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Fueling Brains Helps Parents With Early Childhood Learning

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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Learn At Home With Scholastic Daily Resources

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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Draw Along Videos For Kids With Illustrator Rob Biddulph

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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Friday Fun With Dav Pilkey (Creator of Dog Man And Captain Underpants)

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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awesome kid friendly activities to do in Edmonton This weekend
Virtual Storytime with Pete the Cat creator James Dean

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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Harry Potter
“Harry Potter” A History of Magic” British Library Exhibit Now ONLINE!

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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Sportsnet Free NHL Live
Missing Hockey? Sportsnet is Offering Free Access to NHL Live

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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Learning at home with the alberta k-9 curriculum
Learning at Home with the Alberta K-9 Curriculum

In an unbelievable turn of events, school is out, probably for the summer, in March. During times of upheaval, educators encourage families to maintain a balanced and consistent routine for children; including regular sleeping and eating times, breaks for activity and outdoor time, and healthy boundaries on screen time. The
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Universal Pictures Movies
Universal Pictures Sending New Movies Straight to You!

Universal Pictures is the first production company to make first run movies immediately available for home viewing. With the closing of major movie theatre chains, the production houses are helping get the entertainment to the masses during our period of social isolation. Starting Friday, March 20, 2020 current theatrical films
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APEGA innovation grants
Win School Grants with the APEGA Innovation in Education Awards

It was a lightbulb moment for me. I distinctly remember the buzz that ran through my upper elementary school the day we got to build and launch rockets. It’s an event I fondly remember – one that sparked in me an interest in space that continues to this day –
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