Daily Plan
Today's activity selections
Activity
grades 3–5
Use Legos to Learn Math
Got some Lego bricks lying around? Use them to learn and practice some simple math concepts.
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Audio
grades 3–5
Little House in the Big Woods
Settle down for a listen to this classic story of frontier life. Free on Hoopla with a library card.
Worksheet
Preschool–grade 5
Monthly Activity Calendar and Coloring Sheets
Get daily ideas for outdoor play. Enjoy these fun, screen-free activities!
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Write and Perform
Video
grades 3–12
Jazz: The Mother of Hip-Hop
Sit down with jazz musician Robert Glasper, as he shows the jazz origins of famous hip-hop samples and tracks.
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Video
grades 3–12
Eliminating Single-Use Plastics
Travel to Belize with Marie McGrory to find out how she made it through (almost) the whole trip without single-use plastics.
Article/Ebook
grades 3–4
Kid Heroes for the Planet
Read about five Kid Heroes for the Planet. Think about ways they can inspire you to take action, too!
Interactive
grades 3–5
Building Blocks
Learn about area and perimeter in this interactive. Sizes and shapes: How do they all relate? Start exploring, then challenge yourself in a game.
Video
Preschool–grade 3
Zombies Don't Eat Veggies
Listen to actor Jaime Camil read this fun, silly, Spanish-and-English story about the importance of family, being your authentic self, and accepting our differences.
Video
Preschool–grade 5
Painting with a Single Stroke
Watch as Kyoto-based artist Keisuke Teshima beautifully paints dragon bodies with a single stroke using a sumi-e style brush across paper.
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Room Refresh
Video
grades 3–8
The Secret Life of Corals
Explore the breathtaking coastlines and coral reefs of the Dominican Republic with scientist Joe Pollock.
Activity
grades K–3
Play, Pause, Fast-Forward, Rewind
Hand someone a real (or pretend) remote, then have them call out the standard DVD player functions to start, stop, or speed up your actions.
Audio
grades 1–4
My Father's Dragon
Listen to this adventure story of a young boy who runs away to an island with an alley cat. Free on Hoopla with a library card.
Worksheet
grades 3–5
Sporty Math
Solve problems, decode messages, and complete a word search with Snoopy as you explore the math in baseball, surfing, skateboarding, and more!
Activity
grades 2–8
Create a Character Profile
Imagine a fictional, yet realistic, person. Write a profile of their life, including traits like physical appearance and personality. Describe their family, school, job, and more.
Video
Preschool–grade 6
Traditional Chinese Cloth Shoes
See how Li Ziqi, a vlogger based in Mianyang in China's Sichuan province, beautifully sews and glues layers of cloth to create a traditional Chinese shoe.
Take a screen break
Who I Am
Article/Ebook
grades 3–4
Kid Heroes for the Planet
Read about five Kid Heroes for the Planet. Think about ways they can inspire you to take action, too!
Video
grades 4–12
Milly Zantow: Recycling Revolutionary
Ever wonder what the number on the bottom of plastic items means? Learn about the plastic numbering system and why it came to be.
Website/App
grades 2–4
Safe and Smart Online Adventures
Go on an animated adventure with some fun characters and real kids -- the SMART crew -- to learn some online safety basics.
Interactive
grades 3–8
Alike Angles
Categorize angles into different groups in this interactive game. Congruent or parallel, complementary or supplementary, acute or obtuse: Can you sort them all?
Article/Ebook
grades 5–6
History of Pandemics
Place the coronavirus pandemic in context by reading about previous pandemics that sickened people around the globe.
Activity
Preschool–grade 12
Thank You Cards
Show you care by sending a thank you card. Choose to print, color, or send electronically.
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Your Heritage
Video
grades K–5
Hand-Washing Review
Reinforce what most kids probably already know at this point—the utmost importance of hand-washing—with this fun hip-hop video.
Video
Preschool–grade 6
Traditional Chinese Cloth Shoes
See how Li Ziqi, a vlogger based in Mianyang in China's Sichuan province, beautifully sews and glues layers of cloth to create a traditional Chinese shoe.
Lesson
grades 4–12
Letters of Gratitude to Essential Workers
Write a meaningful letter of thanks to essential workers that returns their acts of service and kindness.
Lesson
grades 1–5
Math Skills Galore!
Choose the grade level and skill that works best, watch the videos, play the games, and do the practice.
Video
grades 4–8
The Best Figure of Speech Ever
Find out how speakers, writers, marketers, and everyone else use hyperbole to exaggerate for effect and to build intensity and urgency.
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Video
grades K–4
Be Like a Hummingbird
Listen to the tale of the hummingbird, shared by Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai. This excerpt from Dirt! The Movie inspires us to do the best we can.
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Reflect on the Year
Activity
grades 3–12
Learn to Juggle
Watch this quick tutorial, and then find three balls (or other items) from around your home, practice, and see if you can master basic juggling.
Video
grades 4–12
Milly Zantow: Recycling Revolutionary
Ever wonder what the number on the bottom of plastic items means? Learn about the plastic numbering system and why it came to be.
Activity
grades 3–5
Media Balance Check-Up
It's important to stay aware of how our on-screen and offscreen activities fit into our lives. Do a media balance checkup on your family.
Activity
Preschool–grade 3
Smoothie Math
Get kids counting while cooking with this berry smoothie recipe that mixes in some math talk and teaching.
Worksheet
Preschool–grade 4
My Summer Checklist
What new things do you want to try this summer? Use this sheet to track your summer fun!
Activity
grades 3–12
Five Minutes to Focus
Print and shuffle these cards featuring seven exercies for the mind. Pull one out each day to center yourself and let go of stresses.
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Looking Forward
Worksheet
Preschool–grade 4
Summer Activity Book
Inspire learning all summer long! Print out this book of activities that kids can do with an adult or on their own.
Video
grades K–5
How Lego Bricks Are Made
Take a trip through the Lego Duplo factory in Hungary and watch how almost 5 million bricks and characters are made each day.
Website/App
grades K–5
Practice Social Distancing
Use this AR app to get a true sense of what it means to practice social distancing, making an abstract idea more concrete.
Activity
grades 3–5
How to Shade a Cube
Learn the basics of drawing three-dimensional shapes with this helpful drawing tutorial.
Article/Ebook
grades 5–6
8 Questions for Jerry Craft
Read about how graphic novelist Jerry Craft discovered comics and why he wrote his Newbery Award-winning book New Kid.
Video
grades 1–12
Yoga for the Heart
Take some time to focus on how your feeling and do something for yourself with the help of this beginner-friendly yoga video.
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Make Up a Move
Video
grades 4–12
Milly Zantow: Recycling Revolutionary
Ever wonder what the number on the bottom of plastic items means? Learn about the plastic numbering system and why it came to be.
Activity
Preschool–grade 5
Got Chalk? Got Games!
Use some chalk to create eight different games that'll get you hopping, skipping, throwing, jumping, and more.
Video
grades 5–12
The Blues as Building Blocks
Did you know your favorite songs are probably influenced by the blues? Learn more about this music genre and its roots in Black history.
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