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Tangram | Free Virtual Manipulatives | Toy Theater

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Toy Theater is your source for free educational games specially designed for elementary-aged students. It's available on all desktop computers, tablets, and mobile devices, ensuring learning is never out of reach. If you are a fan of our site, we encourage you to share Toy Theater on your social media or website.

Explore Toy Theater

Here's a sneak peek into what Toy Theater has in store:

Math Games: Ranging from counting and numeral recognition to division and telling time, there's a vast assortment of interactive math games.

Language Arts: Students can work on spelling, letter recognition, and even practice reading with online books.

Art and Music : From teaching students to play simple songs on a keyboard to exploring symmetry via art games, the platform fosters creativity alongside learning.

Puzzles and Games: Ideal for early finishers or indoor recess, their online educational puzzles and games promise fun-filled learning.

Teacher Tools: Need a fun timer or a spinner? Or perhaps a simple way to evaluate basic math skills? Their virtual teacher tools have got you covered.

Whether you project Toy Theater games and interactive tools on your smartboard for the whole class to see or use them during small group work, you're sure to love them!

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If you are using a computer or device that runs Flash Games, you can also play hundreds of jigsaw puzzle games in our Flash Jigsaw Section.

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From the team behind the YouTube series SciShow comes SciShow Kids! Every other week, join host Jessi, her robot rat friend Squeaks, and all their friends at the Fort as they explain fun, complex science concepts for young, curious minds. Whether conducting experiments, researching new questions, or talking with experts, there’s always something new to discover with SciShow Kids, no matter what your age! SciShow Kids is ideal for early-elementary learners, Grades 1-3, and most episodes are structured around the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) curriculum.

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NASA encourages you to visit NASA Kids' Club and use its games and activities to inspire the next generation.

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Digital Passport by Common Sense Education is an award-winning suite of engaging games that address key issues facing kids in today's digital world.

Teachers, this way to the Educator Guide to Digital Passport!

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Popular Resources:

NGSS - Find new resources to help you implementNGSS in your classroom.

Visit my Forensic Science page to find lessons you can use in your current curriculum to target forensics.

Explore the Kid Zone to find interactive sites and great resources for your students.

Welcome to the Science Spot, your source for FREE lessons, activities, and resources for middle school science teachers!

It's time for March Mammal Madness! Go to their main page to learn more about this fun activity. Also check out my MMM 2021 Intro, which reviews the rules, includes the poster project, and the bracket. It also includes an intro activity about animal classification, which connects to our taxonomy unit from last fall. The links to the student versions are on the first slide - digital and printable available.

Interactive Notebook Page - Includes samples of my digital INBs for back-to-school and Science Starters! You'll also find links to aDigital ISN resource page andFAQs.

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Follow the Science Spot on Facebook to keep up-to-date on new lessons, links, and other site updates. You can also donate to buy me a treat, which helps to support this site and all the free resources it provides!

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Not your everyday calendar, here you can find important events in literary history, authors' birthdays, and a variety of holidays, all with related activities and resources that make them more relevant to students.

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Not your everyday calendar, here you can find important events in literary history, authors' birthdays, and a variety of holidays, all with related activities and resources that make them more relevant to students.

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By converting our sims to HTML5, we make them seamlessly available across platforms and devices. Whether you have laptops, iPads, chromebooks, or BYOD, your favorite PhET sims are always right at your fingertips.Become part of our mission today, and transform the learning experiences of students everywhere!

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EduProtocols are instructional templates that are designed to engage students in learning through critical thinking, collaboration, communication, and creativity, in any subject or grade level. In this session you will see how engaging these can be for students by trying out several hands-on activities such as Sketch and Tell, Iron Chef, Tier List, Thin Slides, and more.

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Reading, math and more for kindergarten to grade 5. Thousands of free worksheets in math, reading, science, vocabulary, spelling, grammar and writing.

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October 26, 2023 - Reading Sheets and Other Site Updates
Hey all,

I'm thrilled to share a new update that includes fresh content and improved code on our site.

