Meta Smith is on Facebook. Join Facebook to connect with Meta Smith and others you may know. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Okay, I’m happy to pay the fee. AA: Is this your bag sir? P: Yes, of course it is. AA: Did you pack it yourself? AA: Were you given anything by someone else to take on the flight? P: No, definitely not. AA: Do you have any of the following items in your luggage? (points to images of dangerous objects) P: No, I’m certain. In the classroom, talk about what you are going to be seeing or doing on the field trip: Teach the content that you want students to master before you go on the field trip—it can be difficult to lecture in public spaces, and you want to spend most of your time outside of the classroom experiencing what you have gone to see.
We have created a list of activities you can do to stay healthy and happy while practicing social distancing. Be sure to bookmark this page, as we are constantly adding to the list!
LPL is always open online. Here’s what our digital branch has to offer: Apply for a temporary library card HERE (Lancaster County Residents Only) Check out an eBook or eAudiobook from Overdrive. The Libby app from OverDrive is a convenient, fast, and easy to use way to access thousands of eBooks and eAudiobooks. Conduct research using. + Notes From The Field: A Guide To Habitats - Helen. Day 7 - Nov 30, 2014 + Daily Diary - Shawn + Diary Video + Traditional Morning Market of Rantepao - Ihsan + Makassar to Toraja in Photographs - Jonathan. Day 8 - Dec 1, 2014 + Daily Diary - Aldo + Daily Video + The Baby Graves of Kambira - Jasmine, Jonathan & Lisa.
Just for fun!
- Color the Lancaster Public Library!
- Can you spot the differences?
ADULTS:
- Ask the LPL Experts
- Contribute to the National Archive as a Citizen Archivist.
- Discover Zooniverse – a citizen science web portal.
- Exercise your brain with a few free crosswords every week.
- Free Coronavirus reporting is available from The New York Times.
- Gain essential skills with easy to follow tutorials on Microsoft Excel, Word, and Office.
- Go back to school with more than 50 online courses from Penn State Extension
- Harry Potter at Home. Need we say more?
- Listen to classical music
- Marvel at the natural beauty of five national parks without leaving your couch
- Speaking of national parks, check out the most visited parks since 1980!
- Meditate and find a way to work with anxious thoughts.
- Paint with our very own Stew!
- Take a virtual tour of some of the world’s most beautiful libraries.
- Tune in to the relaxing sounds of America’s national parks.
- Visit a museum, national park, or zoo without leaving your house:
- Alaska’s Katmai National Park
- Channel Islands National Park
- Live bald eagle’s nest webcam
- Live ocean webcam
- Visit Harper at Home.
CHILDREN:
Preschool
- Daily activities and tips from PBS Kids.
- Distance Learning Resources from ABDO.
- Plus! Free eBooks through June 2020
- Goodnight with Dolly, as in Dolly Parton.
- Highlights provides families with Fun with a Purpose.
- Home learning for preschoolers from DK Books.
- Read, Dream, and Share with these coloring pages.
- STEM Activity Pages
- 45 easy STEM activities for kids from Look We’re Learning
- 50+ STEM activities for kids from The STEM Laboratory
- Easy STEM challenges for kids from Little Bins for Little Hands
- Wonderbook Weekends from Playaway will bring story time home.
School-age
- At-Home Resources from our friends at the Lancaster Science Factory
- Children have fun while they learn at Starfall.
- Coreena asks, Did You Know?
- Distance Learning Resources from ABDO.
- Plus! Free eBooks through June 2020
- Enjoy Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems.
- Find amazing facts at National Geographic Kids.
- Harry Potter at Home. Need we say more?
- Highlights provides families with Fun with a Purpose.
- Home learning for kids from DK Books.
- In the Middle Books from Simon & Schuster Publishing
- Learn at home with Scholastic.
- Read, Dream, and Share with these coloring pages.
- Read out Loud with KidLit TV.
- STEM Activity Pages
- 45 easy STEM activities for kids from Look We’re Learning
- 50+ STEM activities for kids from The STEM Laboratory
- Easy STEM challenges for kids from Little Bins for Little Hands
- Teach and Learn with The New York Times.
- Time for Kids provides authentic journalism to motivate curious minds.
- Wonderbook Weekends from Playaway will bring story time home.
Tweens & Teens
- Draw Every Day with Jarett J. Krosoczka.
- GRAB THE MIC and Tell Your Story with Jason Reynolds.
- Harry Potter at Home. Need we say more?
- Have a Virtual Hangout with Digital Girl, Inc.
- Join Vidcodes’ Virtual Coding Club.
- Junior Library Guild @ Home – includes free access to the JLG online digital reading platform.
- Learn at home with Scholastic.
- Read, Wonder, and Learn – a library of resources compiled by author Kate Messner.
- Register for daily civics lessons from Inspire PA.
- Resources from Random House Children’s Books
- STEM Activity Pages
- 45 easy STEM activities for kids from Look We’re Learning
- 50+ STEM activities for kids from The STEM Laboratory
- Easy STEM challenges for kids from Little Bins for Little Hands
- Take a virtual field trip.
- Teach and Learn with The New York Times.
- Tools for distance learning from World Book.
- Writing Tips from Kate DiCamilllo.
Lancaster Public Library is always open online. Here’s what our digital branch has to offer:
Field Tripteach To Be Happy Hour
- Check out an eBook or eAudiobook from Overdrive.
- The Libby app from OverDrive is a convenient, fast, and easy to use way to access thousands of eBooks and eAudiobooks.
- Conduct research using one of our many databases.
- Have questions as you go? Contact us for help.
- Get to know TumbleBooks– a collection of animated, talking picture books; audiobooks; and games and puzzles.
- Search for grants from home when you access Candid’s Foundation Directory Online.
- Explore ALL that the Duke Street Business Center has to offer!
- Stream movies, TV shows, music, and audiobooks with hoopla.
- Don’t miss hoopla’s Bonus Borrows Collection!