Youth & Family Resources
Online Stories & LiteracyMount Vernon City Library Storytimes Enjoy watching your favorite librarians read some of their favorite books! Sing along to your favorite storytime songs, fingerplays, and rhymes. Videos featuring celebrated actors reading children’s books alongside creatively produced illustrations. Classic children's stories in Spanish Go on an adventure in a world of stories with KidLit TV. Well-known children’s stories translated into Spanish and spoken by a native Spanish speaker. Read along in Spanish or English. | EducationChildren of middle school age and older can access more than 7,000 free videos across 13 subjects with HippoCampus. Scholastic Learn at Home Day-by-day projects to keep kids reading, thinking and growing. Vroom Tips™ help you do more with your shared moments. Add learning to mealtime, bathtime, bedtime, or anytime with 1,000+ fun, free activities. Free collection of learning experiences and activities for kids, organized by grade and subject | EspañolBilingual KidsFree online Spanish language learning series. PBS Spanish Games Games in Spanish featuring characters from PBS shows Rockalingua Interactive games below that are designed to assist parents and teachers with kids learning Spanish. Khan academy en español- recursos gratuitos para que todos sigamos aprendiendo. List of resources to help kids learn Spanish. A list of kid-friendly movie options in Spanish. |
Art & MusicActivities related to Dreamers by Yuyi Morales. Includes a butterfly to color, how to make a puppet of Señor Calavera, and more. YouTube channels to help get your creative juices flowing. Museum of Northwest Art Lesson Plan Database This searchable online database from MoNA features a growing list of more than 90 free art lesson plans, which can be downloaded as PDF's. Playtime Playlist Many children’s musicians are planning regular streams, check out this comprehensive schedule. Drawing tutorials in Spanish. | MathThis resource from England provides math videos, math practice questions, and worksheets with answers. Find activities specially designed to be engaging and appropriate for your students’ grade level, from counting for kindergarteners to examining career statistics for high schoolers. Explore and learn math in rich and creative ways. | ScienceThis bi-weekly show is all about grade-school science subjects including Earth, Habitats, Space, Chemical Reactions, Engineering, and much much more. 29 incredible nature documentaries for kids. Learn about NASA and its missions. Find amazing facts about animals, science, and geography, along with fun competitions, games and more. Science lessons geared towards elementary age students |
CommunityKindergarten Readiness CalendarThis calendar will help you plan activities that will help your child grow in the skills needed to start kindergarten. Calendario en español Skagit County Bright Beginnings Skagit County specific resources. | Virtual Field Trips/Educational VideosExplore LiveCamsWatch birds, bees, bears and more on these live web streams Educational videos on all subjects. Virtual tours with the Curator, 3D Explorations, Podcasts, Flight Facts, STEM family activities and more. | Other EntertainmentEdible DestructionUse snack foods in an engineering design challenge to create simple structures (6” or taller) and test – and refine – the structure’s ability to withstand “earthquakes.” Test your Wizarding World knowledge by solving puzzles to get out of this digital Hogwarts escape room. Virtual Disney Rides Virtually experience Walt Disney World attractions, shows, hotels, monorails, trains, boats, park areas, and more within an interactive 360º video environment. |