Reading Comprehension Worksheet

In anticipation of the upcoming school year, I've added a new reading comprehension worksheet. It's designed to be a daily learning tool, perfect for each day of the school year. This was a goal set back in July, and although it took a bit longer to finalize, I'm happy to say it's here for you, even if it's four months later than planned. 😄 I've diligently reviewed this worksheet multiple times, but if you spot any issue, I'd be grateful if you'd let me know.

Spelling Sheet Auto-Generated Content

The auto-generation process for the crossword clue, definition, and sentence has been updated. It might take a little longer to generate, but the quality has significantly improved, and now there's the option to customize by topic and grade.

Code Update
I've refactored nearly all of the code on the site. This should enhance your experience, and I've been testing the new site version for several months without any issues. However, there's always the chance something might have slipped through the cracks.

More updates are on the horizon in the next week or two, but first, let's make sure everything is functioning smoothly with this update. 😊

If something isn't working correctly, or you need immediate access to the previous site functionality, the old version is still available at:
v6.commoncoresheets.com

Should you notice anything amiss, please reach out and inform me.

Thank you for your engagement and happy learning!

~Robert

Free Unlimited Practice Problems Let students practice as much as needed with the one atta time option. Thousands of Flash Cards Just select Flash Cards on any worksheet to generate custom flash cards. Sheet Layout Customize worksheets with font size, title, instructions, a due date and much more.

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Free worksheets and free distance learning. Printable or online. 100% free math worksheets! Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade and more!

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Daily Free Learning Workbooks for Teachers to Share with Parents while Schools are Closed - Kids will actually do these!

Does anyone else feel like the world's current situation sounds like a short story written by a first grader? First there was a bad virus. Next, the world ran out of toilet paper. Finally, nobody had to go to school, and all the parents had to stay home from work. As unrealistic as this sounds, this is the current reality. So what do you do next? How can you help your child during these uncertain times? Here are a few resources and suggestions that may help you navigate the next few weeks at home.

Free Printables for Week of March 16th - March 20th

Who doesn't love a good puzzle? These small puzzle books are easy for kids to do and will give them some new challenges for following directions.

Reading Comprehension with Math - Book #1

Math Workbook for the Week!

These are perfect little math workbooks to share with parents. It combines a mix of fun math puzzles and challenging problems that won't bore kids.

Kids will enjoy some creative writing with this writing challenge workbook.

Free Printables for March 23rd to 27th

Are your kids ready for spring? Baseball may be delayed, but the flowers won't be. Let them enjoy this amusing workbook!

March Jumbo Math Worksheets Books

Try these workbooks for lots of pages for you to randomly give your kids!
Kindergarten, 1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, 6th grade, or middle school math pages for your kids!
Have your kids make a schedule for the day!

This may be challenging for the younger kids to make their own school day schedule, but they will be able to handle it. Even if they end up with a 90 minute snack time, let them work through the schedule one day to see how they did. Then maybe they can make a BETTER schedule for the next day!

Here is also FREE Handout to E-Mail Parents

More Free Printables, Ideas, and Reading

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Daily Free Learning Workbooks for Teachers to Share with Parents while Schools are Closed - Kids will actually do these!

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Daily Free Learning Workbooks for Teachers to Share with Parents while Schools are Closed - Kids will actually do these! Does anyone else feel like the world's current situation sounds like a short story written by a first grader? First there was a bad virus. Next, the world ran out of toilet paper.

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In this new Private i History Detectives unit, Elementary students analyze primary sources to discover how Constitutional Amendments attempted to address slavery's wrongs, how the courts challenged unfair laws, and how individuals and groups fought for civil rights.

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In this new Private i History Detectives unit, Elementary students analyze primary sources to discover how Constitutional Amendments attempted to address slavery's wrongs, how the courts challenged unfair laws, and how individuals and groups fought for civil rights.

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SplashLearn: Fun Math & ELA Program for PreK-Grade 5

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The Kid Should See This: Educational videos for curious kids of all ages, a free resource for parents & teachers. Science, art, nature, animals, & more.

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Practice addition, multiplication, fractions and algebraic reasoning with our popular math games. Discover fun learning games kids love to play.

