what
🇬🇧🔗🏕️https://naturedetectives.woodlandtrust.org.uk/naturedetectives/
Nature-related activities and educational resources.
🇬🇧🔗https://www.bighistoryproject.com/home
Big History Project, aimed at Secondary age. Multi disciplinary activities.
🇬🇧🔗https://toytheater.com/
Educational online games for younger kids.
🇬🇧🔗https://www.dkfindout.com/
Online encyclopedia with activities and quizzes.
🇬🇧🔗https://www.twinkl.co.uk
Educational resources, especially printable worksheets. Some free downloads. Free month subscription using this code: UK TWINKL HELPS or PARENTSTWINKLHELPS
🇬🇧🔗https://www.pawprintbadges.co.uk
Paw Print Badges- Free challenge packs and other downloads. Many activities can be completed indoors. Badges cost but are optional.
🔗https://outdoorclassroomday.org.uk/resources/
Hundreds of ideas for outdoor play and taking lessons outdoors. Make sure if children are being home-schooled you include 15 mins recess for every 45 mins instruction. (Resources in 15 languages).
🔗https://world-geography-games.com/world.html
Play ideas to do at home, outdoor lesson ideas for school, or guidance on making time outdoors part of every child’s day
🔗https://www.tinkercad.com/
From AutoDesk - free, easy-to-use app for 3D design, electronics, and coding. It's used by teachers, kids, hobbyists, and designers to imagine, design, and make anything!
🔗 https://www.livescience.com/coronavirus-kids-activities.html
Kids science activities.
🔗 📝https://fiveminutemum.com/
BLOG: Five minute fun activities for busy people to do with little kids. Five minute set up, five minute clear up is the theme.
🔗📝https://artfulparent.com/
BLOG: Guides and tips for art activities.
🔗📝https://www.redtedart.com
BLOG:Easy arts and crafts for little ones
🔗 📝https://theimaginationtree.com
BLOG: Creative art and craft activities for the very youngest.
🔗https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YfcmgRDbP-Kfrh0-jTyFP2fNWsbNXdJAemblLiCRHdA/edit
List of Virtual Tours of museums and zoos and other cultural places.
🔗https://naturalhistory2.si.edu/vt3/NMNH/z_tour-079.html
Smithsonian Animal Tour
🔗https://naturalhistory2.si.edu/vt3/NMNH/z_tour-029.html
Smithsonian Dinosaur Tour
🔗https://www.louvre.fr/en/visites-en-ligne
Louvre Art Museum, Paris
🔗https://g.co/arts/YNKYhdMiRcEu8axc6
Uffizi Galleries, Italy
🔗https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/visiting/virtual-tours
National Gallery, London
🔗https://brightonmuseums.org.uk/royalpavilion/whattosee/virtual-tour/
Brighton Royal Pavilion
🔗https://www.royal.uk/virtual-tours-buckingham-palace
Buckingham Palace, London
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👨👩👦 https://www.facebook.com/groups/activelittles
💡🔗Learn about voice acting and then try to improvise a voice for each character.
🔗https://www.littlelightbulbs.com/posts/make-up-a-voice-activity
💡🔗A list-making journal to prepare you for boredom, plus wise words by wise people about boredom.
🔗https://www.littlelightbulbs.com/posts/banishing-boredom
💡🔗A journal inviting kids, 8-year olds and older, to take on a daily challenge and track it for a week.
🔗https://www.littlelightbulbs.com/posts/day-challenge-printable-journal
💡🔗Watch fascinating videos about space colonization and then try to design your own space colony.
🔗https://www.littlelightbulbs.com/posts/space-colonization-printable-journal-watch-learn
🏃♀️🏃♂️In the morning, learn to sing a folk song. If it contains words/objects/concepts/instruments the children don’t know, learn about them together.
In the afternoon, make an art project based on the song. Draw, build a model of an item from the song, make the song in Lego.
