Bust the boredom of sheltering in place
If heeding the stay at home warning has you feeling a bit stir crazy, there are some great digital boredom busters for adults and kids available through the Butte County Library and the Gateway Science Museum.
If you have a Butte County Library card and a smartphone, pad device, laptop or desk computer, there’s a world of good reads available to you. The library has literally thousands of e-books and audio books for adults, teens and kids.
Accessing all the library’s e-books is as simple as downloading the SimplyE app to your computer or device. Additional downloads available through the library include Axis 360 e-books and RBdigital e-audiobooks and e-books, both of which include fiction and non-fiction selections for adults, teens and kids. TheRBdigital Magazines app allows access tomagazine and periodicals.
The Enki Library ebook platform includes multicultural, short and classic novels in addition to graphic novels and independently published books.
Through the library’s e-resources you may also sign- up for Hoopla and stream digital movies and television shows.
All of these e-resources are free for Butte County Library cardholders. To learn more, find instructions
If you have a Butte County Library card anda smartphone, pad device, laptop or desk computer, there’s a world of good reads available to you. The library has literally thousands of e-books and audio books for adults, teens and kids.
on how to download apps and access e-materials visit buttecounty.net/ bclibrary/e-resources.
Science at home
The Gateway Science Museum announced some new online programming this week.
Gateway Kids at Home offers hands- on activities for kids to do at home typically with common household supplies and materials. In honor of the museum’s Mission Aerospace exhibit, Gateway Kids currently features some easy to follow tutorials on how to make different kinds of airplanes and paper rockets well as some fun experiments using the plans and rocket. To check out Gateway Kids at Home visit csuchico.edu/gateway/programming/kids- at-home.shtml.
The museum also has a Virtual Curiosity page that currently encourages visitors to “check back as we share our experiences, science experiments and interest,” at csuchico.edu/ gateway/ programming/ virtual- curiosity.shtml.
The museum has also added a Staying Healthy & Happy page at csuchico. edu/gateway/programming/healthy-happy.shtml.
This page features three drop-down sections including “What is coronavirus disease?” This section features information and resources on COVID-19 including a coronavirus video suitable for children 12 and older.
For parents there is information and resources on how to talk to kids about COVID-19. It also features a couple of kid friendly videos on the immune system and how germs travel.
The last drop down on the page, — “How do I maintain health & wellness at home?” — addresses how to manage stress, anxiety and uncertainty during this time. In addition to some helpful tips for dealing with isolation from Scott Kelly, retired NASA astronaut, there is information on mental health and wellness from the Centers for Disease Control, Word Health Organization and the American Psychiatric Association. There is also an article from the Seattle Children’s Hospital addressing how to help children and teens cope with anxiety about COVID-19.