Add Global News to your family’s go-to list of resources for fun activities and entertainment during the COVID-19 situation. Their new Family Zone offers plenty of things your kids will love. They can Colour a HERO or take a Home School Selfie and submit the photos to be shared during
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I distinctly remember my first taste of the famous DoubleTree by Hilton Chocolate Chip Cookies. It was this past December at the Edmonton Downtown Business Association’s Holiday Light Up event. The lovely team from DoubleTree by Hilton was there handing out delicious freebies. My girls each gobbled one up, and
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If you’ve tried an escape room in-person, than you already know that they are a fun way to challenge your thinking! Thanks to multiple creative people, you can try a digital escape room this weekend, without leaving the house (or spending money!) All of these challenges can be completed as
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Fueling Brains is a personalized online platform that is offering FREE live classes every day to assist in early childhood education for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. Parents can also connect with other parents via online communities to support each other as you learn how to embrace early childhood learning at
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Keep the learning going, even when schools are closed with Scholastic Learn at Home! Scholastic is posting four separate learning experiences every day, with each lesson built around a meaningful story or video. Families can do them together or kids can check it out on their own. Just find your child’s
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Kids across the world are still stuck at home . . . likely, getting quite bored. Keep things fun and fresh and let your child take some drawing lessons from accomplished illustrator, Rob Biddulph. Viewers can draw along and create some whimsical animal characters, like this adorable little Gregosaurus. New
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Nothing gets my kids laughing quite like the books from the popular kids books series, Dog Man and Captain Underpants. If you have school aged children – especially boys – I’m sure you know what I mean. The creator of these books, Dav Pilkey, is sharing some pretty fun online
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Don’t let the blue cat blues get you down! Tune in to Instagram Live every weekday at 11 am for a virtual storytime with Pete the Cat creator James Dean. Dean, the man behind everyone’s favourite cool cat Pete, his brother Bob, and their motley crew of cats and creatures
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Calling all Harry Potter fans! You can now visit “Harry Potter: A History of Magic” exhibit form the British Library ONLINE! Enjoy historical artifacts including the six-meter Ripley Scroll, the recipe for Philosopher’s Stone, old drawings, manuscripts and more. Check out the following links: Harry Potter: A History of Magic:
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Are you missing your Hockey Night in Canada? Now you can relive all the games, goals, and hits from the 2019-20 NHL regular season as Sportsnet and the NHL are making NHL LIVE™, Sportsnet’s exclusive hockey streaming service, free for all Canadians beginning March 20, 2020, through to April 30,
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