🏃♀️🏃♂️Think of an open-air activity that can be done with no materials, or with materials you bring with you. Choose a location in your area and walk there. Save the GPS coordinates and do the activity. Take pictures! Bring home the coordinates and pictures and then post them on a local parent’s Internet group. Other families can go to the same place.
Do not leave items at the site; repeated handling of them can spread virus particles.
In order to respect social distancing, the parents can organise between themselves (“we’ll go this afternoon, you go tomorrow”) or just plan that if someone else is there, that they will continue walking past and come back in a half hour.
🏃♀️🏃♂️ Set up a target, visitors throw pinecones at it. Find a tri-corner of three counties, and learn about map coloring there.
💡If you can give short lessons to children who are being home educated (you don’t have to be an educator, could be an instrument, a story from history, etc.), please email Tim Cook
🇬🇧🔗https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/
The National Trust is keeping its parks and gardens open for free during social distancing.
🇬🇧🔗https://www.rspb.org.uk/our-work/rspb-news/news/stories/coronavirus/
The RSPB is keeping the majority of its nature reserves open and is waiving car parking charges until further notice (visitor centres and cafes are closed, however).
🔗https://coronavirustechhandbook.com/educational-content
🔗https://coronavirustechhandbook.com/mental-health
🇬🇧🔗https://youngminds.org.uk/find-help/looking-after-yourself/coronavirus-and-mental-health/
This organisation aims to ensure all young people get the best possible mental health support.
🔗https://www.youtube.com/user/Fischymusic
Fischy Music. Free music video website for children’s emotional and mental wellbeing. Online assemblies on YouTube every Monday morning at 11am (primary aged children and families).
🔗https://www.dropbox.com/s/389s08v6kflosyf/COVID19_advice-for-parents-and-carers_20.3_.pdf?dl=0&mc_cid=cdc03b607d&mc_eid:=3f078d562d
Advice from the University of Reading and University of Oxford for young people to manage their mental health during the pandemic
🔗https://parentzone.org.uk/parent-zone-crisis-messenger
If you are experiencing a mental health crisis and need support, you can text PARENTZONE to 85258.
🔗https://childmind.org/coping-during-covid-19-resources-for-parents/
Clinical and supportive resources - Resources for parents struggling to balance work, child care and self-care while keeping worries
🔗https://www.facebook.com/ChildMindInstitute/live/
Facebook Live video chats with expert clinicians - Live Chats that parents have access to with clinicians that discuss children and parents health
🔗https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/divorce-busting/202003/co-parenting-and-the-coronavirus
Co-parenting and Coronavirus- Article discusses how separated parents can bridge their differences during the pandemic
🔗https://potentialin.me/families-online/
Potential in Me are running an online support group for parents & carers of kids in adolescence (8-25). We’re running personal development workshops, community connection calls and a limited amount of one-to-one coaching support.
🔗https://deviecoach.com/
Free mobile app that delivers research-based daily support for parents at home with young children in the form of automated 2-5 min chats. All content based on RCT-validated.
🔗https://www.dadsrock.org.uk/
Dads Rock! Supporting fathers across Scotland.
🔗https://www.parentingacrossscotland.org/info-for-families/coronavirus/
Parenting across Scotland- Provides guides for the family.
🔗https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1FU1VhPd7zmmQJF2kwIMUeWFzqLuBbEpc
Barnardo's pilot of WhatsApp as a service delivery tool. Guidance, policy, lessons learned, etc.
Dads Rock will be running online workshops, such as Antenatal for Dads to be, Antenatal for Mums to be, Feeding, sleeping and hairstyle workshops.
🔗https://www.parentingni.org/
Parenting NI established in 1979, as the Parents Advice Centre, provides free support for parents across Northern Ireland.
🔗https://parentinfo.org/
Help and advice for families in a digital world
Parent Info is a collaboration between Parent Zone and NCA-CEOP, providing support and guidance for parents from leading experts and organisations.
🇬🇧🔗https://letsmush.com/
GovStart 2019 startup Mush is the local social network for mums. They can swap advice and tips on how to deal with the virus.
