Fairyland’s librarian shares ideas to make “sheltering in place” a fun, and educational, experience for your family

“Sheltering in place” at home alone with your kids? Don’t despair! Fairyland’s librarian, Angela Moffett, has put together a list of free learning resources for you. While your PreK and elementary aged kids are hunkered down at home with you, try going down a learning “rabbit hole” with these suggested activities:

No surprise — your public library is full of online resources!

1. Explore no-cost reading apps and access thousands of ebooks, audiobooks, movies, and interactive digital content with your Oakland Public Library card.
   
2. At the Scholastic Learn at Home site, you can go on virtual field trips, meet best-selling authors, and explore subjects your children are interested in — day by day (free account required).
3. Or, try embarking on one of these virtual field trips.
4. At Storyline Online, actors read beloved books out loud. After the story is over, you can follow up with the provided lesson plan and activities.

Cuddle, read, enjoy your littles!

-- Angela Moffett

P.S. We have one more suggestion: This is a great time for your child to write a book to enter in our writing contest!