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Math and Games for Kids, Teachers and Parents. Math lessons and fun games for kindergarten to sixth grade, plus quizzes, brain teasers and more.

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Master Multiplication Facts - Multiplication.com

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Learn touch typing online using TypingClub's free typing courses. It includes 650 typing games, typing tests and videos.

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Digitalization has brought laptops, Chromebooks, PCs, and tablets into everyday use in schools. Even kindergartners are already using different devices to learn new things. The keyboard is an essential part of using digital devices, and practicing to touch-type is gaining more and more momentum. While the smallest of learners don't need to know how to touch-type when going to school, it's never too early to get familiar with the keyboard. Typewriter games on our website provide a welcome practice for learners, starting their keyboarding lessons later on. Studies show that kids build a positive, rewarding, and encouraging relationship for typing through playing typewriter games.

Young learners can start with easy introductory games such as Key Memory Game, which improves both concentration and keyboarding skills. This brain game enables kids to train their memory, and the goal is to memorize and find pairs of the same cards and finally turn over pairs of matching cards with the keyboard. Kids are not required to know how to type, but they will start learning the keys on the keyboard, which helps when learning to touch-type later on.

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TypingGames.Zone, a fun way to learn keyboarding!

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Looking to boost your typing speed? Kidztype.com has got you covered with our exciting collection of free typing games. Unleash the power of your fingers as you enjoy thrilling activities like whacking moles, racing through the jungle, bursting rockets, and competing in races with cars, bikes, and boats. Our captivating keyboard games provide the perfect blend of fun and skill-building, allowing you to enhance your typing skills while having a great time. With Kidztype's tailored-made games, you'll be typing faster and more efficiently in no time!

Fun and Engaging Free Typing Games for Kids: Boost Typing

Advancing Skills through Games:

Coordination and Accuracy: Typing game improve hand-eye coordination as kids learn to synchronize their hand movements with what they see on the screen. This helps them become more accurate and proficient in navigating the keyboard.

Vocabulary and Spelling: Many keyboard games incorporate word and sentence challenges, expanding children's speech and enhancing their spelling skills. Kids reinforce their language skills while improving their typing speed by repeating words and sentences in a fun context..

Speed and Motivation: By offering challenges and achievements,kidztype games motivate kids to improve their speed and accuracy. Setting high scores and beating previous records provides a sense of accomplishment and encourages them to continue practising and advancing their skills.

Engaging Kids through Interactive Games:

Easy-to-Learn Methods: The games use simple and memorable techniques to teach keyboarding skills. Kids can quickly grasp concepts like letter placement, home rows, upper rows, and numbers, making learning more accessible and enjoyable.

Exciting Themes: With captivating themes like fantasy worlds, car races, and space adventures, these games capture children's imagination and keep them engaged. The immersive experience ensures that learning to type feels like an exciting adventure rather than a chore.

Customizable Difficulty: The games offer scalable complexity and difficulty settings, allowing children to progress independently. Whether they're beginners or more advanced typists.

Suitability for Kids of All Ages:

These Keyboard games and dance mat typing activities are suitable for kids of any age. Starting early with keyboarding skills sets a strong foundation for the future. Whether your child is just beginning or wants to refine their typing abilities, these games provide a platform for growth and improvement.

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Typing Games Zone - Boost Your Typing Skills

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Typing Games - Learn to Type with Free Typing Games - Typing.com

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Fact Monster - A Trusted Reference Site for Kids

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Fact Monster is a free reference site for students, teachers, and parents. Get homework help and find facts on thousands of subjects, including sports, entertainment, geography, history, biography, education, and health.

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Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

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The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History virtual tours allow visitors to take self-guided, room-by-room tours of select exhibits and areas within the museum from their desktop or mobile device. Visitors can also access select collections and research areas at our satellite support and research stations as well as past exhibits no longer on display.

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Trek the world with Google Maps. Take a Street View journey to sites of cultural, historical, and geographic significance.

