Welcome to West Side Recreation & Park District's Virtual Recreation Center!
You can find links to activities, educational resources, and much more to keep you and your family entertained while staying home!
Stay Active
- Fitness Blender - Free everyday workout videos for every level
- STRONG Nation - Total body and HIIT workouts
- POPSUGAR Fitness - Workouts, fitness tutorials, and much more!
- Orangetherory At Home - Weekly challenges, plenty of workouts, and tips!
- Zumba - Find the instructor best for you and dance your way through reaching your fitness goal.
- Runners World - Interested in participating in a virtual race? Find the virtual race perfect for you!
- Nike Training Club - Train with Nike Trainers with their free workout programs
- 305 Dance Workout - Dance like no one is watching and burn those calories!
Resources and Fun Activities
- Digital Escape Rooms - Can you escape?
- Hello Magazine - 31 things to do during quarantine
- Fast Company - Effective tips for working at home
- Unsplash - Free backgrounds for you to use on your next Zoom meetings.
Get Creative!
- How to Camp with your Kids, in the Living Room!
- Crayola Coloring Pages
- Art for Kids - Step by step tutorials on how to draw things from funny lasagna to a Lego character!
- Recycle and Play - This Instagram page features fun crafts and activities for kids using recycled supplies!
- 50 Fun Activities for Kids to Keep Them Entertained for Hours
- Outdoor Fun: Backyard Mini Golf Course - Gather materials you already have at home to create a mini-golf course!
- At Home Activities Coloring pages, puzzles, game day activities, and much more from the LA Dodgers!
- Easy Dessert Recipes
- 101 Absolutely Free Activities for your Kids and Family
- 31 Crafts to Make with your Kids
- Adorable Pipe Cleaner Animals Craft for Kids - Create cute animals from pipe cleaners!
- Gundersen Health System - Activities to keep the kids active during the quarantine.
- 101 Genius Sidewalk Chalk Ideas
Staying Active
- The Silver Sneakers
- Balance Stability Exercises
- Jenny’s Fit Start - Series of videos which focuses on fun exercises for beginners and active adults!
- Evelo’s Exercises for seniors
- Fitness with Cindy
Resources
- Wide Open Schools - Resources for grades preschool through 12th
- School Choice Week - Free resources for schools, educators, and administrators, to guide them through online schooling
- PBS Kids
- ABC Mouse
- Khan Academy
- National Geographic
- Dictionary
- Raising Dragons - A blog that features activities centered around STEM!
- Kids Think Design - Explore careers in fashion design, interior design, animation, film and theater, and much more!
- Climate Kids - Learn about the atmosphere, energy, weather and climate, and plants and animals from NASA
- 30 Educational Shows on Netflix
- Disneyland - Experience Disneyland in the comfort of your home!
- Tiny Desk Concerts
- Billboard Quarantine Music Events Online Streams
Take a virtual tour of museums from around the world!
- Google Arts & Culture
- Museo Thyssen Bornemisza Rembrandt Exhibt
- Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
- Louvre
- Natural Museum of Natural History
- Rijks Museum
Aquariums & Zoos
- Channel Island Live Ocean Webcam
- San Diego Zoo Houston Zoo
- Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary
- Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens
Take a virtual trip to some of our National Parks!
- Yosemite
- Yellowstone
- Google National Parks Service - Explore the Kenai Fjords, Hawai’I Volcanoes, Carlsbad Caverns, Bryce Canyon, and the Dry Tortugas
Keep up with the latest COVID-19 information!
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