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Monterey Bay Aquarium Virtual Field Trip
Today’s virtual field trip is taking us to the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Located on the ocean’s edge, the aquarium is a window into marine life — for dive masters and non-swimmers alike. It’s home to sea otters, penguins, sharks, jellies, and thousands of other marine animals and plants. Whether you homeschool full time or temporarily, we know you’ll enjoy the Monterey Bay Aquarium! We’ve also got aquarium coloring pages and an educational mobile game from the Monterey Bay Aquarium! Download Aquarium Coloring Pages Here Sharks Sevengill sharks, leopard sharks, spiny dogfish and the elusive Pacific angel shark all dwell in the Monterey Bay Habitats exhibit. This exhibit’s 90-foot-long hourglass shape gives the big sharks plenty of room to glide and turn. Keep your eye out for big skates, bat rays, giant sea bass and rockfish. Sea Nettles (Jelly Fish) Sea nettles look gentle but don’t let these invertebrates fool you—those gently trailing are covered in stinging cells! Used to hunt tiny drifting prey, the stinging cells paralyze it and stick tight. The prey is moved to the mouth-arms and then to the mouth, where it’s digested. African Penguins Watch these energetic and inquisitive African penguins and you might even see […]
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Free and Easy! Calling all kids to participate and make a rainbow – use paper, yarn, paint, repurposed recyclables or whatever is available – and place it in a window visible to the street – then we can all walk around our neighborhoods on a fun scavenger hunt looking for as many rainbows as we can find! Be sure to tag or forward to neighborhood friends so everyone can participate and we all will have more rainbows to find! Another fun idea to get children out of the house while still practicing social distancing! Brought to you by Fun Things for Kids. Tag us in all your photos we want to see! IG: @funthingstodoforkids FB: Fun Things for Kids or join our FB Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/funthingstodoforkids/ Fun Things for Kids Group Visit our site more free and fun virtual / online events and things to do with kids at home! www.funthingstodoforkids.com
FREE! From social studies to earth science, these daily online lessons are designed for third, fourth and fifth graders. Virtual lessons include books to read/watch, puzzles, word matches and more. New lesson daily! Great online learning resource for homeschooling, teachers and parents! To find more great educational events for kids visit www.funthingstodoforkids.com
While the Cincinnati Zoo is closed and kids are home from school, let us help make your children’s hiatus from school fun and educational. Join us for a Home Safari Facebook Live each day at 3pm EDT where we will highlight one of our amazing animals and include an activity you can do from home. To watch our live videos just go to the Cincinnati Zoo Facebook page and scroll down. It will appear like the most recent post on our feed. You will not be able to see the videos from this event page. Once the live video has ended the video will remain on our Facebook page so you can watch later if you can’t make it during the live session. Don’t have access to social media? No worries! All videos will be posted on our website and to our YouTube channel shortly after the Facebook Live ends. The at-home activities will all be posted to this webpage – http://cincinnatizoo.org/home-safari-resources/
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Looking for a fun day out of the house with the whole family? There are so many great kid-friendly activities going on right near you, right now! Whether you are looking for a free local community based activity or searching for a traveling live show featuring your favorite character…we cover all family fun all here at Fun for Kids!
There are so many fun events going on today, tomorrow, this weekend and next week! Find fun for today and set some plans for next month! Library story time, arts and crafts workshops, music classes for teens, Disney on Ice, Monster Jam, Paw Patrol Live and and so many more events nearby for the whole family to enjoy together.
We also feature city guides, so whether you’re looking for ideas in your own city for headed out for a family adventure…we’ve got all the good tips and ideas for kids and families across the USA! Before you head out on a family vacation, check our listings for fun things to do near your destination!
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We’ve tried to make using our site as simple as possible! Enter your city/state or zip in the search bar and set your radius and that’s it! We have also created shortcuts to some popular cities searched on our site and those will quickly list for you all the fun places to go in those areas! From the newest water parks opening near you to kids eat free nights to free days at local museums, we have fun activities for the whole family to have fun!
Looking for free events? Perfect because we list loads of free events including library story time, arts and crafts, and kids yoga!
Looking for things to do for tweens and teens? Excellent because we list various workshops just for tweens and teens from theatre productions to music classes to video gaming activities…we’ve got lots of variety for your pre-teens and teens alike!
Looking for some holiday fun? From community Easter egg hunts to kindness events for Valentine’s Day…we’ve got the events to get you and yours in the holiday spirit! We cover a wide range of holidays spanning many religions, regions, customs…if you don’t see the ones you are looking for please contact us and let us know so we can add them to our event listings!
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