Children’s Blog Posts
Creativebug – Make a craft and a story
Like making your own stories? Like crafting? Put the two together with the help of Creativebug to see what you can create! Creativebug has some classes on crafts you can make to support [...]
Tween Comic Club Recommends 13
Tween Comic Club is a place for comic lovers ages 9-14 to discuss what they are reading each month. Here is the latest list of the books we’ve been talking about and [...]
Art Junction- Firework Painting
Who doesn’t love a nice show of sparkling, exploding and bright lights in the sky? The sound of whistles, crackles & BOOMS! Browse through our COSMOS page, which carries a variety of items [...]
Young-Steam: We have a problem! Liquid Layers
Experiment and observe with liquid layers. Why did it sink? Why did it float? What’s in the middle? Explore the different density, which is more mass and less air of an object, [...]
Bunny Apple Slices
In Japan, to make food more appealing to children, foods are shaped into cute creatures like Pokemon or animals. The usagi ringo, or rabbit apple, is an apple slice cut to look like [...]
SLC Booklist – Middle Grade
Summer is here! And you know what that means… It's Summer Learning Challenge time! You can find all of our amazing summer programs, along with how to sign up in Beanstack to get [...]
Children’s Resources
Resources for COVID-19
- A Kids Book about COVID-19 (Free Download)
- CDC/Coronavirus
- Coping During Covid: A Short Series
- Coronavirus – A Book For Children (Free Download)
- COVID-19 Legal Information and Resources
- COVID-19 Time Capsule (Free Download)
- Resources for Families During the Coronavirus
- Resources for Non-Profits During COVID-19
- Tech Tips for Parents during COVID-19
Story Time & Read Aloud Resources
Homework/School Assistance
- Brainfuse (Homework Help)
- STEM at home (Maryland STEM Festival)
- Wide Open School (instructional support from CommonSensemedia)
Events and Activity Suggestions