Virtual Park Tours, Free Education, Performances, Art and More To keep You Occupied While Stuck at Home

Ready to explore? Here’s a few of our favorites.

Story Time in Space!

Astronauts on various space missions read popular children’s books. Check it out here!

The Seattle Symphony is organizing free live streams and rebroadcasts until the orchestra can return to the Benaroya Hall stage. The rebroadcasts will be available on their Facebook and Youtube channels. The schedule will be updated on their website. Enjoy!

Brahms Piano Concerto, Carl Nielsen, SSO, Seattle Symphony, Thomas Dausgaard Nielsen & Brahms Piano Concerto

33 Virtual National Park Tours

Acadia National Park

Arches National Park

Badlands National Park

Big Bend National Park

Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park

Bruce Canyon National Park

Canyonlands National Park

Channel Islands National Park

Cuyahoga Valley National Park

Death Valley National Park

Denali National Park

Dry Tortugas National Park

Everglades National Park

Glacier National Park

Grand Canyon National Park

Grand Teton National Park

Great Smoky Mountain National Park

Guadalupe Mountains National Park

Joshua Tree National Park

Mesa Verde National Park

Mount Rainier National Park

Olympic National Park

Redwood National and State Parks

Rocky Mountain National Park

Sequoia National Park

Shenandoah National Park

Virgin Islands National Park

Wind Cave National Park

Yellowstone National Park

Yosemite National Park

Zion National Park

The Metropolitan Opera has announced it will stream encore performances of some of its most famed shows to the public. The Nightly Met Opera Streams will begin at 7:30 pm each not on the Met’s homepage and will remain available for 20 hours. The performances will also be available on the Met Opera’s On-Demand apps.

With the company, South African soprano Pretty Yende (as ‘Marie’) (In white) performs during the final dress rehearsal prior to the season premiere of the Metropolitan Opera/Laurent Pelly production of ‘La Fille du Regiment’ (‘The Daughter of the Regiment’) (by Gaetano Donizetti) at Lincoln Center’s Metropolitan Opera House, New York, New York, February 4, 2019. (Photo by Jack Vartoogian/Getty Images)

Plan ahead and check out the schedule here!

Tuesday, March 17: Puccini’s “La Bohème”

Conducted by Nicola Luisotti, starring Angela Gheorghiu and Ramón Vargas. Transmitted live on April 5, 2008.

Wednesday, March 18: Verdi’s “Il Trovatore”

Conducted by Marco Armiliato, starring Anna Netrebko, Dolora Zajick, Yonghoon Lee, and Dmitri Hvorostovsky. Transmitted live on Oct. 3, 2015.

Thursday, March 19: Verdi’s “La Traviata”

Conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, starring Diana Damrau, Juan Diego Flórez, and Quinn Kelsey. Transmitted live on Dec. 15, 2018.

Friday, March 20:  Donizetti’s “La Fille du Régiment”

Conducted by Marco Armiliato, starring Natalie Dessay and Juan Diego Flórez. Transmitted live on April 26, 2008.

Saturday, March 21: Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor”

Conducted by Marco Armiliato, starring Anna Netrebko, Piotr Beczała, and Mariusz Kwiecien. Transmitted live on Feb. 7, 2009.

Sunday, March 22: Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin”

Conducted by Valery Gergiev, starring Renée Fleming, Ramón Vargas, and Dmitri Hvorostovsky. Transmitted live on Feb. 24, 2007.

Speaking of Opera – here is a website called OperaVision– it offers live streams of operas from 29 partners in 17 countries along with a library of past performances.

Scholastic Learn at Home, PreK, and Kinder, Grades 1 and 2, Grades 3 through 5 and Grades 6+. 20 days (at a minimum) free resources and fun!

Check out the website here and have some fun while learning!

Virtual Tours – The Ultimate In Staycation, Education, and Fun!

1. MUSÉE D’ORSAY, PARIS The virtual tour will walk you through art from the likes of Monet, Cézanne, and Gauguin and others.

