LibGuides: Resources for Keeping Kids Entertained at Home 3.0: Exercise Games & Indoor Activities

Earth-Friendly Math Crafts by Veronica Thompson (Photographer)
ISBN: 154152781X
Publication Date: 2018-08-01
Shapes, games, boxes, and more! Crafters will love these math-themed crafts made from odds and ends you already have on hand. Turn cardboard into a working scale, use fractions to give rain boots a splash of color, and let geometry inspire emoji photo props from recycled paper. Color photos and step-by-step instructions will walk readers through each activity. Extend learning with more detailed how-to images are accessible online via a QR code.

Art - hoopla
Children are introduced to the imaginative world of art and how a picture really can be worth a thousand words.

Exercise Games and Indoor Activities

Having a hard time staying active while indoors? Not anymore!

Kids and parents can keep themselves active and healthy with these exercise games and activities.

25 Exercise Games and Indoor Activities to Get Kids Moving
We've put together a list of 25 easy indoor exercise ideas to do with kids at home. It's a really simple way for a family to integrate movement and exercise into any day. Most of these can be done right in your living room, and will even work in tight city apartments (or hallways). We promise everyone will be tired and laughing after attempting just a handful.
25 Surefire Indoor Play Ideas from a Preschool Teacher's Bag of Tricks
Here's a grab bag of easy kids’ activities. Toys, technology and rules not required. Just add imagination!
83 Things To Do While Social Distancing (For Teens)
When you’re sick of seeing your kid staring at a screen, or—gasp!—they actually get tired of it themselves, here’s a list of non-screen pastimes to pass the time. What’s on your list?
Best Free Online Dance Classes and Tutorials for School Aged Kids
Finding good quality free online dance lessons for kids that actually allow for learning to occur rather than idle observation is hard, but luckily we’ve done all the hard work for you.
The Best Movement and Action Songs for Children
Need a perfect solution to help children get their energy or wiggles out? These are tried and true best movement and action songs for children!
Fun Indoor Games For Kids When They Are Stuck At Home
Depending on your needs, peruse the list for indoor games to get your kids moving, educational and learning ideas, as well as pen and paper games for when you need to keep things a bit calmer than usual.
Jarrett Lerner's Activities
This website has lots of print outs and activities that encourage creativity and story creation.
Literacy Games for Kids
More than 35 literacy games for kids cover a variety of skills, from learning phonic sounds to sight words, and many of them are very simple to make. There are even some terrific literacy games for active kids, because we know that many kids absorb information better when their bodies are moving!

Create bookmarks worthy of envy using watercolor paints and an imagination bounded only by the universe!

For more fun videos of crafts, story times, and more, check out the Library's YouTube page!

Naxos Music Library This link opens in a new window
Naxos Music Library [NML] is the world´s largest online classical music library. Currently, it offers streaming access to more than 182,530 CDs with more than 2,815,813 tracks of both standard and rare repertoire. Over 600 new titles are being added to the library each month.
The library offers the complete Naxos and Marco Polo catalogues plus the complete catalogues or selected titles from over 950 record labels, with more labels joining every month. Along with classical music, jazz, world, and pop/rock are also represented.
NML can be accessed from any computer, anywhere, anytime. With the iOS and Android apps, subscribers can also access the service on the go with mobile devices. To use the app you must first create an account associated with your name and email address from this registration page of the website.
The contents of NML can be browsed by composer, artist, genre, category and label. User can search with our fast and easy-to-use keyword search engine, or by our sophisticated advanced search engine with up to 14 search criteria. In addition to listening to recordings, NML provides liner notes for many albums. Listeners can create personalized playlists or enjoy our predefined Naxos Music Library playlists. .
Furthermore, a vast array of background information is available. Resources include:
- Over 900 aural training exercises.
- Guided Tours on classical music eras.
- Audio book transcriptions about the history of classical music and opera with listening examples.
- Libretti and synopses of over 700 operas.
- A pronunciation guide on composer and artist names as well as musical terms.
- In-depth analyses of selected works.
- Work details with instrumentation, publishers, duration, year of composition and available recordings of the work.
- Podcasts.
- Interactive music dictionary with music examples and notation.
Learn more about Naxos HERE.
Freegal Music + This link opens in a new window
Freegal is a music service which offers access to over 16 million songs, including Sony Music’s catalog of legendary artists, and over 40,000 music videos. In total the collection is comprised of music from over 93,000 labels with music that originates in over 100 countries. There is no software to download, and there are no digital rights management (DRM) restrictions. Freegal works with most computers, players, tablets, and smartphones. No special software is needed, but there are Apple and Android apps available for a more mobile-friendly experience. You can download 5 songs per week and access to unlimited daily streaming using your valid library card number and PIN.