Virtual Planning Calendar
Family-Friendly
Celebrate Earth Day with Keep TN Beautiful, plant some pollinators at your home. Keep TN Beautiful is shipping seed packets and gloves. Receive a planting kit (a pair of gloves - specify kids or adult size and 5 packets of seeds) for a safe at-home project for all ages. Kit available while supplies last. Email ktnblitterprevention@versantsc.com with the shipping address and glove size.
Literacy Mid-South's Interactive Read-Aloud Videos, featuring videos of Memphians reading a book from the Read901 Libib Lending Library. This also includes links to a lesson plan and activities that families can use to follow along with the story.
Memphis River Parks: Nature Week at Home, make crafts at home with nature in mind. From bracelets to butterflies, bees, and more.
Theater
Playhouse on the Square at Home, offers a series of digital content through its website and social media platforms. Featuring Story Time in Neverland, POTS Trivia Quiz, “In the Vault” snippets of past shows, and more.
Orpheum's Creative Challenge: Digital Edition, teaching artists introduce prompts each week as inspiration to exercise creativity and build community through social media. New video prompts are online every Tuesday at noon with a submission deadline of Thursday at noon. A sampling of the submissions is shown on social media platforms each Friday at noon. After a few weeks, submissions are assembled into a digital collage and shared.
Museum Visit
National Civil Rights Museum's Small but Mighty Story Time Video Series, hear a story read by K-12 museum educator, Dory Lerner. In celebration of Jazz Month in April, the read-aloud book is Little Melba and Her Big Trombone by Katheryn Russell-Brown.
C.H. Nash Museum at Chucalissa, visit the Museum’s Facebook page for #NaturalistWednesday and #Tools&TechTuesdays activities, crafts, and presentations for junior archaeologists.
Exercise
Bigfoot: The Social Distancing Champion's Running Challenge, register to run/walk the virtual 5K, 10K, 1/2 marathon, or marathon benefiting U.S. Food Banks including the Mid-South Food Bank. Get Bigfoot swag delivered to your door. Through May 10.
Virtual Bad Dog 5k/10k, support a team, purchase an official T-shirt, or make a donation benefiting The Ronald McDonald House for families of children receiving treatment at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Saturday, April 25, 7:30 a.m.
Services
Kroc Academy, provides child care at no charge to emergency responders and healthcare provider families. Daily activities include educational time, physical activity, arts and crafts, swim time, and learning games, all with safe social distancing practices. Email kenyota.ward@uss.salvationarmy.org or call 901-729-8089 for more information.
Memphis Parent Home Delivery, straight to your mailbox — only $2.50! It's still free, the cost covers the shipping and you get it delivered to your door. Soon to be announcing the 2020 Cover Kid winners, Family Choice Award winners, and more great, local content. You don't want to miss this offer.
Letters of Love for Senior Citizens, write a letter or draw/color a picture of encouragement to send to seniors in our community who are home alone due to quarantine restrictions. Carriage Crossing partner @homeinsteadmemphis will safely deliver the letters to seniors. #SendSeniorCitizensLove — To participate, visit the Facebook page for details.
For a full listing, check out our calendar of events. Also, check the Memphis Parent Facebook Page for information and giveaways. Be sure to tag your favorite family-fun Instagram photos with the #memphisparent hashtag. I hope you have a great week.