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Tips to Stay Connected! Resources for FUN!

March 30, 2020 9:49 am No Comments Angela McKibben

Ideas for Ways to Stay Connected while Socially Isolated:

  • Without physical contact, creating some kind of shared experience seems crucial. Eating at the same time, reading a book, watching the same show, exploring a virtual museum, etc. Here are some articles and resources on this topic:
    • Embracing Virtual Connection Due to Social Distancing
    • Tips for Video Chatting with Young Children – Staying Connected While Far Apart
    • FaceTime can help babies connect with long-distance relatives
    • Games to Play over Facetime
    • 21 Fun games to play over Facetime or Skype calls
    • Online Conversation Games to Play with Grandkids
    • 15 Cool Games to Play over Facetime or Skype Calls
    •  19 Fun activities and ideas for talking over the phone!
    • 5 Tips For Skyping With A Toddler

Recreational/For Fun Resources

  • Zoos and museums are creating online options
    • Virtual Field Trips: over 30 virtual field trips from Mars to Paris to zoos and more
    • Find Your Inner Animal from World Wildlife Fund
  • Illuminate will be streaming Bloom Yoga. More information coming soon!
  • The Adoption Exchange is posting many of their virtual story time, movement, yoga, and craft activities on their YouTube Channel
  • List of ideas of things to do at home with kids from CU Anschutz
  • Free digital concerts from Berliner Philharmoniker
  • Virtual Storytime Resources:
    • Storyline Online
    • Mesa County Public Libraries are doing Facebook Live story times
      • The 970West Studio offers live story time at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, during the COVID-19 library shutdown
  • The Metropolitan Opera of New York will have free streams. Every night at 7:30 pm EST, they will show a new opera, and it will be available for 20 hours. (La Opera Metropolitana de Nueva York va a tener streams gratis. Cada noche a las 7:30pm EST mostraran una ópera nueva, y estará disponible durante 20 horas. 
  • Google Arts & Culture has virtual tours of various places around the world
  • Free digital and educational content from the Kennedy Center
  • Some museums to visit while at home: virtual tour and online collections (Unos museos para visitar estando en casa: tour virtual y colecciones online)
    • Pinacoteca di Brera – Milano

Galleria degli Uffizi – Firenze (the whole website is in Italian)

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