Good parenting skills are something we learn, not something we are born with. Universal Class offers over 500 online continuing education courses, including parenting skills such as basic parenting, behavior management, positive parenting techniques, early childhood development, and many more. Check out Universal Class at https://maldenpubliclibrary.org/elibrary/page/4/
This landmark release from R&B diva Beyoncé Knowles captures a live performance recorded in Las Vegas featuring over 30 tracks, including “Single Ladies,” “Crazy in Love,” “Halo,” and more. Stream Beyoncé’s live concert film I Am… Yours: An Intimate Performance at Wynn Las Vegas—from the RBdigital menu, find Concerts under Entertainment. Watch free concerts from artists like Madonna, Maroon 5, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Kenny Chesney on Quello at https://maldenma.rbdigital.com/
One of the challenges of social distancing is keeping up with routine movements and activities that keep your body strong and mobile. To aid with this, Boston Public Library has partnered with Hands to Heart Yoga to offer online bi weekly yoga classes. Whether you are at home or taking a break from your stressful routine, these yoga classes will help to move and center you.
The classes are accessible to beginners and are inclusive. Hands to the Heart Yoga describes their Yoga For All Program as sharing: “the healing practice of yoga with Greater Boston’s low-income and under-resourced communities. HTHC yoga classes are designed to be culturally affirming, accessible, inclusive and inspiring — yoga classes in which anyone and everyone can participate.”
Yoga classes are on Tuesdays from 12-1230 pm with Lunch Break Yoga: https://www.facebook.com/events/236206967531838/
and Fridays from 4-5 pm with Friday Unwind Gentle Yoga: https://www.facebook.com/events/1435748283272369/.
To access the classes, follow the Youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsJ5vreTeNxQ86s7fZtwbJQ
New classes post on Tuesdays and Fridays but can be accessed at any time. Just go to Youtube and select the class you wish to follow. For more information check out the BPL Facebook page for up to date times and schedules. You can also check out the Boston Public Library calendar of events for other great online offerings.
Are you wondering how to fill the hours at home with your children while still engaging them? Well we would suggest reading of course and we’re not the only ones! The Wizarding World has assembled a superstar team with J.K. Rowling, Audible, Bloomsbury, OverDrive, Pottermore Publishing, and Scholastic to bring you Harry Potter at Home, a hub that provides access to Harry Potter books and related activities. It’s as easy as 1-2-3: just add magic and subtract boredom.
What does this all mean? Well for starters you will be able to access the first Harry Potter book through Overdrive in ebook and audiobook format until the end of April. No waitlists, just instant magical gratification! Teachers have been given an open license to read any and all seven Harry Potter books to their students online. There’s plenty more as well, from arts and crafts to articles and puzzles. You can sign up to have a newsletter delivered to your email weekly which will update you on the latest activities or you can just check the website. Registration is required but it’s FREE! With Harry Potter at Home, there’s something for everyone!
The Malden Public Library and The Wizarding World know that reading, drawing, doing word searches, and other activities are more than just fun distractions. Reading can transport you to another world when you need a break from this one. It teaches you to think critically and empathize. It improves your language and listening skills and can lengthen short attention spans. It helps expand your imagination which is something to nurture rather than grow out of. You get these same benefits from listening to a book as you do from reading one. When parents read or listen to a book with their children they are helping to engage and prepare their children for the world while creating a shared experience that bonds them. So add a little magic to your home today and remember that with books you can go anywhere you want
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Update 4/6/2020: It is now even easier to gain World Book access without needing to sign up! Just go to: www.worldbookonline.com Login-ID: wbsupport and Password: distancelearn.
If you are at home with kids right now and trying to continue their education or find fun educational activities to keep their minds nimble and engaged the task can seem overwhelming. Over the last few weeks the Malden Public Library has provided access to many sites that offer educational opportunities for families while they navigate this new challenge. But without having access to teacher resources, making lessons and finding tools to teach or help young students can feel like making it up as you go along. A number of previously for-pay services are now becoming accessible in response to the overwhelming need during this challenging time.
World Book has recently decided to make their online learning resources available for free during the Covid-19 outbreak, so that families can access online learning and eresources. Sign up is simple with the above username and password. Just click on the main link: www.worldbookonline.com to sign in.
But before you sign in take a look at the resources for parents, caregivers, and teachers on the main page. https://www.worldbookonline.com/training/distance-learning/distance-learning.htm There are great suggestions for how to help young students. Caregivers can access suggestions for lessons, resources for people new to online learning, and tools for teaching young learners all from the World Book home page.
Once signed in the site will direct users to a menu with options for subject based learning, activities, ebooks, educational games, encyclopedias and more.
There are wonderful interactive websites so that your children can practice skills and keep learning while they are home from school. We will keep adding to this page as we discover more opportunities.
Here is a variety of sites offering math activities for different grade levels:
Here are sites relating to reading:
Check out these games to help make reading fun:
Science websites for interactive learning:
Adventures in Chemistry Resources, activities, videos, games for elementary and high school students (free through March 31)
Are you missing storytime? Here are some videos featuring special readers of entertaining books:
Don’t forget to keep the A in STEAM! Here are some ways to spark creativity:
Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems
Many of Malden’s services rely on an accurate count in order to get the proper funding for programs. Libraries, hospitals, schools, lunch programs and more are all effected. The census also effects our representation in Congress. On or about March 12, every household will receive a postcard with a unique identifier, asking them to complete the census online.
The phone lines are now live from 7 AM to 2 AM in 13 different languages.
* English: 844-330-2020
* Spanish: 844-468-2020
* Chinese (Mandarin): 844-391-2020
* Chinese (Cantonese): 844-398-2020
* Vietnamese: 844-461-2020
* Korean: 844-392-2020
* Russian: 844-417-2020
* Arabic: 844-416-2020
* Tagalog: 844-478-2020
* Polish: 844-479-2020
* French: 844-494-2020
* Haitian Creole: 844-477-2020
* Portuguese: 844-474-2020
* Japanese: 844-460-2020
Telephone Display Device (TDD) 844-467-2020 will also be available for people who have hearing impairments.
Along with schools and other City buildings, the Malden Public Library will be closed to the public effective Saturday, March 14. All programs, events and all outside use of meeting rooms have been cancelled until April 9th.
PLEASE RETURN ITEMS TO THE OUTSIDE BOOKDROPS OR KEEP THEM UNTIL THE LIBRARY REOPENS. ALL OVERDUE FINES WILL BE WAIVED.
We will be here to serve you as best we can. For information and assistance, contact us at
https://maldenpubliclibrary.org/contact-us/ or by phone at (781) 333-0640.
Also follow us on Facebook as we add new online services at https://www.facebook.com/MaldenMALibrary/
Stay safe everyone and we look forward to seeing you soon.