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November 11 - Veteran's Day

Originally called Armistice Day, today commemorates the signing of the agreement that ended World War I at 11:00 A.M., on November 11, 1918. This federal holiday was changed to be called Veterans Day in 1954. Each year, special ceremonies are held at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. Consider spending some time online learning more about our nation's veterans.

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History for kids - Free history network for kids

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Learn about the ancient Egyptian civilization and what they did in their daily lives. Many things like metal work, paper making and amazing architecture all came from the Egyptians.

When where the Pyramids built check here
View All History of Egypt

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History for kids Welcome to History for Kids the free online history network. We hope you enjoy and have fun exploring our history. The website is packed with articles, worksheets and even a quiz on each section.

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Join us for our Virtual Field Trips or watch them on-demand after their premieres. Each no-cost Virtual Field Trip comes with a companion guide packed with standards-aligned, hands-on learning activities! Select one of the options below to register.

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Want to explore our world? Here are 30+ great Virtual Field Trips for early learners to explore from your home. From zoos and landmarks to famous museums, you can explore the world with your child with over a month of virtual field trips!

One thing that the recent global quarantine has made us all realize very clearly is that we're all part of one earth. We all have many commonalities and many things that are unique to where we live.

As we are at home, working from home and spending more time with the kids, I'd love to suggest we spend a little more time exploring this amazing planet that we've been gifted to during our lifetime.

Google Earth is such an amazing tool to use with your child to encourage them to explore the world. You can be at home on your sofa or at our desk and be transported to anywhere on the earth(virtually).
Where would you want to go?
With your child start with where you live. Then go to their school and where you shop near you and then find where family and friends live. Next, explore some of their favorite spots you've vacationed and now it's time to explore where you've never been. But where do you start?

Let's start by exploring some amazing popular travel destinations that also happen to have webcams for you to step inside and explore.

Google's Art and Culture is a great resource to kick start your global search too. Did you know that Google's "World Wonders" project offers virtual tours of 132 famous sites? So many amazing virtual tours of museums for kids!!

30 Virtual Field Trips for Kids

I've put together a collection of locations for virtual field trips that I believe as a teacher and a mom that are appropriate for the kid to watch online. I'd encourage you though to talk about these locations as a family.

You can track your virtual tours with our Printable Virtual Field Trip Log!

Perhaps start working on a travel bucket list together and a virtual travel bucket list. That way your child can make their own itinerary too.
Where do you think your child wants to go to?
Animal Virtual Tours for Kid

Here's a list of all the zoos with webcams to explore.

For a little movement, try this zoo themed yoga

US History Virtual Tours

Create your own Living History Museum at home after your virtual tour!

US Landmarks Virtual Tours

US National Parks Virtual Tours

Find Your Virtual Park - Connect with national parks from a distance through digital opportunities and activities to do in your own home or neighborhood.

Museum Virtual Tours
Coloring Pages From Over 100 Museums
Virtual Tours Around the World
Recreate a famous landmark with math, art and sidewalk chalk
Fall Virtual Field Trips for Kids

Get ready to explore these Fall Virtual Field Trips for Kids with these kid friendly fall virtual tours.

Try these Leaf Activities for hands-on fun in fall.

Winter Virtual Field Trips for Kids

It's the most wonderful time of the year! Explore 60+ Winter themed virtual field trips for kids.

Once you take a few winter virtual tours, explore these Winter Activities for Kids.

Spring Virtual Field Trips for Kids

Explore the best spring virtual field trips for kids. Explore moments in nature of spring flowers blooming and experience flower-covered trees, baby animals, and the animal life cycles of spring with this ultimate collection of spring virtual field trips for kids.

Ready for Spring? Try this hands-on Spring STEM Challenge!

Summer Virtual Field Trips for Kids

Get ready to explore these Summer Virtual Field Trips for Kids! Explore the ocean, amusement parks, outdoor adventures, watermelon farms, and more with these kid-friendly summer virtual tours.

Virtual Tours of Space

Live Webcams Around the World

Virtual Field Trip Activities for Home

Looking for ways to expand the virtual tour?

Once you've viewed one of the Virtual tours, you can...

