{"id":1088,"date":"2020-03-16T10:42:41","date_gmt":"2020-03-16T17:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sugarmountainpr.com\/blog\/?p=1088"},"modified":"2020-05-19T17:37:24","modified_gmt":"2020-05-20T00:37:24","slug":"artists-offer-online-fun-for-kids-during-coronavirus-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sugarmountainpr.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/16\/artists-offer-online-fun-for-kids-during-coronavirus-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Artists offer online fun for kids during #coronavirus crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>The top-rated and award-winning <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.storypirates.com\/podcast\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Story Pirates Podcast<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong>offers amazing content for kids, with hundreds of hours of story fun&#8230; all based on kids&#8217; ideas. Story Pirates are launching a daily radio show,<strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.storypirates.com\/radio\">Story Pirates Radio<\/a><\/strong>, featuring fan-favorite songs, play-at-home games, hilarious bits, and listener call-in kid interviews to keep kids busy in between podcast episodes.&nbsp;They will also post live-streamed creative writing lessons<strong>,&nbsp;<\/strong>called&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.storypirates.com\/storysparklive\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Story Sparks<\/strong><\/a>, taught by expert Story Pirates teachers.<\/li>\n<li><strong>PJ Library<\/strong>&nbsp;offers a plethora of sounds and activity ideas on their&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/pjlibrary.org\/familyactivities\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Resources for Quarantined Families&#8221; page<\/a>. Every school day,&nbsp; PJ Library posts a &#8220;Read Aloud&#8221; session featuring a picture book. Watch for these at 11 am and 1 pm ET on Facebook and<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pjlibrary\/\" target=\"_blank\">&nbsp;Instagram<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/moockmusic.com\/be-a-pain-project\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Alastair Moock<\/strong><\/a>, who had planned to release his socially conscious <em>Be A Pain: An Album for Young (And Old) Leaders<\/em> at his showcase during the now-cancelled Kindiecomm, has already hosted several <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AlastairMoockMusic\/\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook Live<\/a> sing-along and educational &#8220;virtual assembly&#8221; sessions. From now on, he&#8217;ll post a new live family concert every Thursday at 10 am ET.<\/li>\n<li>Oakland&#8217;s hip hop phenom <strong>Alphabet Rockers<\/strong> are hosting a series of social justice story telling, dance-a-longs and inspiration, weekdays live via Zoom at 4 pm PT, and archived on their YouTube channel. Catch the fun here:  <a href=\"https:\/\/alphabetrockers.com\/rock-the-block\">https:\/\/alphabetrockers.com\/rock-the-block<\/a> <\/li>\n<li>Indie Portland band <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.antsantsants.com\">Ants Ants Ants<\/a><\/strong> used the wonders of technology to meld the sounds of all of their band members into one lovely rendition of their song <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B-YcnD0hTyt\/\">&#8220;Robot, Robot<\/a>.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Justin Roberts<\/strong> launched a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justinrobertsmusic.com\/stuck-at-home\/?mc_cid=6ee101d6a0&amp;mc_eid=a2265acbc5\">&#8220;Stuck at Home&#8221;<\/a> activity page , and he will be hosting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/justinrobertsmusic4kids\">Facebook Live concerts<\/a> every morning through March.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Brady Rymer <\/strong>is hosting &#8220;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bradyrymer.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=747bffa082f1e378af8bd8d57&amp;id=86bae3932e&amp;e=b71ae61253\">Live From Brady<br \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The top-rated and award-winning Story Pirates Podcast offers amazing content for kids, with hundreds of hours of story fun&#8230; all based on kids&#8217; ideas. 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