Roanoke Valley Kids Issue 3

Volume 1 Issue 3 - April 2, 2020

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At Home Entertainment

Dozens of local and national artists, businesses, libraries, and museums are providing tons of entertainment and educational videos for families to use during this pandemic and time of social distancing. We’ve gathered some of our favorites to share with you.

Morning Story Time with Roanoke Public Library

Join our local librarians as they read children’s books aloud on their Youtube channel, Roanoke Public Libaries, every morning at 10 AM EST!

Bricks 4 Kidz Daily Projects

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Beginner Virtual Karate Class with Super Kicks Karate

Join Miss Amy from Bricks 4 Kidz everyday for a new project. Use Duplo or Lego blocks to join in the fun. Video posted daily.

Join our local masters as they lead your family through a beginner karate class at home! These classes are a great way for the entire family to get some physical movement during the day.

Join them on Facebook Live every weekday at 4:30 PM EST.

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Kianna’s Storytime Corner

Weekdays at 9:30 AM on Facebook @kianna321 Local tv Personality and friend of Roanoke Valley Family Magazine hosts storytime every weekday at 9:30am on her facebook page!

Y at Home YMCA Classes and Youth Programs YMCAs across the country are closed down, but the classes and activities remain. Our local YMCA is posting group exercise videos on a daily basis and offering a youth program called 12Bursts. www.ymcavbr.org and www.12bursts.org

Virtual Zoo Visits Across America Zoos across the country have closed to the public, but the animals are still having lots of fun! The following zoos and aquariums have live stream videos of animal exhibits, up-close animal investigations and even silly videos of penguins touring the zoos themselves! We’ve listed their social media handles and most common hashtags they use to share their videos.

Dallas Zoo | @DallasZoo | #BringTheZooToYou Shedd Aquarium | @Shed_Aquarium Cincinnati Zoo | @CincinnatiZoo | #ZooHomeSafari Oregon Zoo | @OregonZoo San Diego Zoo | @SanDiegoZoo |#AnimalCams As of printing, our local zoo- Mill Mountain Zoo was continuing their regular feed of animal photos and behind the scene videos of their exhibit expansions and animal care!

Tauby the Art Detective at the Taubman Museum Join Tauby on daily adventures in the Taubman Museum. Everything from art to dancing is explored!

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Stay Safe &

Support Local

Restaurants While we shouldn’t eat IN our favorite local restaurants, many have adapted their menu for curbside pick up or delivery! Delivery services like GrubHub or UberEats have lowered or eliminated delivery fees and they have no-contact delivery options.

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Sweet Donkey Coffee

2108 Broadway Ave SW, Roanoke • (540) 491-0004 Pick Up & Cloosiv Delivery

Pastel

2123 Crystal Spring Ave, Roanoke • (540) 204-3100 Pick Up & At-Home Baking Jars Available

Bobby’s Hot & Cheesy and Bubblecakes

2071 Colonial Avenue, Roanoke • (540) 795-4217 Pick Up & Delivery

Fork in the Alley 2123 Crystal Spring Ave Roanoke • (540) 982-3675 Pick-Up Available

Evie’s Bakery & Bistro

1212 4th St SW Roanoke • (540) 343-4543 Pick Up Available

New York Pizza 708 Hardy Rd, Vinton (540) 342-2933 Pick Up, DoorDash & Grubhub Delivery

Wall Street Tavern

32 Market Sq, Roanoke (540) 342-9555 Take and Bake Kits Pick Up, GrubHub Delivery

Wokology

1 Campbell, Roanoke (540) 595-9071 Pick Up & Delivery

Angelle’s Diner

2609 Lee Hwy Troutville • (540) 591-7208 Curbside Pick Up

Hokie House 322 N Main St Blacksburg (540) 552-0280 Pick up & Delivery

Burger in the Square

3904 Brambleton Ave Roanoke (540) 400-8645 Pick up only

Farmburguesa Vinton & Roanoke Locations (540) 566-3377 Pick up & Delivery Available

This is not a complete list of every local restaurant in our area- call your family’s favorite and see what options they have available to keep you safe AND fed.