Write up about what you learned

Draw a picture of your favorite part

Create a version with legos, building blocks or playdough

Find a book online to learn more about the location

Create a themed craft based on where you took a virtual tour

Recreate it with sidewalk chalk

Cook a dish from that region

DOWNLOAD OUR VIRTUAL FIELD TRIP LOG
There are so many amazing resources to explore virtually to learn about our amazing planet and the treasures and history within it.

One resource that I found to be the most amazing was Google Art and Culture resource. I high recommend exploring it as a family during this time.

Virtual Tours for Kids

Take this time to explore the world virtually and help us work together to protect and learn about these treasures around the world.
Want more ideas for home Parents! Check out our...
50+ STEM Activities for Kids
10 Ways to Tempt Your Kids to Go Outside and PLAY The BEST Sidewalk Chalk Activities for Kids Ball Games Your Kids will LOVE JOIN our free Virtual Book Club for Kids
Do you have a favorite virtual tour that you love? Please share with me in the comments.

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Explore The Hidden Worlds of our National Parks

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Open-and-go lessons that inspire kids to love science.

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It's time to improve literacy skills during social studies instruction and ensure that readers of all abilities have what they need to access grade-level social studies concepts.

Join us on Thursday, December 7 for a look at scaffolded materials that provide extra literacy support while building key social studies concepts and skills.

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A good book is like a secret door, a long-haired children's author once told a TED talk crowd (Mac, it was Mac Barnett), and famous authors, illustrators, celebrities, and educators are providing a (virtual) escape from our apartments and homes during the weeks-long shut-in with live and/or online readings and storytelling sessions. Many of Romper's favorite authors and illustrators, from Josh Gad and Mac Barnett to Oge Mora, Annie Barrows, Eva Chen, Sophie Blackall, Rowboat Watkins, and Jan Brett have taken to the internet to perform, or picked up the torch of what we're calling "Operation Storytime," reading their stories online for your (kids') enjoyment. It's basically like Yo-Yo Ma decided to give a backyard concert over the fence.

You can find more by searching the # OperationStorytime hashtag on social media, and here at Romper we're rounding up all the famous-es reading children's books, that we might make lemonade with the present moment (thus warding off scurvy) and amass a library of stories to share with our kids. Check back as more storytellers support the effort, follow and send your heart-eye emojis to the ones who steal your heart, order the books you like, and visit your local bookstore once this is all over and we all get our bodies back.

Shawn Harris Reading Everyone's Awake

Shawn Harris is the laser-eyed genius behind the artwork in Everyone's Awake, the anti-bedtime book written by Colin Meloy that finds a wild joy in that nighttime energy, and What Can a Citizen Do?, written by Dave Eggers, but did you know he's a delightful storyteller too?

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More Operation Storytime on Romper.com: Snuggle Up As Jan Brett Gives A Sneak Preview Of Her Cozy Forthcoming Book Week 2 Of Operation Storytime Is A Go! Chelsea Clinton Joins Operation Storytime With Crinkle Crinkle Little Star Eva Chen Is Bringing Fashun To Virtual Storytime - Watch Along A Debut Children's Novelist Is Bringing The Launch Party To You Author Anna Kang Will Help Your Kids Fall Asleep Dashka Slater Dons A Beret For Operation Storytime, & It's Amazing Author Grace Lin Is Teaching Kids To Draw As Part Of Operation Storytime
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Oge Mora Reading Saturday

The beloved "collage enthusiast" and author of Thank You, Omu! is reading , in which a mother and daughter try to pack as much fun into the one day they get together as possible - then find their plans are ruined. Saturday takes on a different kind of significance right now, with parents stuck heading to their jobs with schools closed, or home and trying to crank out work while their kids bounce off the walls. If it all gets too much, just remember: "Phew!" Let it go.

Jennifer Garner Reading Jan Brett's The Mitten

Beating everyone to the punch, Jennifer Garner offered up the first storytime of the shut-in, treating her golden retriever to a performance of the coziest story of all time, Jan Brett's classicOn Monday, the mother of two revealed on Instagram that she's teamed up with Amy Adams to help raise money for Save the Children and No Kid Hungry with their initiative, Save With Stories.

