New 'Harry Potter at Home' Hub Brings Free Entertainment for Kids Amidst Lockdown

J.K. Rowling has announced a new Harry Potter At Home hub that promises to assist readers "bring the magic of the wizarding world into (their) home at this hard time – too as continue y'all all occupied for hours on finish". The specially-curated website brings a free online collection of child-friendly activities, videos, puzzles, illustrations, quizzes, artistic ideas and manufactures to help parents, teachers and care-givers keep children amused and interested during the lockdown.

Parents, teachers and carers working to keep children amused and interested while we're on lockdown might need a bit of magic, so I'one thousand delighted to launch https://t.co/cPg0dZpexB pic.twitter.com/i0ZjTplVoU

— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) April 1, 2020

Rowling had before relaxed some copyright restrictions on the Harry Potter series for the duration of the lockdown, assuasive teachers to post videos of themselves reading the books to their students without having to pay a licensing fee. According to new guidelines posted by her agency, The Blair Partnership, the decision was taken considering both the author and the agency "recognize the importance of sharing story time and reading aloud in times of adversity".

Delighted to help teachers reach kids at home past relaxing the usual licence required to post videos of themselves reading Harry Potter books. Get to https://t.co/77d90pkiYK to find the guidelines. Be well, everyone. More soon! 💫#HarryPotterAtHome

— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) March 20, 2020

Meanwhile, the hub volition not only be a fun place for Harry Potter fans to brush upwardly on their knowledge about the wizarding earth, but is too designed to familiarize first-timers with the bespectacled sorcerer. According to an official blog postal service, "the hub (is) a truly inspiring place that celebrates reading for pleasure, specially when introducing children to Harry and his friends for the first time. Y'all'll discover all the latest fun and games to keep everyone occupied – from special activity kits from Bloomsbury and Scholastic, to bang-up magical craft videos".

The Harry Potter at Home hub is a collaboration between J.1000. Rowling and Warner Bros in partnership with Aural, Bloomsbury, OverDrive, Pottermore Publishing and Scholastic. It is office of Rowling's efforts to brand the Harry Potter series more attainable to a new generation of children after taking the millennials by storm over the past couple of decades. You can go over to the official Harry Potter at Home website to check out all the details.

Source: https://beebom.com/harry-potter-home-hub-free-entertainment-kids/

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