AJE is happy to share this information for families from the Smithsonian Insititute.

Monday, June 22

12:15 p.m.: Freer Gallery’s Meditation and Mindfulness: https://asia.si.edu/events-overview/?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D145240697

Tuesday, June 23

10:00 a.m.: National Museum of African Art’s Every Object Tells a Story Writing Workshop (Teens & up): https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fragments-of-speech-nubian-explorers-tickets-104549556538?aff=ebdssbonlinesearch

11:00 a.m.: National Portrait Gallery’s Young Portrait Explorers (Pre-K & up): https://npg.si.edu/event/young-portrait-explorers-10

Wednesday, June 24

11:00 a.m.: National Portrait Gallery’s Story Time (Kids): https://npg.si.edu/event/story-time-12

12:00 p.m.: National Museum of African American History & Culture’s Artists at Home (Teens & Up): https://nmaahc.si.edu/learn/students/artists-home

Thursday, June 25

3:30 p.m.: National Air and Space Museum’s Live Chat with Pilot Tammie Jo Shults (Teens & Up): https://airandspace.si.edu/events/facing-the-challenge

Friday, June 26

11:00 a.m.: National Portrait Gallery’s Open Studio (Kids & Up): https://npg.si.edu/event/open-studio-12

Saturday, June 27

10:00 a.m.: Smithsonian American Art Museums’ Drag Queen Story Time (Families/All ages): https://americanart.si.edu/events/drag-queen-story-time-june-27-2020

 

SI-Wide Resources:

National Museum of African American History & Culture’s Talking about Race: https://nmaahc.si.edu/learn/talking-about-race

Smithsonian Cares Website: https://www.si.edu/cares

Smithsonian For Kids: https://www.si.edu/kids

Smithsonian For Teachers: https://www.si.edu/educators

Tween Tribune (Kindergarten & up): https://www.tweentribune.com/

Discovery Theatre’s Creative Tools (All ages, teachers, & parents): https://creativetools.si.edu/

Learning Lab’s Talk with Me Toolkits (Parents & Teachers): https://learninglab.si.edu/profile/45521

 

Virtual Tours:

Smithsonian American Art Museum: https://artsandculture.google.com/streetview/smithsonian-american-art-museum/ywEOjAeoI896FQ?sv_lng=-77.0224807&sv_lat=38.8978573&sv_h=42.545602349691116&sv_p=0.957047214755363&sv_pid=H1YzyddM2E0qqa78uHcZbA&sv_z=1.0000000000000002

National Museum of Natural History Virtual Tours (For All Ages) – https://naturalhistory.si.edu/visit/virtual-tour

Museum Activities:

SAAM’s Crafting from Home (Great for our artists!): https://americanart.si.edu/crafting

Smithsonian’s Central Website for Digital Resources (Smithsonian Cares): https://www.si.edu/cares

Spark!Lab’s Do Try This At Home (Hands-on/Digital Activities for all ages): https://invention.si.edu/try/do-try-home

National Air and Space Museum’s Air and Space Anywhere Resources (Kid & Teen Friendly) – https://airandspace.si.edu/anywhere

SEEC’s (Smithsonian’s Early Enrichment Center) Resource/Activity List (Pre-K Friendly): https://seecstories.com/covid-19-learning-resources/preschool-and-kindergarten-lessons/

National Museum of the American Indian’s Lessons/Resources (Kid & Teen Friendly): https://americanindian.si.edu/nk360/resources.cshtml

National Postal Museum’s Curriculum Guide (Kid & Teen Friendly): https://postalmuseum.si.edu/curriculum-guides

National Portrait Gallery’s Visit at Home Resources (Kid & Teen Friendly) – https://npg.si.edu/visit

Smithsonian Libraries’ Color Our Collections (For all Ages) – https://library.si.edu/2018ColorOurCollections

Smithsonian Science Education Center’s Online Game Center (Kid & Teen Friendly) – https://ssec.si.edu/game-center

Smithsonian’s Explore and Learn (Teen Friendly) – https://www.si.edu/learn-explore

Cooper Hewitt’s Design It Yourself Activities (Kid & Teen Friendly): https://learninglab.si.edu/search?st=Design+It+Yourself&st_op=and&item_type=collections

Hirshhorn Kids at Home (Kid & Teen Friendly): https://learninglab.si.edu/profile/HirshhornKidsAtHome

National Museum of African American History & Culture’s Digital Resources Page (Teen Friendly): https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/nmaahc-digital-resources-guide

Videos:

National Museum of Natural History’s The Doctor is In YouTube Channel – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEoXRsqyFvc4Cuq8exbVLaw/videos

Smithsonian Education’s YouTube Channel (programs are archived here): https://www.youtube.com/user/SmithsonianEducation/videos

National Zoo’s Webcams: https://nationalzoo.si.edu/webcams

National Air and Space’s STEM in 30 Video Series (All ages, great for Teens): https://airandspace.si.edu/event-series/stem-30