🔗https://m.facebook.com/groups/204187680864008/
Parenting & Childcare
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🇺🇸🔗https://www.cdc.gov/childrenindisasters/helping-children-cope.html
How to help children cope
🇺🇸🔗https://childmind.org/article/talking-to-kids-about-the-coronavirus/
Advice from the experts at the Child Mind Institute.
🇺🇸🔗https://www.healthline.com/health-news/how-to-talk-to-kids-about-the-coronavirus
How to Talk to Your Kids About the COVID-19 Outbreak
🇺🇸🔗https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/17/parenting/coronavirus-kids-talk.html
How to talk to your kid about the outbreak and keeping your anxiety in check
🇬🇧🔗https://www.telegraph.co.uk/family/parenting/how-explain-coronavirus-kids-talk-children-about-covid-19/
How to talk to children about Coronavirus, without giving them nightmares.
🔗http://opsafeintl.com/project-fear-not/
Project fear not- Anti-COVID-19 Information for Children
🔗https://www.pbs.org/parents/thrive/how-to-talk-to-your-kids-about-coronavirus
How to Talk to Your Kids About Coronavirus- Guide to help parents talk to their children properly about the virus
🌏🔗https://www.mindheart.co/descargables
Coloring book on the Coronavirus for kids. By Manuela Molina. In many languages.
🌏🔗https://www.linkedin.com/posts/matt-smeed-b6033922_wellbeing-and-resilience-tookit-for-kids-activity-6647797497831927809--mZ-
Cute wellbeing and resilience guide for kids created by a psychologist
🇬🇧🔗https://ican.org.uk/a-message-to-our-supporters-on-coronavirus/how-to-talk-to-children-about-coronavirus/
ICAN communication charity with great resources to help speak to children about Coronavirus.
🇺🇸🔗https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/02/28/809580453/just-for-kids-a-comic-exploring-the-new-coronavirus?t=1584661920343
Just For Kids: A Comic Exploring The New Coronavirus
📺https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/see-germs-spread-mark-rober
How To See Germs Spread (Coronavirus) with Mark Rober
📺https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/how-soap-and-water-kills-coronavirus
“Plain old soap and water absolutely annihilate Coronavirus.” – Vox
📺https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QKrFxahFC4
Proper hand washing
📺https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/coronavirus-covid-19-social-distancing-soap-pandemic
Coronavirus COVID-19: What is social distancing?
🔗 https://www.livescience.com/coronavirus-kids-guide.html
Live Science “ultimate kids’ guide to the new Coronavirus”- Answers from science to all the questions.
🌏🔗https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/hidden-surprise-diy-soap-how-to-wash-your-hands
How to make your own soap against Coronavirus.
🌏 🔗https://www.brainpop.com/health/diseasesinjuriesandconditions/coronavirus/
All you need to know. Quizzes, animations and more.
📺🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L89nN03pBzI
"Wash Your Hands", from the makers of "Baby Shark"
🇮🇪🔗 https://spunout.ie/
SpunOut.ie is Ireland’s youth information website created by young people, for young people.- Ireland
🔗coronavirustechhandbook.com/advice
🔗https://coronavirustechhandbook.com/hygiene
🔗https://coronavirustechhandbook.com/food
🔗https://coronavirustechhandbook.com/isolation-toolkit
🇺🇸🔗https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/schools-childcare/schools-faq.html
CDC advice for parents
🔗https://twitter.com/YoungScot/status/1240942821219188736?s=19
Live Q&A with Scotland’s First Minister @ScotGovFM and National Clinical Director @jasonleitch
🇪🇺🔗https://www.siteinander.com
SitEinander is a hyper-local social network in Europe specifically designed for nearby parents to help each other.
