INSIDE A DOG An initiative of the State Library of Victoria for teenagers. It provides a place for teens to explore their interests in reading and join in conversations with likeminded readers.
STORY BUILDING Links to stories, podcast and other resources for budding writers and story tellers.
STORYBIRD Writing prompts, hints and tips as well as a monthly writing challenge.
Fun with Words Links to hundreds of different word puzzles including rebus puzzles, tongue twisters, spoonerisms, pangrams, palindromes and more.
30 Day Book Challenge Paula Jamieson shares 30 different book-related challenges which include design and building in response to texts.
Art Activities
30 Day Photography Challenge Paula Jamieson shares 30 different photography challenges along with tips for taking photos.
Quick, Draw! A project to help with machine learning research. Participants are asked to add drawings to the world's largest doodling data set to help with research.
Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems Kennedy Center Education Artist-In-Residence, Mo Willems, presents a series of videos with information, instructions and activities.
Art for Kids Hub Subscription-based resource with hundreds of art activities for children.
Artsology Collection of arts investigations and arts games. Includes an Arts Adventurer section which explores art in our everyday world and encourages student observation, creative thinking and analysis.
The Toymaker A world of paper making ideas from toys, bags and boxes, to origami and cards.
30 Day Maker Challenge Paula Jamieson shares 30 different Maker challenges along with tips for how to approach the challenges.
Kids Think Design Everything about design, from fashion design to book design and animation. Provides information about each design area as well as design challenges, hints and tips.
Origami USA Everything origami. Find and download diagrams and instructions. Watch videos or join an online origami class.
Music activities
Fender Play Three months of free online guitar lessons
Harvard Extension School Provides affordable courses for motivated students to engage in high level learning. Free and low-cost courses for older students. Wide range of courses including The Ancient Greek Hero and Masterpieces of World Literature to name a couple.