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HYPERLINK "" \t "_blank" Cosmic Kids YogaYoga, mindfulness and relaxation designed especially for kids aged 3+, used in schools and homes all over the world. star, Oti Mabuse, is also giving free dance tutorials on her Instagram page, alongside her husband Marius while we’re on lockdown with some fabulous themes like Frozen. We’re all going to emerge into the sunlight with some serious dance skills in a few months! Roll on the dance parties. Biddulph is the bestselling and multi-award-winning author/illustrator and also the official World Book Day Illustrator for 2019 and 2020. Every Tuesday and Thursday he is uploading new draw-along videos where everyone (adults included if you’ve time) can learn to draw some of the characters from his books.Story time with Oliver Jeffers Every weekday at 6pm UK time he is reading one of his books, and talking about some of the things that went into making it (recordings available on his website shortly after). As he says, we are all at home, but none of us are alone. Let’s be bored together.?Elevenses with David WalliamsLet the celebs do the legwork for you after a hard day’s homeschooling! Britain’s Got Talent and Little Britain star and children’s author David Walliams is releasing a free audio story every day at the moment, featuring his famous stories likes The Terrible Triplets.Music lessons with Myleene KlassHear Say and I’m a Celeb star Myleene (who’s also a classically trained pianist) has launched free online tutorials to help pass on her musical skills to the next generation. The new channel is called Myleene’s Music Klass (yes very clever!) and with the help of her cute daughters presents daily classes with lessons that include how to read music and how to play your name.Online bake-along with Three Bears Cookery Club?Three Bears Cookery Club?aim to keep little ones entertained?and?take care of the constant snack conundrum. From Mon 26 Mar, the team will be running live classes two to three times a week over Zoom to help teach junior bakers handy kitchen skills – and you may get a tasty treat out of the bargain, too.?Sign up for their mailing list for more info.Visit museums with Google Art & CultureVisit museums and exhibitions that you might never have been able to in real-life using Google Art & Culture – you could probably look at this all day every day and not even have scratched the surface. There are museums (such as the National History Museum in London) from all over the world, art (where you can zoom in) and famous landmarks and buildings.Astronomy with NasaTry online?astronomy lessons?or look at?Nasa’s entire back catalogue, which is full of amazing images and videos for kids to search. Creative writing with Sarah WebbIrish children’s author Sarah Webb is proving the pen is mightier than coronavirus with her daily?Creative Bursts series, posted in collaboration with the Museum of Literature Ireland. The series includes writing prompts for budding authors aged 9+, as well as some slightly more complex prompts for those aged 11 and over included in the free downloadable PDFs. Plus, all you’ll need is a pen and paper – easy as pie.?Ballet ClassSarah De-Feu is an English National Ballet School trained dancer, with her own academy. To make sure her students can continue lessons during lockdown she’s launched some online classes for toddlers through to grannies and has suddenly taken on a lot more students. Classes for kids are half an hour long, are always themed and end with a story. You can access her 14 weekly classes on Instagram Live, Facebook Live and on her YouTube channel.FootballAre your kids really missing the premier league and football training on Saturdays? If you can’t take the sound of a ball hitting the fence every five seconds Robert Francis has come to the rescue. Every Tuesday and Thursdays at 6pm football coach, Robert, is running Stay At Home Football Coaching on Facebook and Youtube. The lessons are for boys and girls of mixed age and ability. Don’t worry if you haven’t got a garden. Robert is also organising the coaching sessions so that kids can follow in their living room with a small (soft!) ball.Chetna MakanFormer champion of?The Great British Bake Off,?Indian food empresario Chetna Makan ups her impressive online presence with Cook with Me, a series that aims to help viewers create flavour-packed meals using basic store cupboard ingredients. Whether you’re looking for really simple recipes or claim to have no prowess in the kitchen, these are recipes Chetna thinks you’ll triumph in making. Offerings include spicy potato with onions, chicken fried rice, and coffee, walnut and chocolate cake. ?Where??Her YouTube channelWhen: Numerous 10-11-minute tutorials are already uploaded, ready to watch.More info:?chetnamakan.co.ukExperience the magical sights and sounds of Chester Zoo… LIVE from your living room! things for teens to do in lockdown..uk/Young-PeopleCareer Connect provides careers information, advice and guidance to young people.Learning to touch type?Learning to touch type will speed up their typing skills.Take a course with the OLLIE foundation:?A fabulous teen mental health charity, the OLLIE offer?online courses to help teenagers?understand their own anxiety, and cope with feeling overwhelmed during this very difficult time.Learn to read a map:?One of those things you never really do with the advent of Google Maps on your phone, but fascinating once you get started. If your teenager has taken you up on the holiday planning activity this could work well alongside it. Get them to plan routes, and work out places of interest you could get to from your resort for a day trip.Learn to sew:?If you have a sewing machine they can pick up basic sewing techniques through YouTube videos. Once they’ve done that, they can?create scrubs, bags and facemasks for NHS staff?– how cool is that?Learn First Aid: a brilliant general life skill.Learn to change a lightbulb, change a plug: Another life skill. Sew on a button, learn to iron:?Similarly, this is a task everyone should learn to do for themselves before leaving plete an Escape Room:?Teenagers love an escape room, and now it’s possible to do it virtually. Have a look at?Durham Escape Rooms?for their online challenge. So much fun.Podcasts'But Why': Free“Why?” is a great question and is proof of an enquiring mind, but it can’t half drive busy parents around the bend. Which is why this podcast?is a saving grace.?It essentially fields questions from children and answers them all, engaging the help of experts in all sorts of different fields. No topic is off limits and no query too highfalutin or basic. Anything goes. Questions we have loved listening to the answers for include “why do we laugh?” “what is the biggest number?” and most recently, “why do baby teeth fall out?”. Parents are guaranteed to learn something new?and the information is delivered in a playful, clear way. And if your children have a burning question, it’s easy to send it to the producers of But Why and have it answered.?Download now'Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls': Free, Rebel GirlsAn offshoot of the hugely successful bestselling book of the same name, this podcast is all about championing clever and tenacious women from across all sectors including the arts, civil rights and sport. Each of these episodes are about 20 minutes long and focus on one extraordinary woman – read by another extraordinary woman. Greta Thunberg's?story read by Jameela Jamil?is one recent stand out episode, while the sublime Pamela Adlon?reading Frida Kahlo is nothing short of a treat.?And don’t let the gendered title put you off – these stories are for everyone.?'Peace out': Free, Bedtime FMThis gentle podcast is perfect for children who struggle to wind down or who might need a little help turning off at the end of a busy day. These short stories all promote mindfulness and seek to instil some inner calm into the often-fraught minds of little ones. Download now?'The Story Pirates Podcast': Free, Story PiratesThese stories are written by kids – and many of them are read by real live celebrities, including the brilliant Claire Danes. The titles alone are superb (if the likes of "the monkey?and the ice skates" or "my?family are tigers" doesn’t whet young appetites for fiction, we don’t know what will) and the stories themselves are all imaginative, original and beautifully written. We think knowing that these are written by their peers?will be endlessly inspiring to young listeners.Download now ................
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