Online Learning Resources
Whether it’s a rainy day, snow day, or you’re staying in away from germs there are great ways to connect your kids to learning! This list will continue to grow so keep checking back!

FREE INTERNET – Charter/Spectrum is offering free internet access for families for 60 days starting March 16, 2020.
Local businesses ♥
Arts/Music
♥ARTPlay Studio – Offering fun activities through their Facebook page
Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems (Daily at 1 pm EDT for the next few weeks)
Playbill – Watch musicals online
Travel + Leisure – 12 Museum Virtual Tours
Make – Local Paducah company will be sharing art lessons live on Facebook
♥Music Lessons with Candy Mountain Music – Enjoy classes from home ($)
We Shall Overcome Concert Series (Baltimore Symphony) – Lura Johnson, pianist, is hosting a live concert on Facebook every Wednesday & Sunday at 8 pm EDT for the coming weeks.
Dav Pilkey (Captain Underpants fame) – Drawing fun
Draw Every Day – Enjoy YouTube drawing tutorials with Jarrett J. Krosoczka—author & illustrator of the Lunch Lady series
Care.com – Arts and Crafts ideas
Metropolitan Opera – Live Operas
Berlin Philharmonic: Digital Concert Hall
♥Innovation Arts Online Program
♥Lexington Philharmonic Just for Kids Music Info
Science/Nature
♥Lexington Parks & Recreation Online Resource Guide
♥Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Activity Book (Printable)
♥Salato Wildlife Education Center – Online fun on Facebook
Cincinnati Zoo – Live Home Safaris each day at 3 pm EDT
Cincinnati Museum Center Omnimax Theatre – Watch Imax movies online
Mystery Science – Online science lessons
Science Mom and Math Dad – Online fun M – F 11 am – 1 pm EST (Watch live on Facebook or catch up on YouTube)
Duke Farms Eagle Cam: New Jersey
Clearwater Marine Aquarium (home of Winter the dolphin)
Brookfield Zoo – Zoo to You on Facebook daily at 11 am Central time
Discovery Education Virtual Field Trips
Georgia Aquarium Beluga Whale Cam
Left Brain Craft Brain – STEM and STEAM activities
Reading
Audible – Free stories while schools are canceled
Storyline Online – Enjoy celebrities reading picture books
Scholastic – Learn at home with paired readings (Fiction and non-fiction titles about a variety of subjects)
Storytime From Space – Watch astronauts reading picture books
Josh Gad (Olaf) is reading books on his Twitter account
Other General Educational Fun
♥Explorium of Lexington – Family fun on Facebook with special activities posted daily
Khan Academy – Weekdays at 9 am PST/12 EST live streams on Facebook and YouTube for students, parents, and teachers navigating school closures.
Language Sprout – They will offer FREE story times, activities, and games in Spanish, French, Mandarin, English, Portuguese for kids 0 – 103 on Facebook each day.
Smithsonian Education on YouTube
♥Lexington Legends Activity Book
British Museum Online Resources
Great Wall of China Virtual Tour
Active Fun
GoNoodle – Active fun online
Cosmic Kids Yoga on YouTube
PopSugar Fitness Family Fitness – YouTube class
HealthWorks! Youth Fitness 101 from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
KidStrong (YouTube) (Facebook)
♥The Little Gym of Lexington – Weekly activities on Facebook
♥Bodyfit Lexington – Facebook workouts
♥Tippi Toes Dance Studio – Virtual Dance Program
♥The Studio – Yoga and Dance on Facebook Live
The Body Coach on YouTube
Local Information and Support
Lexington KY Government Information
Fayette County Public Schools Information
Bus Bites Stops for FCPS Students (March 16 – March 27)
Governor Beshear on Facebook (Daily updates)
Commonwealth of KY Information
Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
Lexington Fayette Health Department

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