Each week we will provide a story and an art project for you to do at home with simple materials. The programs will be available here. The videos are available to watch anytime at that site.
Art for the Experienced – recommended ages 8+ to Adult
Join Gwen and Karen each week on Tuesday and Thursday at 11:30 AM for a different project, the programs and list of materials can be found here. Additionally, supplies can be borrowed from the Keene Valley Library but you must call to reserve them!
Hello Music Lovers! We are just under 3 weeks away from unveiling our 2020 Online Concert Series and couldn’t be more excited about this new way to engage with you.
Starting July 29th, right from our website, choose your own experience through our interactive menu options: Small Plates, Large Plates, Specials, Sweets, and curated Tasting Menus – each with music and music related activities to fill your Loon Lake Live musical appetite! Watch the menu items grow as we expand our offerings on each of these four dates: July 29, August 2, August 9, and August 13. Return to distance “dine” with us again as often as you’d like!
Coming right up on July 29th is music for french horn and strings with performances of music by Carl Nielsen, Bohuslav Martinu, Lydia Busler, Paul Chihara, and Alan Civil. We also have a fun instructional video on how to construct your own hosehorn at home, and our french horn player Debra Sherrill has made play-along videos for horn players of all levels so you can learn some music and play with her!
Please visit our website for more complete info and consider making a tax deductible contribution to help support the online series and our future return to safe in-person live events and activities. Many of you stepped up right away with support. We are so grateful to have you in our corner! Enjoy this fun teaser video featuring our Original Version Social Distancer, Ms. Loon. She’s not having any of your shenanigans! She wants you to enjoy some music and music related activities safely!
Lake Placid Center for the Arts’ Free Young & Fun Performance Series is dedicated to bringing the best entertainment for all ages to Lake Placid. There is no charge for any Young & Fun performance.
***Sign up in advance to get the links. Donation suggested.
Aug 5 – Painting with Unusual Tools Aug 12 – Gary the Great Aug 19 – Pirate School
Historic Saranac Lake asked specifically if North Country Homeschooling kids would draw pictures and make signs for essential workers for their “Thank you to all essential workers!” project.
“We will be displaying thank you notes to essential employees in the windows of the Cure Porch on Wheels behind the Saranac Laboratory Museum. Help us say thank you! Write, draw, or paint a note to the essential workers you appreciate and mail it to Historic Saranac Lake at 89 Church Street Saranac Lake, NY 12983 to be displayed in the Porch. You can also email your note to cpow@historicsaranaclake.org and we’ll print it for you!”
The author, Joy Hakim, who has written the popular “A History of US” and “The Story of Science” curriculum series, has created an at-home learning site for this time of social distancing. Check out: http://www.joyhakim.com/diy-lessons.html
Check out other upcoming programs at that same site. Starting April 13, 2020, there is a free stay-at-home puppet camp with puppet professional, Matt Sorensen!
We’ve been adding tons of new, free online resources to the Curriculum Resources page, so make sure to visit. Virtual museum tours! New online art programs! Curriculum resources for Government courses. More math game sites. You name it. We’re adding more daily so keep checking back.
Lunchtime Live is bringing The Wild Center to you every Monday – Friday at 12pm! Wild Center educators and animal care staff will be sharing animal encounters, behind-the-scenes looks, projects and activities you can do in your own backyard. This is totally interactive so we want you to join in. Make sure to follow us on social media and join the fun! Have something in mind you want to see? Send us a tweet or DM with your ideas! Lunchtime Live can be viewed on our Facebook Page or on our website at noon!
Digital Drop-In – You may not be able to currently visit The Wild Center, but we’re still working hard to bring the educational experience into your home. Over the next few weeks teachers and students can look out for Digital Drop-In Opportunities to learn more about Adirondack animals, engineering challenges and Earth Science with Wild Center educators and animal care staff! Each week we will be offering free, live educational distance learning programs on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 11am. For more information, email digitallearning@wildcenter.org. Digital Learning Programs are held on Zoom. Find out how to use Zoom on their website.
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