🔗🇮🇪https://join.slack.com/share/IVDKJ6WH0/pxcCVsGpmmIcNmF8iguWH8dR/enQtOTk5NjY0MjM0NTc4LWVlMjVmM2E4NWEyYjVmNDU2NzQyMzY0MTgwYmYyYzMwY2JiNjk4ZmEwYWYzZjFmNzY5YTYzY2I5YzVhMzlkNDQ
Helpful Engineering channel #project-kids-in-crisis- An idea to create a set of reusable legal forms/templates for families to use for full-time hosting/fostering a child of a healthcare worker or hospitalized patient.
🌏🔗https://rallyroundme.com/
Online tool that family, friends and communities can use to support people they care about. Everyone in a network can share and discuss jobs and volunteer to help out.
🇬🇧🔗https://www.gov.uk/government/news/free-childcare-offers-to-continue-during-coronavirus-closures
The UK Government will continue to pay funding to local authorities for the free entitlements for two, three and four-year-olds
🇬🇧🔗https://www.familysupportni.gov.uk/ -
Government backed service directory of all registered childcare providers along with all services that provide support for children and families in NI.
🇬🇧🔗https://www.yoopies.co.uk emergency, last minute, volunteer childcare available. Free use of the platform for NHS staff.
🇺🇸🔗https://twitter.com/yourbabydoctor/status/1237966097485193220
Informal Seattle based.Babysitting exchange during school closure if parents are unable to self isolate.
🇺🇸🔗https://www.wiggleroomnow.com/
Wiggle Room is a new app designed to help people manage a network of informal childcare.
🇬🇧 🔗https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfUL1b4tDUf8ICDEmRBDTHu7AikLs1sSyB54wny0F8SUWu_gw/viewform
Childcare for doctors co-op
🔗https://childcarecoop.org/
Easily schedule childcare with other people, if you're in the situation where the schools have closed, but you still have to go to work.
🇬🇧🔗www.korukids.co.uk
KoruKids is looking at nanny share options for families.
🌏🔗https://kfahttps://coronavirustechhandbook.com/homen.iheart.com/featured/mansour-s-musings/content/2020-03-15-try-this-covid-19-daily-schedule-to-keep-your-kids-from-going-stir-crazy/
Try this COVID-19 daily schedule to keep your kids from going stir crazy.
🌏🔗https://twitter.com/LitterboxComics/status/1239003086569582592
COVID-19 daily schedule
🌏🔗https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13AB1SSmKR-mO3yyxKh5w2EJrzq6vfbjY4QlB-GDTzUA/edit?usp=sharing
Two people working full-time with a 3-year-old at home (will update with learnings as we go). Put in a 15-min cocktail break for the pleasure of it
🇺🇸🔗https://www.cpr.org/2020/03/17/what-to-do-with-kids-at-home-on-coronavirus-break-mental-health-for-parents-too/
What To Do With Kids At Home On Coronavirus Break For Who Knows How Long (Without Losing It)
🇬🇧🔗https://yoopies.co.uk/c/press-centre/stayhomesavelives-guide-for-parents
How to stay home" guide for parents including homeschooling, keeping in touch with friends/family, answering difficult questions kids pose.
🇺🇸🔗https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/faq.html?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fcoronavirus%2F2019-ncov%2Fprepare%2Fchildren-faq.html
CDC Childhood advice
🔗https://bit.ly/CSDPQuar
Digital Parenting Advice for Quarantined Families: Five helpful tips for staying sane while sharing space, time and wifi. Plus register for FREE Digital Sanity Summit & Get one-on-one help.
🔗https://www.unicef.org/stories/novel-coronavirus-outbreak-what-parents-sho inuld-know
What UNICEF says parents should know about Coronavirus.
🇬🇧🔗https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/keeping-kids-connected-entertained-during-covid-19-school-monday/?trackingId=JMnqph8UtklVPpxQ3TMRdw%3D%3D
Keeping the Kids Connected and Entertained During the COVID-19 School Shut Down
Activities and quizzes for younger kids.
🇬🇧🔗https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/dailylessons
Educational videos and activities for kids of school age.
🇬🇧https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies
Games, puzzles, videos and radio for younger kids.
