art institutions to enable people to discover and view artworks online in extraordinary detail. Working with over 250 institutions, we have put tens of thousands of works of art from more than 6,000 artists online.