Stuck at Home?

Classes in-person at the University of Wisconsin – Madison have been postponed until April 10th and MATC will have at least two weeks of Spring Break — it looks like we will need activities and resources during this stretch of time! Here are some recommendations I have for folks looking to entertain themselves:

Internet Activities

• Explore.org (live streaming videos of animals, nature, wildlife, baby creatures)
  • Kitten-Cam (Live streaming kittens)
• Sudoku Online (also available via phone apps)
• Trivia Plaza (bunches of quizzes to test what you know!)
• Shark Tracker (also available via phone app)
• Ted Talks
• Letters of Note
  • Famous people or events; letters actually written between people
• Virtual Museum Tours
  • The Lourve (3 online tours)
  • Guggenheim (art galleries + architecture)
  • Smithsonian 
  • Women’s History
• Metropolitan Opera Free Nightly Streaming
• Broadway HD 
  • Streaming service for Broadway shows (old and new)
  • 7-day free trial and $8.99 per month
• GoodReads
  • Read new books, find new books
  • Write reviews about books, join book clubs
• Yoga with Adriene (YouTube)

Non-Electronic Activities

• Puzzles
• Card Games
• Knitting
• Crochet
• Hand Quilting
• Cross-Stitching
• Bullet Journaling
• Painting (paint-by-number kits!)
• Cooking/Baking
  • Did I mention I run a baking company??
  • Supercook: you enter ingredients, they provide recipes

Miscellaneous, Social Media & Apps

• Wisconsin: Spectrum Offering 60-days of Internet for Students
• Stitcher Podcasts
  • Frankie’s Picks: True Crime Garage, Generation Why, Why Won’t You Date Me(rated PG-13), Root of Evil, Stuff You Should Know, Serial
  • Additional Recommendations: Dolly Parton’s America, Crime Junkie, TEDRadio Hour NPR
• Audiobooks
• Frankie’s Instagram Favorites
  • CATS: Cats of Madison, Waffles the Cat, Lil Bub, Atchoum the Cat, Cinderblock Cat, Nala Cat, Hosico, Bodega Cats, MadCat Madison
  • DOGS: Doug the Pug, Toast the Corgi, Dogs of Madison, Dogs in Food, Dog Meets World
  • BAKING: Brittanie Bakes, Frosted Cookies, Lauryn Marie Bakes, Frankie’s Cupcakes (my page!), That Cupcake Lady, The Frosted Cookiery, Cake Art Lookbook
  • WISCONSIN: Wisconsinights, Wisconsin’s Outdoor Explorer, Discover Wisconsin, Madison Area, Turkeys of UW Madison, City of Madison
• Fun Twitter Accounts
  • Possum Every Hour, Raccoon Every Hour, Simon’s Cat, Fake Science, Cat in the Sink, Faces in Things 

*I am not paid by any of these organizations/companies to advertise their products/services.*