Friday freebies

Audible is hosting a free selection of stores for all ages while school is out. All free, no sign-ups and no commitments.

Time for Kids is providing a free digital library for all grades for the rest of the school year.

KidStir
Whether you’re exploring kitchen chemistry through baking or diving into the history of different cuisines, cooking offers countless ways to learn and grow. Kidstir is donating 15,000 FREE cooking kits to families affected by Coronavirus. $4 shipping and handling is all you pay.

GoNoodle
Movement and mindfulness videos created by child development experts. Available for free everywhere kids are!

Chatbooks are allowing you to create and send free digital postcards since you can’t visit in person.

KiwiCo has a parent toolkit page with videos and downloadable DIY projects.

Amazon is making a portion of Prime Video kids and family programming free, including popular shows like Arthur, Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, and more.

Below are freebies mentioned in previous posts
Foublie
Foublie is helping out parents with kids 2-4 by providing free weekly activity guides released every Friday. Cook + play + learn activities are taking on covid-19 stay-ins with some food fun. Each week they send an email with food based play, learning and cooking ideas. 

Arts on the Horizon is offering programming to our children and families through a new series of videos on our YouTube channel link here. They offer free 20-minute, interactive story time sessions three times a week (Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays). Each session will be led by one of their teaching artists and the content will be geared for children ages 2-6. The sessions will include stories, songs, warm-ups, movement, and more.

National Children’s Museum launched a daily, digital “STEAMwork” series on the Museum’s Facebook. Each day at 2:30pm, talented members of their team feature different STEAM projects, challenges, experiments and story times for children under twelve and their caregivers.

KID Museum Make It!
Stuck at home? Let’s make the most of it. Each week they’ll be sharing maker activities for you and your family. Try different challenges every day and share what you’ve made.

Badlands Play Virtual Camp

Tinkergarten
Offering fresh outdoor play ideas on Facebook on Tuesday’s at 11:30am, designed to inspire a week’s worth of play.

Delish Cooking Class
Every day at 1pm, check out the site so you verify you have the ingredients on hand

Michaels Crafty Kids
Prerecorded videos of easy how to make crafts. More projects can be found here.

MoCo Movement
On their Facebook page they have been streaming live workouts and classes.

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