🇬🇧🔗https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/
Games, quizzes, videos and other cool stuff for older kids.
🌏🔗https://worldathome.net
Tool for parents, carers and kids to find useful activities, information and ideas.
🌏🔗https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KCFnWreu4v7VoO3NbgP-Qcq2LyE1FvliYSoiTLRY7Qg/edit?usp=sharing
This google sheet provides a list of activities that children can do while they stay at home. You can also add activities to the⁸ list.
🌱🌏🔗🎬https://www.littlelightbulbs.com/
🔗 https://stories.audible.com/start-listen
Audio stories and books for free.
🇬🇧🔗🏕️https://naturedetectives.woodlandtrust.org.uk/naturedetectives/
Nature-related activities and educational resources.
🇬🇧🔗https://www.bighistoryproject.com/home
Big History Project, aimed at Secondary age. Multi disciplinary activities.
🇬🇧🔗https://toytheater.com/
Educational online games for younger kids.
🇬🇧🔗https://www.dkfindout.com/
Online encyclopedia with activities and quizzes.
🇬🇧🔗https://www.twinkl.co.uk
Educational resources, especially printable worksheets. Some free downloads. Free month subscription using this code: UK TWINKL HELPS or PARENTSTWINKLHELPS
🇬🇧🔗https://www.pawprintbadges.co.uk
Paw Print Badges- Free challenge packs and other downloads. Many activities can be completed indoors. Badges cost but are optional.
🔗https://outdoorclassroomday.org.uk/resources/
Hundreds of ideas for outdoor play and taking lessons outdoors. Make sure if children are being home-schooled you include 15 mins recess for every 45 mins instruction. (Resources in 15 languages).
🔗https://world-geography-games.com/world.html
Play ideas to do at home, outdoor lesson ideas for school, or guidance on making time outdoors part of every child’s day
🔗https://www.tinkercad.com/
From AutoDesk - free, easy-to-use app for 3D design, electronics, and coding. It's used by teachers, kids, hobbyists, and designers to imagine, design, and make anything!
🔗 https://www.livescience.com/coronavirus-kids-activities.html
Kids science activities.
🔗 📝https://fiveminutemum.com/
BLOG: Five minute fun activities for busy people to do with little kids. Five minute set up, five minute clear up is the theme.
🔗📝https://artfulparent.com/
BLOG: Guides and tips for art activities.
🔗📝https://www.redtedart.com
BLOG:Easy arts and crafts for little ones
🔗 📝https://theimaginationtree.com
BLOG: Creative art and craft activities for the very youngest.
🔗https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YfcmgRDbP-Kfrh0-jTyFP2fNWsbNXdJAemblLiCRHdA/edit
List of Virtual Tours of museums and zoos and other cultural places.
🔗https://naturalhistory2.si.edu/vt3/NMNH/z_tour-079.html
Smithsonian Animal Tour
🔗https://naturalhistory2.si.edu/vt3/NMNH/z_tour-029.html
Smithsonian Dinosaur Tour
🔗https://www.louvre.fr/en/visites-en-ligne
Louvre Art Museum, Paris
🔗https://g.co/arts/YNKYhdMiRcEu8axc6
Uffizi Galleries, Italy
🔗https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/visiting/virtual-tours
National Gallery, London
🔗https://brightonmuseums.org.uk/royalpavilion/whattosee/virtual-tour/
Brighton Royal Pavilion
🔗https://www.royal.uk/virtual-tours-buckingham-palace
Buckingham Palace, London
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👨👩👦 https://www.facebook.com/groups/823672224818823/
👨👩👦 https://www.facebook.com/groups/indoorswithkids/
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👨👩👦 https://www.facebook.com/groups/1541118002710081/
👨👩👦 https://www.facebook.com/groups/activelittles
💡🔗Learn about voice acting and then try to improvise a voice for each character.
🔗https://www.littlelightbulbs.com/posts/make-up-a-voice-activity
💡🔗A list-making journal to prepare you for boredom, plus wise words by wise people about boredom.
