Each day we will share our resources round up, bringing you links to online content that will keep your family engaged, entertained and educated during the stay-at-home period. Our fantastic staff are also coming up with ideas to share on this blog, so watch this space for exciting new content, for a range of audiences!
Parents to be
Bump Booster – a toolkit to for parents to be, helping you to give your child the best start in life, even before they are born
Early years
Tiny Happy People - Activities for babies, toddlers and children to develop communication skills https://www.bbc.co.uk/tiny-happy-people
Hungry Little Minds – simple fun activities for kids from newborn to five hungrylittleminds.campaign.gov.uk
Authors
Children can find out more about their favourite authors and illustrators, with some offering the chance to listen or draw along.
· Stay at Home Storytime with Oliver Jeffers
Watch LIVE on Oliver's instagram (@oliverjeffers) at 6 PM
· Live reading and drawing from Chris Haughton on Facebook @abitlost. Remember to have your pencils and paper ready.
· Celebrate the worlds, characters and stories of Roald Dahl at the official website www.roalddahl.com
· Author Events Online Facebook page @AuthorEventsOnline
Videos and livestreams from a whole host of picture book authors , including Ed Vere, Lydia Monks and Mo Willems
· Listen to Michael Rosen’s poetry https://poetryarchive.org/poet/michael-rosen/
· Kwame Alexander will be reading from his book Crossover on Instagram Live every day 3.30pm @kwamealexander
Bring your book and get a front row seat
· Great resources, links and videos, shared by author Kate Messner