{"id":36144,"date":"2020-03-26T00:57:38","date_gmt":"2020-03-25T14:57:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/?p=36144"},"modified":"2020-03-25T20:17:24","modified_gmt":"2020-03-25T10:17:24","slug":"travel-the-world-from-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/living\/travel-the-world-from-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Travel the world from home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The world may be in lockdown, but you can still take the kids to the British Museum, the San Diego Zoo, even the Louvre in Paris these school holidays &#8211; all from the comfort of your living room.<\/p>\n<p>Educators, teachers and savvy parents have combined their online resources to deliver a comprehensive list of reputable and educational sites, helping families keep entertained during lockdown:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Visit 2,500 museums and galleries from around the world via a virtual tour, including famous places such as New York\u2019s Museum of Modern Art and Amsterdam\u2019s Van Gogh Museum at <a href=\"http:\/\/artsandculture.google.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">artsandculture.google.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>For animal lovers several zoos have opened their virtual gates, offering live streaming of animals, travel to the San Diego Zoo and check out their live webcam at <a href=\"http:\/\/zoo.sandiegozoo.org\/live-cams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">zoo.sandiegozoo.org\/live-cams<\/a> or the Melbourne Zoo by heading to <a href=\"http:\/\/zoo.org.au\/animal-house\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">zoo.org.au\/animal-house<\/a><\/li>\n<li>For space enthusiasts, explore the surface of Mars on the Curiosity Rover: <a href=\"http:\/\/accessmars.withgoogle.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">accessmars.withgoogle.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>If you\u2019re tired of reading children\u2019s books to your kids, let a famous person do it for you &#8211; head to<a href=\"http:\/\/storylineonline.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"> storylineonline.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Get out the scissors, paint, paper and glue and get crafty with a whole range of interesting and exciting craft projects at <a href=\"http:\/\/allkidsnetwork.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">allkidsnetwork.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>For budding historians, dive into the decades and centuries bygone with online history classes for all ages from preteen through to adults at <a href=\"http:\/\/school.bighistoryproject.com\/bhplive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">school.bighistoryproject.com\/bhplive<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Get cooking with illustrated recipes designed to help kids aged from two years to 12, recipes encourage culinary skills, literacy, maths and science: <a href=\"http:\/\/nomsterchef.com\/nomster-recipe-library\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">nomsterchef.com\/nomster-recipe-library<\/a><\/li>\n<li>If the kids are going stir crazy, get them moving with some kid friendly workouts: choose form strength, agility, flexibility and balance, warm up and cool down activities or create your own workout at <a href=\"http:\/\/app.sworkit.com\/collections\/kids-workouts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">app.sworkit.com\/collections\/kids-workouts<\/a><\/li>\n<li>For future marine biologists, dive into ocean life at <a href=\"http:\/\/ocean.si.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">ocean.si.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Premier Daniel Andrews announced additional steps to combat the spread of coronavirus on Sunday, including bringing forward the school holidays to Tuesday this week. 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