🔗https://www.littlelightbulbs.com/posts/banishing-boredom
💡🔗A journal inviting kids, 8-year olds and older, to take on a daily challenge and track it for a week.
🔗https://www.littlelightbulbs.com/posts/day-challenge-printable-journal
💡🔗Watch fascinating videos about space colonization and then try to design your own space colony.
🔗https://www.littlelightbulbs.com/posts/space-colonization-printable-journal-watch-learn
🏃♀️🏃♂️In the morning, learn to sing a folk song. If it contains words/objects/concepts/instruments the children don’t know, learn about them together.
In the afternoon, make an art project based on the song. Draw, build a model of an item from the song, make the song in Lego.
🏃♀️🏃♂️Think of an open-air activity that can be done with no materials, or with materials you bring with you. Choose a location in your area and walk there. Save the GPS coordinates and do the activity. Take pictures! Bring home the coordinates and pictures and then post them on a local parent’s Internet group. Other families can go to the same place.
Do not leave items at the site; repeated handling of them can spread virus particles.
In order to respect social distancing, the parents can organise between themselves (“we’ll go this afternoon, you go tomorrow”) or just plan that if someone else is there, that they will continue walking past and come back in a half hour.
🏃♀️🏃♂️ Set up a target, visitors throw pinecones at it. Find a tri-corner of three counties, and learn about map coloring there.
💡If you can give short lessons to children who are being home educated (you don’t have to be an educator, could be an instrument, a story from history, etc.), please email Tim Cook
🇬🇧🔗https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/
The National Trust is keeping its parks and gardens open for free during social distancing.
🇬🇧🔗https://www.rspb.org.uk/our-work/rspb-news/news/stories/coronavirus/
The RSPB is keeping the majority of its nature reserves open and is waiving car parking charges until further notice (visitor centres and cafes are closed, however).
🔗https://coronavirustechhandbook.com/educational-content
🔗https://coronavirustechhandbook.com/mental-health
🇬🇧🔗https://youngminds.org.uk/find-help/looking-after-yourself/coronavirus-and-mental-health/
This organisation aims to ensure all young people get the best possible mental health support.
🔗https://www.youtube.com/user/Fischymusic
Fischy Music. Free music video website for children’s emotional and mental wellbeing. Online assemblies on YouTube every Monday morning at 11am (primary aged children and families).
🔗https://www.dropbox.com/s/389s08v6kflosyf/COVID19_advice-for-parents-and-carers_20.3_.pdf?dl=0&mc_cid=cdc03b607d&mc_eid:=3f078d562d
Advice from the University of Reading and University of Oxford for young people to manage their mental health during the pandemic
🔗https://parentzone.org.uk/parent-zone-crisis-messenger
If you are experiencing a mental health crisis and need support, you can text PARENTZONE to 85258.
🔗https://childmind.org/coping-during-covid-19-resources-for-parents/
Clinical and supportive resources - Resources for parents struggling to balance work, child care and self-care while keeping worries
🔗https://www.facebook.com/ChildMindInstitute/live/
Facebook Live video chats with expert clinicians - Live Chats that parents have access to with clinicians that discuss children and parents health
🔗https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/divorce-busting/202003/co-parenting-and-the-coronavirus
Co-parenting and Coronavirus- Article discusses how separated parents can bridge their differences during the pandemic
🔗https://potentialin.me/families-online/
Potential in Me are running an online support group for parents & carers of kids in adolescence (8-25). We’re running personal development workshops, community connection calls and a limited amount of one-to-one coaching support.
🔗https://deviecoach.com/
Free mobile app that delivers research-based daily support for parents at home with young children in the form of automated 2-5 min chats. All content based on RCT-validated.
🔗https://www.dadsrock.org.uk/
Dads Rock! Supporting fathers across Scotland.
🔗https://www.parentingacrossscotland.org/info-for-families/coronavirus/
Parenting across Scotland- Provides guides for the family.
