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Virtually Visit the Library for Help and Entertainment
By Jessica BauerApril 15, 20203 min read
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The Worcester County Library is creating content on its social media and website to help throughout our Stay-At-Home order. The library system is giving you access to:
- Tutors
- How-to videos
- Virtual book clubs
- Story times
- Seclusion Cinema
- and more
The library is directing efforts at all ages:
A middle school virtual book club has been set up for the tweens.
An elementary school virtual club for younger kids.
They have started a Seclusion Cinema which is asking for all ages to create films on their properties about their quarantine time. Submissions will be taken anytime during the library closing. Here are the guidelines:
-All ages accepted.
-Must be filmed in entirely on the filmmakers' property, and nowhere else. Maintain social distancing and put no one at risk.
-Entries must be 5 Minutes or less.
-Keep it PG! No profanity, violence, or adult content.
-No copyrighted images, music, effects, or sounds allowed unless with credited permission by the material's author/creator.
-"Royalty free" images, music, effects, or sounds are allowed.
-Be creative!
Must be submitted to this Dropbox link.
You can find entertaining educational segments too. A Facebook post showed viewers how quickly objects fall. Like objects and same weight objects were dropped and filmed to see if they would hit the ground at the same time. Afterward the segment suggested googling 'physics of falling objects' for more information or activities.
The library's Facebook feed has suggestions, not just information. One of their posts said gardening can reduce stress, but then offered up the suggestion of listening to a book while gardening to change it up a bit. With the library's link to Overdrive & Hoopla card holders have access to many digital books.
If reading, listening to books, trying cool experiments, and creating movies are not your bag, the library also has links to Mango a language learning software and Muzzy is language video for kids. Who's ready to say hello in another language when we all can get together again?
When the Stay-At-Home order lifts you can visit the library system's buildings here:
Berlin
Ocean City
Ocean Pines
Pocomoke
Snow HillAbout Jessica Bauer
Jessica is a creative through and through. She loves creating from sun up to sun down. She is an artist, a friend, a mom, a wife, and whatever other hat she might wear in a day. You might find Jessica with a camera or sketch pad in the local area, but you might find her far and away as she loves to travel. If you see her say, hi and give her dog/baby, Joey a hello too since they usually travel together!
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