Here is an ever-evolving list of activities — online and off — for kids and families to enjoy.
LIBRARY RESOURCES
Did you know your local library card can get you SO much more than books? From free or discounted museum passes to snowshoes, board games, and robotics kits, you can find everything you’ve ever wanted all in one place. Here are links to just a few of the libraries with these amazing perks:
Bixby Memorial Library: Library of Things
Bixby Memorial Library: Museum & Park Passes
Ilsley Public Library: Library of Things
Ilsley Public Library: Museum & Park Passes
Lawrence Memorial Library: Library of Things
Lawrence Memorial Library: Museum & Park Passes
IN-PERSON ACTIVITIES
Addison County Readers: Sign up to receive free books in the mail for your child (ages 0-5) from Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.
Atlético Middlebury: A Middlebury soccer club
Blueberry Hill Outdoor Center: Cross-country ski and snowshoe at this nonprofit trail network in Goshen. Rentals and indoor spaces available.
Crown Point State Historic Site: Explore the fort ruins along Lake Champlain.
Dead Creek Visitor Center: A beautiful natural area to explore, observe wildlife, and learn about conservation.
ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain
Frost Mountain Nordic Ski Club: Cross-country skiing programs for kids in grades K-8 and their families.
Get Air: Trampoline park
Girls On The Run: Programs for girls in grades 3-8, based at the Middlebury Rec Center.
Hescock’s Ice Rink: Book the pond-hockey rink at Trade Winds Farm in Shoreham — there’s also a fire pit! — or check their website for open skating hours.
Ilsley Public Library: Check out snowshoes, a movie projector or a ukulele! You can also, of course, check out books and DVDs.
Local Motion’s Walking or Biking Scavenger Hunts And Other Resources
Middlebury Marquis: Movie theater
Middlebury Amateur Hockey Association
Middlebury Parks & Rec Programs
Middlebury Studio School Art Classes
Monarch Soccer Club: Great soccer in Middlebury
Monkey Do: Indoor playground
The School of Psychogeographic Arts: After school art classes, homeschooler art classes and summer camps in downtown Vergennes.
Spotlight Vermont: Dance classes
Sun Is Up Farm: Ride a horse!
Town Hall Theater: Entertainment and education
ONLINE ACTIVITIES
Children’s Literacy Foundation recommends at-home activities
The Clemmons Family Farm Multicultural Online Curriculum
Community Friends: Sign up your 6- to 12-year-olds for one-on-one mentoring with Middlebury College students.
Fairbanks Museum Virtual Classroom
The Good Citizen Challenge: Developed with a coalition of statewide partners, this kids’ challenge is filled with activities in four subject areas essential to a responsible citizenry: history, government, news literacy and community service. Most of the tasks — such as making cloth face masks, playing Virtual Vermont Trivia, reading a community newspaper — can be done from home.
King Arthur Baking Company Videos
Magic At Home: Live and interactive magic shows by Vermont-based Magicians Without Borders
Montshire Museum Science Projects
Rhyme Time with Miss Tricia, Ilsley Public Library
UVM Extension 4-H At Home: Find a variety of activities for kids of all ages.
Vermont Institute of Natural Science’s At Home Educational Resources