🔗https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1FU1VhPd7zmmQJF2kwIMUeWFzqLuBbEpc
Barnardo's pilot of WhatsApp as a service delivery tool. Guidance, policy, lessons learned, etc.
Dads Rock will be running online workshops, such as Antenatal for Dads to be, Antenatal for Mums to be, Feeding, sleeping and hairstyle workshops.
🔗https://www.parentingni.org/
Parenting NI established in 1979, as the Parents Advice Centre, provides free support for parents across Northern Ireland.
🔗https://parentinfo.org/
Help and advice for families in a digital world
Parent Info is a collaboration between Parent Zone and NCA-CEOP, providing support and guidance for parents from leading experts and organisations.
🇬🇧🔗https://letsmush.com/
GovStart 2019 startup Mush is the local social network for mums. They can swap advice and tips on how to deal with the virus.
🔗https://m.facebook.com/groups/204187680864008/
Facebook group supporting those who are going to give birth in the time of Coronavirus.
🔗https://www.facebook.com/groups/871176893326326/
Facebook group for Family Lockdown tips and ideas
🇬🇧🔗https://www.facebook.com/groups/670287490403923/
Facebook Group for Family lockdown activities, tips & ideas UK
🇦🇪🔗#InThisTogetherDubai, A social media campaign that links all education community members together to share their ideas and practices and support each other
🔗https://medium.com/@catherineknibbs/what-are-the-issues-to-consider-working-online-with-children-young-people-during-covid-19-66cd53254d58
What are the issues to consider working online with children/young people during Coronavirus outbreak
🔗https://www.internetmatters.org/
Helping parents keep their children safe online
🔗https://274483.temp-dns.com/upload/Connect_Resound_Safeguarding_for_synchonous_online_music_tuition_final.pdf
Safeguarding: synchronous online music tuition
🔗https://swgfl.org.uk/products/online-compass/
Online Compass produced by SWGfL (who also run online safety mark for schools) Online Compass is an online-safety self-review tool designed for organisations working with children and young people. It helps assess your current practice and provides guidance for ongoing development re online policies/procedures etc. Nb the resources are in the process of being updated so some links don’t work.
Safety while online
https://www.scrtracker.com/blog/how-can-we-keep-students-safe-as-their-internet-usage-increases
Parenting & Childcare
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🇺🇸🔗https://www.cdc.gov/childrenindisasters/helping-children-cope.html
How to help children cope
🇺🇸🔗https://childmind.org/article/talking-to-kids-about-the-coronavirus/
Advice from the experts at the Child Mind Institute.
🇺🇸🔗https://www.healthline.com/health-news/how-to-talk-to-kids-about-the-coronavirus
How to Talk to Your Kids About the COVID-19 Outbreak
🇺🇸🔗https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/17/parenting/coronavirus-kids-talk.html
How to talk to your kid about the outbreak and keeping your anxiety in check
🇬🇧🔗https://www.telegraph.co.uk/family/parenting/how-explain-coronavirus-kids-talk-children-about-covid-19/
How to talk to children about Coronavirus, without giving them nightmares.
🔗http://opsafeintl.com/project-fear-not/
Project fear not- Anti-COVID-19 Information for Children
🔗https://www.pbs.org/parents/thrive/how-to-talk-to-your-kids-about-coronavirus
How to Talk to Your Kids About Coronavirus- Guide to help parents talk to their children properly about the virus
🌏🔗https://www.mindheart.co/descargables
Coloring book on the Coronavirus for kids. By Manuela Molina. In many languages.
🌏🔗https://www.linkedin.com/posts/matt-smeed-b6033922_wellbeing-and-resilience-tookit-for-kids-activity-6647797497831927809--mZ-
Cute wellbeing and resilience guide for kids created by a psychologist
🇬🇧🔗https://ican.org.uk/a-message-to-our-supporters-on-coronavirus/how-to-talk-to-children-about-coronavirus/
ICAN communication charity with great resources to help speak to children about Coronavirus.
