Common Sense Media just launched its Wide Open School project at WideOpenSchool.org
Duolingo is offering limited free lessons while Babbel has announced that it will make its lessons available free to all K-12 and college students through the end of this term.
There are lesson to help you learn to doodle, online jigsaw puzzles and craft projects from Michaels.
NPR has compiled an ever expanding list of live virtual concerts
New York’s Metropolitan Opera is offering nightly free opera streams.
TED Connects is doing Facebook Live events
CNET has put together a list of free entertainment services including the Crackle movie site and free games such as Drawful 2 “which challenges players to draw ridiculous prompts on their smartphones and tablets.” It’s one of several .
What follows are some online resources. If you’re reading this in the newspaper, you can find all of the links at Larrysworld.com/coping.
CNET has put together a list of free entertainment services including the Crackle movie site and free games such as Drawful 2 “which challenges players to draw ridiculous prompts on their smartphones and tablets.” It’s one of several online games from Jackbox Games that you can play remotely with friends and family. And if you’d love to go on a safari, but not on an airplane, visit the Cincinnati Zoo’s home safari YouTube page,.
Coping with Covid-19
Child Trends has advice for parents and educators on supporting children’s emotional well-being during the crisis.
Official site from the CDC
California Department of Public Health,
Santa Clara County Public Health.
PolicyMed.com has a list of Coronavirus resources broken down by state.
Helplines, and Safelines for Teens.
Kardia Mobile’s $89 electrocardiogram device that measure EKS and detects atrial fibrillation or normal heart rhythm from home.
Grocery shopping
Omni Calculator has a food calculator to help determine how much (and what kinds of) food you’ll need to limit your shopping or deliveries to once every two weeks.
To discourage hoarding, they also have a tool to help you calculate how many rolls of toilet paper you might need.
LarrysWorld.com/shopping, including a 13-minute video on Covid-19 Food Safety Tips by a family physicians from Michigan.
And please accept my invitation to join me in a regular interactive online video at ConnectSafely.org/live.