Date/Time
January 22, 2024 to January 28, 2024
Description
Throughout the week, educators and parents will have access to fun, engaging and creative activities to do with their students and children, including hands-on, educational videos led by celebrities, downloadable handouts, daily prizes, a livestream virtual assembly and more. All content is aligned to education standards.
On Friday, Jan. 26 at 1 p.m. ET, classrooms and families can tune-in to a virtual assembly event to hear inspirational messages from celebrities including actress Elizabeth Olsen, Diary of a Wimpy Kid author Jeff Kinney, NFL running back for the Minnesota Vikings Alexander Mattison and Shark Tank’s Daymond John, among many others.
Activity Schedule:
- Monday, January 22: Cooking Connects Cultures with the creator of Sankofa, chef and TV personality Eric Adjepong
- Tuesday, January 23: Leaping Toward Dreams with the creators of Firebird, principal ballet dancer Misty Copeland and illustrator Christopher Myers
- Wednesday, January 24: Wishing Upon Stars with NASA astronomers and illustrator of Always Looking Up, Louise Pigott
- Thursday, January 25: Seeing Our Strengths with the creators of I Am A Masterpiece, 13-year-old author, actor and activist with Down Syndrome Mia Armstrong, and illustrator Alexandra Thompson
- Friday, January 26: Writing Your Story with 14-year-old actor in Avatar: The Way of Water and musician Trinity Bliss, plus the creators of The Story of You, author Lisa Ann Scott and illustrator Sue Cornelison
- Saturday, January 27: Finding Music Everywhere with the creators of Music is in Everything, Grammy-award winning musician Ziggy Marley and illustrator Ag Jatkowska
- Sunday, January 28: Connecting Past and Future with the creators of I Am Golden and We Are Golden, style influencer and New York Times bestselling author Eva Chen and New York Times bestselling illustrator Sophie Diao