ONLINE RECREATION CENTER
Welcome to Beaumont-Cherry Valley Recreation and Park District's Online Recreation Center!
Thank you for visiting our NEW Online Recreation Center! We will provide the community with fun, education, and resources as best as we can while our facilities are temporarily closed! If there are any ideas or recommendations we would be glad to hear them, please submit a form below.
Follow us on Instagram @Bcvparks for more ideas to keep you and your loved ones active, creative, and connected!
Get Active!
Better Health recommends getting in at least 30 minutes of physical activity every day! Here are some resources to help you reach that goal while remaning indoors.
- Free Fitness and Workout Tutorials
- Free Qigong Instructional Videos for Seniors
- Free Tai Chi Instructional Videos
- Free Yoga Classes for All Skill Levels
- Studio Physique - Free Dance and Fitness
Come get your 30 minutes of activity at one of our parks or trails! But please remember to maintain Social Distancing. Also please remember to wash your hands before and after any activity. While our facilities and playgrounds are temporarily closed, our parks remain open.
Activities For Kids
- 25 Minute Workouts for Kids
- Cosmic Kids Yoga
- 15 Ways to Keep Kids Active Indoors
- 25 Excersise Games and Indoor Activities for Kids
Exercise Your Mind
- Play Mahjong Online for Free
- Use this online library to read some new books
- Play a daily crossword puzzle
- Download the Scrabble App
- Solve Riddles With Your Friends and Your Children
- Solve a Puzzle
- Play Sudoku
- Teach Yourself a New Language With Duolingo
- Give Meditating a Try
- Play a Word Search
- The Smithsonian Distance Learning
- Cambrigde University Free Online Courses
- Cambridge University Free Textbooks
- Free Online Sociology Classes
- 10 Creative Online Courses
- Read Great Literature Online For Free
- Bibliomania - Free Literature and Study Guides
- 50,000 Free EBooks
Learning For Kids
- Free Printable Books
- Coding Games
- Math Games
- Reading and Writing Games
- Typing Games
- Science Experiments to Try at Home
- Word Search for Kids
- Shell Memory Game
- Learn About Our Solar System
- Scholastic Learn at Home
- Online Storytime
- Audible
- Learn and Tour the History of Rome
Get Creative!
Use this time to pick up a hobby! Having a hobby helps to relieve stress and keep boredom at bay. Try something new with the links below.
- Learn to How Crochet
- Learn to How Knit
- Learn to How Sew On a Sewing Machine
- Learn to How Hand Sew
- Learn to How Play the Piano
- Give Cooking a Try
- Cooking Tips
- Take Up Baking
- Paint With Bob Ross
- Make a Rug With Loop Yarn
- Hand Sew With Your Kids
- Start Keeping an Indoor Garden
- Learn How to Play Solitaire
- Learn How to Play Spades
- Teach Yourself Origami
- Learn the Basics of Calligraphy
- Go Stargazing
- Consider Whittling
- Learn How to Belly Dance
- Make Some Candles
- Try Your Hand at Macrame
- Start Keeping a Journal
- Play Dungeons and Dragons
- Become a House Plant Expert
Games and Crafts For Kids
- DIY Friendship Bracelets for Beginners
- Learn to Tie Dye
- Make a Pinecone Birdfeeder
- Make and Send a Pop Up Card
- How to Make Oobleck
- Make a Lava Lamp Experiment
- Daily Doodle With Mo Willems
- Learn How to Play Cat's Cradle
- Learn How to Play Go Fish
- Learn How to Play Checkers
- Learn How to Play Mancala
- Printable Coloring Pages From Crayola
- Disney Coloring Pages
- Make a Paper Bracelet
- Make Polka Dot Slime
- Laundry Basket Skee Ball
- Make Sock Puppets
- Disney Imagineering in a Box
Get Connected!
It is important to remember to make and maintain emotional connections when limiting your physical contact with others. Try a few of these ideas to stay connected with friends and family.
- Call, Facetime, or Skype a friend or family member that you have not spoken to in awhile.
- Write and send a letter to a loved one
- Play board games with your family
- Play hide and go seek, charades, and other low contact games
- Watch a movie or show with family
- Set a day to do some spring cleaning
- Take care of yourself; make sure to get plenty of sleep, stretch at least twice a day, and eat a well balanced diet
Travel Online
- Virtual Museum Tours
- Virtual Field Trips
- Google Virtual Tours
- Monterey Bay Aquarium Live Cams
- Georgia Aquarium Live Cams
- San Diego Zoo Live Cams
- Virtual Farm Tours
- Online Concerts
- Classical Music Livestream
- Berliner Philharmoniker Digital Concert Hall
- View Classical Paintings Online
- Online Theatrical Performances
- Travel the World With Google Earth
- Museums From Around the World
- Watch the International Space Station Live Stream
- Explore Our Solar System With NASA's Eyes