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SUMMER CAMPS 2020

JUNE 8TH - JULY 10TH Half Day & Full Day Offerings OFFERINGS: PRE K - ADULT Camps in Acting, Voice, Dance, Music Theatre, and Technical Theatre

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Need Lunch?

Sometimes when school is out for a long time kids can go hungry. The following restaurants and businesses have free (or cheap) children’s meals available.

Cheesesteak Factory & Jerk House Our Daily Bread- Salem Wokology Evie’s Bakery & Bistro

Burger King- App Only Hokie House Angelle’s Diner Feeding Southwest Virginia Sheetz Note: ALL public school systems also have lunch programs in place for their students. If your family need help securing food, please call 211.

Have a food resource you’d like to share with the Roanoke Valley? Email josh@virginiafamily.com to be added to next week’s digital issue!

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Unicorn Pancakes

INSTRUCTIONS

INGREDIENTS 1 cup flour 1 tbsp baking powder Pinch of salt 2 tbsp granulated sugar 1 large egg 1 cup whole milk 2 tbsp oil 2 drops red gel food coloring 2 drops violet gel food coloring 1 stick butter, softened Whipped cream 1/2 cup of condensed milk Sprinkles Yields: Approx. 8-10 small pancakes

Start by sifting your flour, baking powder and salt.

Add sugar and whisk.

Add egg, milk, and oil and whisk until batter forms and is smooth.

Divide the batter in 2 bowls and color each one with its respective gel food colorings. Mix until each bowl of batter is completely tinted.

On a hot skillet (heated over medium heat) sprayed with cooking oil and/or coated with butter, pour Âź cup of the batter and cook until bubbles form on top. Flip and cook until edges lift/turn a very light brown.

Stack pancakes on a plate and pour over your condensed milk. Top with whipped cream and sprinkles and enjoy the sweet magic!

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Fun with Air Pressure Kids Science Experiment

Supplies:

• 1 empty plastic drink bottle (thicker plastic works better, 16 oz. soda bottles work well) • Balloon • Nail

Directions:

1. Have your adult help you poke a hole in the side of your plastic bottle with the nail. It may help to fill the bottle with water (and put the cap back on) before poking the hole. The water adds some extra rigidity and makes it easier to poke a hole in the bottle. If you do fill the bottle, be sure to empty it completely after you poke the hole in it.

2.Put the balloon into the bottle and stretch the mouth of the balloon over the neck of the bottle.

3. Place your finger over the nail hole so that it is sealed and try to blow up the balloon. (You shouldn’t be able to.)

4. Move your finger and try again. The balloon should easily inflate.

5. Try placing your finger back over the nail hole just before you’re done blowing up the balloon. You should be able to move your mouth away from the bottle without the balloon deflating.

What’s Happening: Though the bottle appears empty, it actually has air molecules in it.

When you plug up the nail hole with your finger, it means that the air molecules in the bottle cannot go anywhere--they have no exit. If you try to blow up the balloon with hole plugged, it actually increases the pressure in the bottle because you are squeezing the air molecules closer together and the balloon won’t blow

up. When you move your finger and leave the nail hole open, the air has an escape so the air you add to the balloon is able to push air molecules out of the bottle so you can inflate the balloon. If you plug the hole after blowing up the balloon, then the balloon will stay inflated even when not tied off because the pressure in the balloon, in the bottle, and outside the balloon are all equal.

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Try experimenting with the size or number of holes in the bottle. Are you able to blow up the balloon faster?

For something really fun, try bowing up the balloon and then placing your thumb over the hole so that the balloon stays inflated. Fill the inflated balloon with water and then (outside or over a sink) move your thumb from the nail hole and see what happens.

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With programs designed to engage, question and surprise, every North Cross graduate is a product of our ceaseless evaluation of what works—and, a commitment to embrace what’s next.

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