2. PERGAMON MUSEUM, BERLIN Take a stroll through this amazing museum of a rich and powerful ancient Greek City.

3. NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY, MEXICO CITY Visit the largest, most visited museum in Mexico City, see ancient Mayan artifacts and many other interesting rooms full of amazing things!

4. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM, NEW YORK You can virtually walk the spiral staircase, and take in works from the likes of Seurat, Degas, Manet, Picasso, Rousseau, Cezanne, and so many more.

5. RIJKSMUSEUM, AMSTERDAM Check out some Vermeer and Rembrandt, among many others at the RIJKSMESEUM!

6. NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART, SEOUL There are six floors full of contemporary art housed at this popular museum- Take the Virtual Tour and check it out!

7. THE BRITISH MUSEUM, LONDON Check out art and artifacts from many cultures at the British Museum here!

8. NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, WASHINGTON, D.C. Featured are two online exhibits, one about fashion through history, and other about Vermeer painting.

9. UFFIZI GALLERY, FLORENCE Many classical and famous pieces to view from the comfort of your own home, check it out here!

3,429 Virtual Museum Views!– Courtesy of Google Arts and Culture

For Older Teens and Adults – 450 Ivy League Course you can take online right now for free!

Features classes from Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Cornell, Dartmouth and more!

Download FREE Coloring Books from 113 Museums

Free Online Art Lessons Anyone? Yes Please!

Subscribe to the Youtube Channel Here and receive updates when new lessons are posted! Check out the FACEBOOK page for more information!

Education Companies offering Free Subscriptions due to School Closings

Below we have the entire list of education companies offering free subscriptions due to school closings. We’ve provided direct links for you below. All you need to do is click the link and follow the instructions on that website to sign-up.

Below we have the entire list of education companies offering free subscriptions due to school closings. We’ve provided direct links for you below. All you need to do is click the link and follow the instructions on that website to sign-up.

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AdmitHub

ABCMouse/Adventure Academy

ALBERT

Alchemie

American Chemistry Society

Backpack Sciences

5 Breakfasts That Will Make You Love School Mornings

Boardmaker

BookCreator App

BrainPop

Breakout Edu

Buncee

Century

CheckMath

CircleTime Fun

CiscoWebex

CK-12 Foundation

ClassDojo

Classroom Secrets

ClassHook

Classtime

CMU CS Academy

CommonLit

Conjugemos

Coursera for Campus

Curriki

Deck. Toys

DeltaMath

Discovery Ed

Dyslexia Academy 

Ecoballot

EdConnect

Edmodo

EdPuzzle

Education Perfect

Eduflow

Edulastic

Edu-Together

Elementari

Emile

Epraise

Epic!

EverFi

Explain Everything

Fiveable

Flipgrid

Fluency Matters

Freckle

Free Math

Gamilab

Genially

GoGuardian

Good2Learn

Google For Edu

Gynzy

Hapara

Hawkes Learning

HippoCampus

Ideas Roadshow

IDEA

InThinking

i-Ready

Izzit.org

Kahoot

Kami

KET’s PBS Learning Media

Khan Academy

Kids Discover Online

Kognity

LabsLand

Learning Apps

Libby App

ListenWise

Manga High

When to Start Back to School Shopping

Microsoft Education

Minecraft: Education Edition

MobyMax

Mozi

MusicFirst

Mystery Science

NearPod

Newsela

Nimbus Capture

Outschool

Otus

Packback

Parlay

Pear Deck

PebbleGo By Capstone

Peergrade

PenPal

Prodigy

Pronto

Rockalingua

Salesforce

ScienceWerkz

Schoology

ScreenCastify

Seesaw

Seneca

Seterra Geography

Scholastic

Shmoop

Sight Reading Suite

SmartMusic

Stemscopes

StoryBoard

Tailor-ED

TechSmith

Tes Blendspace

5 Meatless & Nut-Free Back to School Lunch Ideas

Twinkl

Typing Club

Vidcode

ViewSonic

Voces Digital

Vroom App

Wakelete

We Video

Zearn

Zoom

Back-to-School Snacks

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