Keep fit at home with fitness classes from the YMCA. These FREE on-demand videos offer options for all ages and fitness levels. Challenge the kids with Youth Soccer drills, try out Yoga or get fit with Silver Circuit Weights – plus so much more. Browse the full collection & get started today! https://ymca360.org/
If you or someone you know needs internet access, Comcast is offering options to keep users connected. “Internet Essentials” is free to new customers and provides 60 days of internet connectivity. Find out more about this program and other ways to stay connected: https://corporate.comcast.com/covid-19
NovelEffects is an app that provides voice-activated sound effects to accompany children’s stories as you read them aloud. This page includes Tips for Recording or Streaming Read Alouds Publisher Guidelines for Shared Read Alouds Video Tips for Sharing Online Read Alouds and more. Remote Learning
FREE MEALS FOR CHILDREN All public school districts in Whatcom County including the Lummi Nation School have plans in place to provide meals to students while schools are closed. Please check their websites for times and details. We are grateful to our local school districts for stepping up for kids! Bellingham https://bellinghamschools.org/families/health-services/monitoring-communicable-diseases/ Blaine https://www.blainesd.org/covid-19-nutrition-plan Ferndale … Read more
Although Whatcom County Library System buildings are closed, community members can still access the library’s extensive, free digital resources online. And, beginning Monday, March 23, library staff will answer patron questions daily from 1-5 p.m. via phone, email and online chat. A library card is required to access digital services. It’s easy to apply for … Read more
Randy Kaech, Chess Coach for Ferndale High School, has started an online chess club for K-12 students in the northwest. They have free-for-all tournaments Saturday mornings 9-11am, Monday eves 7pm, and Wednesday evenings 7-8pm. Randy has coached chess at elementary and middle schools in Ferndale as well. “Check” it out!https://www.chess.com/club/the-kraken
Khan Academy is a non-profit devoted to offering free video courses for preschool to high school and beyond on a wide range of subjects with an emphasis on math, science, and engineering. They have teamed with Disney to create a Middle and High School-appropriate course called Imagineering in a Box where students can design their … Read more
Storyline Online has your favorite actors and other reading engaging storybooks using all the talents that got them into the Screen Actors Guild. Kristin Bell, Sean Astin, Allison Janney, Chris Pine, Oprah Winfrey, Rami Malek, and many more. Find StoryLine Online here: https://www.storylineonline.net/
The Cincinnati Zoo has started a daily Facebook Live feed called The Home Safari, where they feature their animal friends like Fiona the Hippopotamus (https://www.facebook.com/cincinnatizoo/videos/646073945952924/ ) and Rico the Brazilian Porcupine ( https://www.facebook.com/61800120478/videos/152751482590378/). You will learn a lot about these animals and you have the opportunity to complete a quiz and win a future visit … Read more
The Ghost Map: The Story of London’s Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How it Changed Science, Cities and the Modern World With reports of COVID-19 dominating the news cycle and the worldwide run on face masks and antibacterial hand sanitizer, reading a book about a deadly cholera epidemic in London might not be the kind of escapist … Read more