Educational Resources
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Here are some fun fashion activities our friend Michelle's Girl Scout Troupe found.
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Math and Money Resources for Kids offers financial concepts in a way kids can understand
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CouponFollow has a lot of free arts and crafts activities you can try out. (Thanks to Liam and Emma for the link!)
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Enjoy learning about space with this interactive website, RocketSTEM. Great for all ages.
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Learn some science with Sid the Science Kid compliments of PBS and good for elementary ages.
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National Geographic offers Science for Kids.
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NASA Kid's Club offers fun activities that teach about science and space. Play games, read, explore.
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Kids can learn to code while having fun at Scratch Jr.
NEW! Pre-school Activities
- Wonderschool has some great learn-at-home activities for those young folks in your home!
Children and Teens
- NEW! Check out Active for Life for activities and information on raising physically literate children.
- The Learning Station offers free videos to keep the little ones singing and learning rhymes.
- Take the DeKalb Library April Stay at Home Challenge. Think of a prize to award yourself when you finish!
- Visit City Schools of Decatur Virtual Community Building Archive. These videos include community circles, virtual pep rallies, online story times, and much more. Feel connected to your school communities while physically apart.
- Families Learning Together provides a month’s worth of family literacy activities and practices designed to inspire family memories rooted in imagining, playing, and learning together.
- Field Trip Fridays! Many of Atlanta’s top attractions are joining together to provide virtual experiences to the community—for free.
- Discover fun virtual events in Atlanta to stream online from your favorite attractions, museums and theaters in the comfort of your own home.
- E-Ranger- Self Guided Learning - Georgia State Parks and Historic Sites Rangers share their favorite topics in their interpretive and educational programs.
- Georgia Standards Online (GSO) is a free, public website providing information and resources necessary to help meet the educational needs of students in the state of Georgia. Subjects offered include Math, Science and Language Arts.
- Try some At Home Science Experiments.
- Have some fun learning about the City of Decatur with the Kids Activity Book.
Adults
- Get a library card and check out the audiobooks at the DeKalb Library.
- Learn a new language and get ready for the trip you are planning. Duolingo works on your phone, tablet or computer and is easy and fun.
- Visit Open Culture for a plethora of online learning classes and resources.
- Check out LibriVox for free on-demand audiobooks.
- It is a good time to watch those Ted Talks you have been hearing about. They are short, information and quite interesting.
- Take a trip to the Smithsonian and learn something new.
- The Atlanta History Center has virtual author talks that you may enjoy.
Bike Safety
- Georgia Bikes offers Online Bike Safety Education for both children and adults.