- Arts & Crafts
- Brain Games
- Books & Storytime
- Discover Blaine
- Health & Fitness
- Learn at Home
- Safety Tips
- Virtual Tours
- Virtual Zoo
Arts & Crafts
- Art at Your Door (Limit 12)
- Artistry - Art in Place. Offering art challenges and tutorials through their facebook page. Students are encouraged to share whatever they are working on at home, by emailing Erin Holt at eholt@artistrymn.org.
- Fun with Chalk Presented by Rec at Home
- Earth Day Coloring Activity (PDF)
- Lunch Doodles - Learn to draw with nMo Wiliems, author of Pigeon children books, hosts a daily lunch doodle on YouTube.
- Make a Plastic Cup Phone - Visit PBS Kids
- Make a Pine Cone Bird Feed - Visit National Geographic
- Minnesota Twins Coloring Pages - Ages 5 and under | Ages 6 to 8 | Ages 9 to 12
- Visit the World in 30 Days - Visit Kids World Citizen
- Wild Free and Crafty - Free Art Lessons for Kids and Adults
Museums
- Google Arts & Culture Platform - A list of over 1,200 museums and archives that show exhibits online and offer free virtual tours.
- The Louvre
- Minneapolis Museum of Art
- The Uffizi
- Vatican Museums
Music
- Billboard List of Musical Artists Performing Live Streams
- New York Met Opera - Free encore performances live streamed each night.
Brain Games
- AARP Games - Mahjongg, word games, solitaire, and more are available for everyone.
eBooks
- Anoka County eLibrary
- Apple Books - Free stay at home collection of books (requires Apple Books app).
- eBooks Minnesota
- EBSCO eBooks
- Gale eBooks
- Many Books - Free online ebook collection.
- Open Library - Open Library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published.
- Raz Kids - Hundreds of interactive, leveled eBooks spanning 29 levels.
- Tumble Book Library
Storytime
Rec at Home Presents Storytime with the Blaine Police Department coming soon
Blaine Wetland Sanctuary Programs
Growing Green Hearts at the BWS: Welcome Hike and Belly Biology
Growing Green Hearts at the BWS: Superheroes and Systems
Growing Green Hearts at the BWS: Springs Alive
Facility Tours
Mary Ann Young Center Tour
Park Tours
Kane Meadows Park Tour
Lochness Park Tour
Cooking
- Make a Chicken Pot-Popover – visit the Food Network
- Make Cheesy Eggs in a Hole – visit the Food Network
- Make Frozen Orange Pops – visit the Food Network
- Make Pizza Pockets – visit the Food Network
- Make Oatmeal Chocolate Bars – visit the Food Network
Emotional Health
- Moodpath - Free personalized mental health companion app.
- Motivation (Daily Quotes) - Free motivation app with positive daily reminders.
- Youper - Free emotional health assistant app.
Exercise
- GoNoodle - Movement and mindfulness videos created by child development experts.
- National Alliance for Youth Sports - Fun family fitness activities.
- Nike Training Club
- Silver Sneakers - Members can access on-demand classes, health tips, and workout videos. Everyone can exercise to their weekly Facebook live sessions or choose from variety of YouTube videos.
- Super Stretch Yoga - Free yoga app to use and teach the fun of physical activity and breathing to children.
- Twin Cities Outdoors - Easy way to find and use local parks and trails.
- Wilky Workouts - Baseball coach helps kids stay fit during pandemic.
Mindfulness & Relaxation
- Breath, Think, Do Sesame - Free app for parents and caregivers to use with young children (ages 2 - 5) to help teach skills problem-solving, self-control, planning, and task persistence.
- Calm - Free medication app for beginners, intermediate and advanced users.
- DreamyKid - Free mediation app offering guided visualization and affirmations for children and teens.
- Emotionary - Free app that guides users through five primary emotions to find the right category of feeling.
- Headspace - Free guided meditation and mindfulness app to improve focus, exercise mindful awareness, relieve anxiety, and reduce stress.
- Relax Melodies - Free app mixing and listening to over 52 different relaxing sounds with background sound support.
- Stop, Breathe, and Think Kids - Free app to encourage peaceful moments by focusing.
- Smiling Mind - Free app designed to help people pressure, stress, and challenges of daily life.
Learn at Home
- ABCya - Educational games for children.
- Hippo Campus - Explore over 7,000 free videos in 13 subject areas.
- Khan Academy - Free online learning platform including a daily schedule for pre-12th grade.
- Outschool - Free live online classes for public school students.
- Mystery Science - Free science lessons for students in kindergarten to 5th grade.
- PBS Kids - Activities and tips to help kids learn at home.
- Scholastic Learn at Home - An activity portal of free daily courses for kids.
Food Science
- Test the Sense of Taste – visit the Exploratorium
- Have Fun with Butter in a Jar – visit Science Buddies
Science Experiments
- Elephant Toothpaste
- Lego Excavation
- Ice Volcanoes
- Oobleck
- Rainbow Jar
- Rain in a Jar
- Coloring Wild Carrot (Flowers)
- Exploring Effects of Hot and Cold Air
- Cellular Soap Opera
- Straw Oboe
- Marshmallow Puff Tube
STEM
- OK Go Sandbox - Learn various STEM concepts.
- Organize an Hour of Code event
- San Diego Air and Space Museum - Take a STEM Challenge
Safety Tips
- Bike Safety Tips by SafeKids.org
- How to Fit a Bike Helmet by Blaine Police Department
Facility Tours
Mary Ann Young Center Tour
Park Tours
Kane Meadows Park Tour
Lochness Park Tour
Virtual Field Trips
- Crater Lake National Park
- Discover Education
Polar Bears and the Tundra | Social Emotional Skills | STEM | Manufacturing - Farm Tour
- Freedom Home Schooling Virtual Field Trips
- Getty Museum
- The Great Wall of China
- The Louvre in Paris
- Mars
- National Parks
- San Diego Zoo
- Smithsonian
- U.S. Space and Rocket Museum
- Yellowstone National Park
Webcams
Animal Cameras
- Atlanta Zoo Panda Cam
- Georgia Aquarium Live Cams
Beluga Cam | California Sea Lion Cam | Gator Crossing Cam | Indo-Pacific Barrier Reef Cam | Jelly Cam | Ocean Voyager Cam | Piranha Cam | Southern Sea Otter Cam | Underwater Puffin Cam - Houston Zoo Live Cams
Chimp Window Cam | Elephant Yard Cam | Flamingo Cam | Giraffe Feeding Cam | Gorilla Habitat Cam | Leafcutter Ant Cam | Rhino Yard Cam - Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Eagle Cam
- Monterey Bay Aquarium Live Cams
Coral Reef Cam | Jelly Cam | Kelp Forest Cam | Monterey Bay Cam | Moon Jelly Cam | Open Sea Cam | Penguin Cam | Sea Otter Cam | Shark Cam - San Diego Zoo Live Cams
Ape Cam | Baboon Cams | Burrowing Owl Cams | Condor Cam | Elephant Cam | Giraffe Cam | Koala Cam | Penguin Cams | Polar Cam | Tiger Cam