Activities at Home
This page contains a list of fun home activities for you and your family! Check back often and let us know what your favorite at-home activities are on Facebook and Twitter with #WeAreBrooklynPark!
Art Activities
- Visit the Arts MIA website >
- Comic book making and activity sheets >
- Live events from Splotch Monster Island artist Steve Loya >
- Calligraphy for Beginners >
- Drawing lessons from author/ illustrator Jarrett Krosoczka >
- Make Art Gallery in Kentucky >
- Free cartooning classes for all ages from cartoonist Joe Wos >
- Lunch doodles with Mo Willems >
- Online art classes for elementary age kids McHarper Manor >
Exercise
MOTI Sports
Soccer practice might be cancelled but your kids can definitely work on their at home. Just download the free MOTI mobile app from iTunes or Google Stores.
This app allows kids and parents to kick the ball in the backyard, basement or garage. Here’s how it works:
- Download the MOTI Mobile App (new version) from iTunes or Google Stores
- Touch “I am new to MOTI Sports” (even if you are not!)
- Enter their email address [if they’ve used before it may ask their password]
- Enter Promo Code BPRP2020
- Touch the area of interest “soccer player or coach”
They will all be put on the MOTI Foundation Skills CoEd Team. They can grab their ball and have some fun. Be safe and enjoy!
- Online Kids Yoga Classes >
- Kids yoga classes from instructor Michele Bickley >
- Free Online Karate Lessons >
Holiday
Music & Dancing
- Listen to 89.3 The Current’s collection of full live concerts >
- Free classes on the basics of music theory >
- 15 Broadway plays and musicals available online >
- Live music for young children >
- Live performances Metropolitan Opera >
- Free performances from the Seattle Symphony >
- Educational videos from Laurie Berkner Band >
- Daily dance activities from a dance studio >
- Virtual online ballet lessons from the Cleveland Inner City Ballet >
Reach for Resources
Reach for Resources is offering several FREE virtual programs including crafting classes, cooking classes virtual hangouts, online games, virtual hikes, yoga and a book club!
Learn more and register here >
Reading
- List of authors who will be reading on online >
- Readings from author of the “I Am” books Brad Meltzer >
- Beale Library in California is offering Virtual Storytime events >
- Shark Storytimes from Atlantic White Shark Conservancy >
- Books read by astronauts at the International Space Station >
- Spanish Children’s Stories and free Spanish Lessons >
- Readings from author Oliver Jeffers >
STEM Activities
- List of educational companies offering free subscriptions >
- Online camps to build LEGO marble mazes >
- Free science lessons from Mystery Science >
- Free online science class from Next Level Homeschool >
- Sign up to Skype a Scientist >
- Coding activities from Hour of Code >
- Engineering, science lessons, activities and crafts from Science Mom >
- Doug Kammerer the Weather Guy talks about…weather! >
Travel
- Discovery Channel’s Virtual Field Trips >
- Virtual Field Trip list, including Mars and the Louvre >
- Another list of Virtual Field Trips >
- Virtual Tours of 33 National Parks >
- 12 virtual museum tours >
- Upgraded Points 50 Best Virtual Museum Tours Around the World >
- Home safaris from the Cincinnati Zoo >
- 101+ Virtual Tours of Popular Tourist Attractions Around the World >
Activities for Adults
- Meditation for Inner Peace – Hennepin County Library >
- Book Club (Starting June 17) – Hennepin County Library >
- Audiobook Club with Crafts (Starting June 18) – Hennepin County Library >
4-H at Home
4-H Minnesota has online, classes, challenges and events for kids of all ages with topics ranging from gardening to performing arts.