Jan Brett Reading Cozy

Giving you rather a large treat, the author of, The Snowy Nap, The Tale of the Tiger Slippers and a million other books ( Jan is nothing if not prolific!) has a sneak preview of her upcoming book Cozy, about a musk ox - it doesn't come out until later this year! Enjoy!

Brandon Reese Reading Cave Dada

We are all at this point in time. Take a moment out from jumping on the couch cushions and enjoy Brandon Reese performing his story.

Molly Idle Reading Pearl

We would describe , a quiet story about a mermaid who wants more responsibility after her mother entrusts her with the care of a single grain of sand, as ASMR for adults and children alike. It's also a lovely rumination on the power of small acts at a time when we can only really tend our own plots, as you'll see from Molly's reading. Her next book, , is out this May.

Anica Mrose Rissi Reading Love, Sophia On The Moon

The author of Love, Sophia on the Moon reads aloud her book with illustrator Mika Song about a very indefatigable girl who is unreachable right now because she is on the moon (OK, mom?!).

Annie Barrows Reading Ivy & Bean Break The Fossil Record

Even if they're not yet on your radar, the books are probably already high on your kid's list of favorites. Written by Annie Barrows and illustrated by Sophie Blackall, the stories are about two very different girls - Bean is the wild one who might, say, start dancing on the dinner table during a prolonged shut-in, while Ivy might gaze out the window, and then pen the Great American Novel. Let Annie take you through one of her favs in her reading on YouTube.

Sophie Blackall Reading Ivy & Bean: One Big Happy Family

Dip in with Sophie Blackall, above, who illustrates the series with Annie Barrows, and has a million other children's books, including What's So Bad About Being An Only Child?, written by Cari Best, and Finding Winnie, winner of the Caldecott Medal.
Find Sophie on Twitter and Instagram.
Mac Barnett Reading A Book A Day

Prolific author and maker of metaphorical doors Mac Barnett (Extra Yarn, The Wolf, The Duck, & The Mouse, Triangle, Square, Circle, Just Because, Billy Twitters and his Blue Whale Problem) has announced he will read one of his books live on IGTV each day at 3 p.m. ET/12 p.m. PT of the world's self-isolation period. We believe, but cannot confirm, that he will be wearing 42 different hats as he makes his way through his 42 books.

Find Mac on Instagram each day at 12 p.m. PT.

Rebecca Balcárcel Reading The Other Half Of Happy

Your middle-grader (or elementary-schooler!) will connect with the star of The Other Half of Happy, Quijana, a "girl in pieces" who is half Guatemalan and half American. Author Rebecca Balcárcel reads from her Pura Belpré Honor Book.
Find Rebecca on Twitter and Instagram.
Sarah Jacoby Reading Forever Or A Day

Follow her for the delightful, delicate art she posts to her Instagram, and then devour all her books, the most recent of which is Rabbit and the Motorbike. You can get a taste for it in Sarah's reading (rewatch, as needed).

Rowboat Watkins Reading Most Marshmallows

We cannot with Rowboat's tinkly storytime music at the beginning of his reading of a miniature copy of Most Marshmallows. Rowboat's most recent book is , about a mermaid who is just like you or I, only she has a mustache, which makes fitting in a little tricky. Welcome to the mind of Rowboat Watkins!

Karen Romano Young Reading A Girl, A Raccoon, And The Midnight Moon

When life imitates art: In A Girl, a Raccoon, and the Midnight Moon, the public library is set to be closed, soPearl, the librarian's daughter, goes to great efforts to keep the stories flowing.

Steven Weinberg Reading AstroNuts (With Child!)

For the zany and fun AstroNuts, a middle-grade series, Steven Weinberg worked with none other than Jon Scieszka (all the books, including The Stinky Cheese Man & Other Fairytales), and he's reading from his Instagram for your edification.
Find Steven on Instagram.
John August Reading From Arlo Finch In The Valley Of Fire

You probably know John August's middle-grade series, Arlo Finch, about a boy who moves to the mysterious town of Pine Mountain in Colorado, but August is behind a number of screenplays (his credits include Big Fish, Charlie's Angels, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Corpse Bride, and Frankenweenie!). August, a Very Good Human, also created the Writer Emergency Pack, an educational storytelling tool (timely!!!).

