Adulting Activities
We're with you at this unprecedented time with some ideas!
Online Adulting
Apartment Therapy - great suggestions for indoor activities including fun contests
Atlas Obscura - help archivists and librarians by transcribing historical documents
- lose yourself in these delightfully intricate maps
Car Repair - CHILTON has repair manuals and cost estimators
Consumer Finance - protect your finances during COVID-19
Food America - recipes, videos, and cultural articles for American dishes
Kanopy - slow down with some Kanopy and Chill with free movie streaming
Lifehacker - level up on practically every skill imaginable
NASA Contest - choose your champion by voting for the all-time Earth Observatory image
National Book Festival blog - watch authors discuss their books
TED Talks - inspirational videos from experts in any field you can imagine
Craft Adulting
All Free Knitting - learn to knit
Artbar - ideas blog for the whole family
Crafts for All Seasons - craft blog with video tutorials
Drawing Tutorials - draw your own cartoons, mandalas, and more
DIY Joy - 50 fun adult craft ideas
Family Handyman Magazine - download issues form RBdigtial with your library card
Happiness is Homemade - 50+ activities to do with children
The Postman's Knock - 5 free calligraphy courses
Spruce Crafts - 10 minute crafts for kids
Stephen's Place - crafts for adults with developmental challenges
A Wonderful Thought - how to make a Daliah book page wreath
Classes for Adulting
Free Online Coursework & Classes
Alison - free online courses from the world’s experts
All of Us Research Program - participate in Citizen Science Month this April
Brainfuse - job skills, practice tests, and resume reviews for free with your library card
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
The (CFPB) regulates the offering and provision of consumer financial products or services under the federal consumer financial laws and educates and empowers consumers to make better informed financial decisions.
Coursera - courses, certificates and degrees from universities and colleges.
edx.org - free online courses from Harvard, MIT, Berkeley, and more
ILOVELIBRARIES.ORG - free digital access to major world library archive collections
ITunes U - free courses available for those with iDevices.
Help Now - free one-on-one tutoring and skills center
Khan Academy - a nonprofit with the mission to provide a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere.
ncte.org - resource for virtual instruction and online learning
National Emergency Library
A collection of books that supports emergency remote teaching, research activities, independent scholarship, and intellectual stimulation while universities, schools, training centers, and libraries are closed.
Open Yale Courses- free Yale lectures
TedEd - for students and educators.
Virtual Museums - guide to virtual museums, resources, e-learning, and online collections