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Virtual Fun Roundup: Test your Harry Potter knowledge on these seven sites

Have a Harry Potter fan in the house? Here's a 10-year-old's favorite online sites to explore.

Posted 2020-04-15T20:37:18+00:00 - Updated 2020-04-17T01:15:00+00:00

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Sarah Lindenfeld Hall, Go Ask Mom editor,

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her daughter

We're all Harry Potter fans in my house. But my 10-year-old daughter is especially tuned in to the books, movies and everything else related to the blockbuster series. And as we've been wiling away long days at home, she's been searching out virtual Harry Potter activities to dive into her obsession and stay busy.

So I asked her to share her favorite virtual ways to engage with some of her favorite books. Here are her recommendations.

Wizarding World

For new Harry Potter fans, not yet familiar with all that's out there, we'll start with Wizarding World. It's the "official hub" for fans of Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts and is an outgrowth of Pottermore, author J.K. Rowling's original site. Here, you can join the official Harry Potter fan club and explore the site's vast amount of offerings and activities.

"I like it because you can get sorted into a house and there is a whole lot of things to do," says my daughter.

Harry Potter at Home

Introduced just this month, Harry Potter at Home is part of Wizarding World, but is worth a call-out on its own. Created to provide activities while we're all stuck at home during the pandemic, the site includes the audiobook version of the first Harry Potter book for free. You'll also find special activity kits, magical craft videos, puzzles and other activities.

"I like Harry Potter at Home because they really understand what kids like, and they created it specifically for what we are going through at the time," my 10-year-old shares.

Harry Potter Digital Escape Room

A creation of a Pennsylvania librarian, the Hogwarts Digital Escape Room requires you to solve various puzzles to "escape."

"I like the Hogwarts digital escape room because you can do it multiple times and you can do it by yourself or with your family," my 10-year-old says.

Harry Potter on Bloomsbury

The publishing company's Harry Potter site includes polls, "magical" downloads, videos and opportunities to meet the illustrators behind the books, among other activities.

"I really like the Bloomsbury publishing website because you can take the quizzes over and over again," says my 10-year-old.

Harry Potter on Scholastic

Speaking of publishers, Scholastic, the U.S. publisher of the Harry Potter books, offers the Harry Potter Reading Club with activities, a virtual author visit with Rowling, games and educational activities. (A hat tip to my daughter's amazing Harry Potter-loving fourth grade teacher for sharing this one.)

Harry Potter on FactMonster

My daughter really enjoyed taking the various Harry Potter-related quizzes on FactMonster, an educational website, including quizzes about each of the books.