Ideas for Playing At Home

Alyson Gondek

March 23, 2020 by Alyson Gondek

We so appreciate your family’s loyalty and commitment to Camp Woodmont.  As such, we hope and trust that the commitment we are making to running camp this summer leaves you confident about your family’s enrollment.  We are so appreciative of your encouraging messages of how it is more important than ever for children to have camp to look forward to this summer.

During this unique time, we hope to be a resource for your family and bring a little of the camp magic directly into your home. Make sure to vet these resources on your own before you use them with your children. This list was kindly provided by one of our vendors, discountschoolsupply.com.

PBSkids
The website for children’s programming aired by the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in the United States.

Experiencing America: A Smithsonian Tour through American History 
Dr. Richard Kurin, the Smithsonian Institutes Distinguished Scholar and Ambassador-at-Large, offers this 12 hour video course at The Great Courses, which you can access within a free trial.

National Geographic Kids
Child-focused resources about animals, science, history, people and places from around the world from The National Geographic Society.

Colorations educational craft ideas
This is a website we maintain with hundreds of educational and grade appropriate craft ideas that you can do at home.

Storytime From Space
Videos of astronauts reading STEM themed books from the International Space Station brought to you by the non-profit Storytime From Space.

Steve Spangler Science experiments you can do at home
This is a site established by science guy Steve Spangler, who’s been on ‘The Ellen Show’ over 20 times, with close to 400 science experiments you can do at home.

A Children’s Guide to Folklore and Wonder Tales
Dr. Hannah Blevins Harvey, treats you to dynamic, theatrical, and engaging tellings of cherished tales from around the world, through this 12 hour video course at The Great Courses, which you can access within a free trial.

Really Good Stuff student activity printables
There are about 40 free printable student activities on this page from K-6 company Really Good Stuff, which you can do at home, especially if you have limited resources.

Kidomi digital education appropriate for children
This is a 2018 National Parenting Product Awards Winner from Fingerprint Play, and is a subscription app for kids 6 – 12 with thousands of hours of games, books, and videos. You can sign up for a free trial.

ABCmouse digital education appropriate for children
This is a digital education program from the award winning company The Age of Learning, with subjects covered include reading and language arts, math, science, health, social studies, music, and art. You can sign up for a free trial.

Take a Drawing Class

Take a quick 20-minute drawing class via Instagram Live with Wendy MacNaughton. As she says, ” Some classes are more for littler kids and some classes are for bigger kids but all classes are for all kids of all ages. Let’s all calm our minds and fill our hearts have some fun and draw together! ”

Find her on Instagram here. Live at 10am PST each day.

Sing-Along with Suzi

Use your voices to sing along to Suzi Shelton. She will be doing Shows on Facebook Live this week! Suzi is an award-winning singer/songwriter for kids! Join upbeat, interactive pop-folk sing-alongs each day!

Sing along here. Live at 4pm ET M-F and Saturday at 11am ET.

Virtual Tours

Get out of the house without leaving home. Here are a few websites where you can tour zoos, museums, and more!