Ame Dyckman Reading You Don't Want A Unicorn! and Dandy

Ame Dyckman reads You Don't Want A Unicorn! dressed as... a unicorn. Wins the day, wins our hearts.

And then she reads as a lion. I can't. It's too much.

Laurel Snyder Reading Charlie & Mouse Outdoors and Baxter, The Pig Who Wanted To Be Kosher

Laurel Snyder is the author of the adorable and cheeky Charlie & Mouse series, about two brothers, illustrated by Emily Hughes, teasing us with a story about the outdoors (are you in an apartment with small children? I am). And in time for Shabbat, she reads Baxter, which is a special treat, because this book is no longer in print!

Susie Jaramillo Reading Little Sunny Sunshine

A little dual-language magic for you - the creator of Encantos reads from Little Sunny Sunshine or Solecitos Canticos, which reads in English one direction, and Spanish the other.
Find Susie on Instagram and Twitter.
Bob Shea Reading Who Wet My Pants?

Say no more! Shea's book is a surefire classic, and pointing fingers in a tiny apartment full of wet pants is what this shut-in is all about. If you haven't read Who Wet My Pants?, enjoy Shea's enthusiastic recitation here.

Brooke Smith Reading The Keeper Of Wild Words

If you haven't picked up a copy of The Keeper of Wild Words, a time in which you are committed to circling your garden 800 times or so is ideal for dipping into the book. Nature words are being replaced by tech words and neologisms, and so Brooke's grandmother makes the effort to teach her granddaughter the names of things like dandelions ("fairy dust sitting on a stem") - in the process they saves the words, and also a piece of their own bond.

Ben Guterson Reading From Winterhouse

Enjoy the author of the middle-grade urban fantasy Winterhouse series as he rides out the shut-in, which began earlier in his home state of Washington (Guterson lives in the foothills of the Cascades).

Christina Soontornvat Reading From Diary Of An Ice Princess: The Big Freeze

We're going to be here for a while, so get started on Christina Soontornvat's chapter-book series, Diary of an Ice Princess, about Princess Lina, who lives in the clouds and can flyyy!

Brad McClelland Reading From Legends Of The Lost Causes

Brad McLelland is releasing the third book in the Legends of the Lost Causes series this week, and offering a reading of Chapter 1, kicking off in the old West, Missouri.

Carole Lindstrom Reading We Are Water Protectors

The author of We Are Water Protectors and Girls Dance, Boys Fiddle, Carole Lindstrom, is Anishinabe/Métis and a proud member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe Indians. She reads her inspiring book in a new YouTube video.

Aron Nels Steinke Reading The Zoo Box

Another lovely author, Aron Nels Steinke, reads from his award-winning children's book, , co-authored with Ariel Cohn (things are about to get silly).

Patrice Karst Reading The Invisible String

If you're worried about family members right now, The Invisible String, which has sold over half a million copies worldwide, will be a comfort. Author Patrice Karst reads her book on Facebook, teaching your kids that no one is alone, no matter how far away they might be.

Sam Wedelich Reading Chicken Little: The Real And Totally True Tale

The author of Chicken Little: The Real and Totally True Tale gave her fans a sneak preview of her new book in a reading on Instagram (the story you loved as a kid, with some twists).

Eva Chen Reading Juno Valentine And The Magical Shoes

The sunny author of Juno Valentine and the Magical Shoes and the upcoming Roxy the Unisaurus Rexhas come to the rescue with a reading of her first kids' book.

She reads the sequel Juno Valentine and the Fantastic Fashion Adventure also!

Kristina Forest Reading From Now That I've Found You

Written by the author of the YA novel I Wanna Be Where You Are, Now That I've Found You is about an African American star on the rise who gets blacklisted after a friend's betrayal.Kristina Forest lives in Brooklyn, where it's quite hard to get any distance between you and other people, to be honest!

