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Keeping the family entertained with In Derby

Keeping children of all ages busy is one of the challenges facing families during the COVID-19 pandemic, so the team at In Derby are looking closer to home during the restrictions brought in to keep everyone safe. While all local venues remain closed, the In Derby website is focusing on things to keep families entertained at home.

Content includes:

• Ideas for families with younger children and ideas for older children and teenagers

• Top ten books for children, available to borrow for free as ebooks or audiobooks
• Family days out in the city centre includes virtual tours of Derby Museum and Art Gallery, climbing up Derby Cathedral Tower, tours of exhibitions at QUAD and Déda
• The Woodland Trust activities
• Harry Potter At Home – official, online wizarding activities
• Let’s Create, a Facebook page set up by Babbling Vagabonds Storytelling Theatre, for fun and creative things to do.
• Swim England activities to download, including activities to teach about water safety
• Crafty ideas for older children
• Derby Active at Home, packed with online workout classes to try at home, including a basic gymnastics routine that is suitable for children.

https://news.derby.gov.uk/keeping-the-family-entertained-with-in-derby/