Ethan Long Reading Hello, World!

Hello, World! indeed! The neighborhood that Ethan Long sketched in the book of the same name may have shrunk, but you can find him reading his work, and are encouraged to check out his other books, including Sun and Moon Together, Books 1 and 2 in the Happy County series, as well as the Geisel Award-winning Up Tall and High!

Joyce Wan Reading You Are My Cupcake

The author/illustrator of You Are My Cupcake, a board book that is good enough to eat, gives you a million ways to let your littles know you love them while they're climbing on your head this next few weeks. She also explains how her 2011 classic came to be.

Cedella Marley's Niece Reads Get Up, Stand Up

The very adorable niece of Cedella Marley is ready to perform! She is reading Get Up, Stand Up, a picture-book adaptation of those famous Bob Marley lyrics - i.e., written by Cedella's father - with a timely message about justice and making a difference.

Oliver Jeffers Reading A Book A Day

Like his buddy Mac Barnett, Oliver Jeffers (How to Catch a Star, The Fate of Fausto, The Boy, His Stories, & How They Came to Be, illustrator of The Day the Crayons Quit) is doing a reading each day on Instagram to keep you entertained through this tempest - watch on his IGTV each day.

Barbara McClintock Reading The Gingerbread Man

Barbara McClintock was joined by her cat Nick as she read a book she illustrated, The Gingerbread Man, by Jim Aylesworth - the perfect story to get you in the mood for baking this shut-in!
Find Barbara on Instagram.
Carmen Agra Deedy Reading Rita & Ralph's Rotten Day

Havana-born Carmen Agra Deedy took to YouTube to read her new book, Rita and Ralph's Rotten Day, which is perfect for taking you through the ups and downs of your days right now.

Eric Carle Reads The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Eric Carle is a kidlit legend. There's even an Eric Carle museum, which shared this video on Instagram to join in the Operation Storytime fun. Also, March 18th is The Very Hungry Caterpillar Day! Who knew?
Find the Eric Carle Museum on Instagram.
Justin LaRocca Hansen Reading Monster Hunter

It's no fair when monsters come into your house and make messes that your mom makes you clean up. Hansen's monsters are fun and hideous. And maybe, just maybe, you can get your monsters (kids) to help clean up their monster messes.
Find Justin LaRocca Hansen on Instagram.
Brian Biggs Reading His Everything GoesBoard Books

Perfect the littlest homeschoolers, Biggs reads his board books that feature vehicles and concepts like counting and opposites. He's the author and illustrator of these books and he graciously offers these up for kids who enjoy "a good book about cars read to you by a disembodied book on the internet."
Find Brian Biggs on Twitter and Instagram.
Christine Platt Reading Ana & Andrew: The Magic Violin

Christine Platt's Ana and Andrew live in Washington D.C., and in the first book of the series, they learn about Frederick Douglass. Part history lesson and part music lesson, Platt reads this chapter book that will tie in perfectly to kids who are homeschooling and learning history.
Find Christine Platt on Instagram.
Angela DiTerlizzi Reading The Magical Yet

Angela DiTerlizzi shares her latest book, The Magical Yet. This book isn't out yet. It's not in bookstores yet. It's not in libraries yet. So getting to read this one is extra special. (Plus, she shows us what's under the dust jacket and - holy wow - it's awesome!)
Find Angela DiTerlizzi on Instagram and Twitter.
Josh Gad Reading Drew Daywalt's The Day The Crayons Quit

Before Operation Storytime even launched, one of our favorites was on the job (great minds think alike)! If you've run out of Frozen movies and spinoffs to keep your kids busy, Olaf (Josh Gad) is here to read the silliest and best book about cranky art supplies - Drew Daywalt's The Day the Crayons Quit, illustrated by Oliver Jeffers. Come for the sad beige crayon voice and stay for the triumphant pink crayon voice.
Images at top, clockwise from top left: Chronicle Books; Harper Collins, Philomel Books, Penguin Random House, Instagram/MacBarnett; Chronicle Books; Little, Brown, Books for Young Readers

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