🇺🇸🔗https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/02/28/809580453/just-for-kids-a-comic-exploring-the-new-coronavirus?t=1584661920343
Just For Kids: A Comic Exploring The New Coronavirus
📺https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/see-germs-spread-mark-rober
How To See Germs Spread (Coronavirus) with Mark Rober
📺https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/how-soap-and-water-kills-coronavirus
“Plain old soap and water absolutely annihilate Coronavirus.” – Vox
📺https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QKrFxahFC4
Proper hand washing
📺https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/coronavirus-covid-19-social-distancing-soap-pandemic
Coronavirus COVID-19: What is social distancing?
🔗 https://www.livescience.com/coronavirus-kids-guide.html
Live Science “ultimate kids’ guide to the new Coronavirus”- Answers from science to all the questions.
🌏🔗https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/hidden-surprise-diy-soap-how-to-wash-your-hands
How to make your own soap against Coronavirus.
🌏 🔗https://www.brainpop.com/health/diseasesinjuriesandconditions/coronavirus/
All you need to know. Quizzes, animations and more.
📺🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L89nN03pBzI
"Wash Your Hands", from the makers of "Baby Shark"
🇮🇪🔗 https://spunout.ie/
SpunOut.ie is Ireland’s youth information website created by young people, for young people.- Ireland
🔗coronavirustechhandbook.com/advice
🔗https://coronavirustechhandbook.com/hygiene
🔗https://coronavirustechhandbook.com/food
🔗https://coronavirustechhandbook.com/isolation-toolkit
🇺🇸🔗https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/schools-childcare/schools-faq.html
CDC advice for parents
🔗https://twitter.com/YoungScot/status/1240942821219188736?s=19
Live Q&A with Scotland’s First Minister @ScotGovFM and National Clinical Director @jasonleitch
🇪🇺🔗https://www.siteinander.com
SitEinander is a hyper-local social network in Europe specifically designed for nearby parents to help each other.
🔗🇮🇪https://join.slack.com/share/IVDKJ6WH0/pxcCVsGpmmIcNmF8iguWH8dR/enQtOTk5NjY0MjM0NTc4LWVlMjVmM2E4NWEyYjVmNDU2NzQyMzY0MTgwYmYyYzMwY2JiNjk4ZmEwYWYzZjFmNzY5YTYzY2I5YzVhMzlkNDQ
Helpful Engineering channel #project-kids-in-crisis- An idea to create a set of reusable legal forms/templates for families to use for full-time hosting/fostering a child of a healthcare worker or hospitalized patient.
🌏🔗https://rallyroundme.com/
Online tool that family, friends and communities can use to support people they care about. Everyone in a network can share and discuss jobs and volunteer to help out.
🇬🇧🔗https://www.gov.uk/government/news/free-childcare-offers-to-continue-during-coronavirus-closures
The UK Government will continue to pay funding to local authorities for the free entitlements for two, three and four-year-olds
🇬🇧🔗https://www.familysupportni.gov.uk/ -
Government backed service directory of all registered childcare providers along with all services that provide support for children and families in NI.
🇬🇧🔗https://www.yoopies.co.uk emergency, last minute, volunteer childcare available. Free use of the platform for NHS staff.
🇺🇸🔗https://twitter.com/yourbabydoctor/status/1237966097485193220
Informal Seattle based.Babysitting exchange during school closure if parents are unable to self isolate.
🇺🇸🔗https://www.wiggleroomnow.com/
Wiggle Room is a new app designed to help people manage a network of informal childcare.
🇬🇧 🔗https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfUL1b4tDUf8ICDEmRBDTHu7AikLs1sSyB54wny0F8SUWu_gw/viewform
Childcare for doctors co-op
🔗https://childcarecoop.org/
Easily schedule childcare with other people, if you're in the situation where the schools have closed, but you still have to go to work.
🇬🇧🔗www.korukids.co.uk
KoruKids is looking at nanny share options for families.
🌏🔗https://kfahttps://coronavirustechhandbook.com/homen.iheart.com/featured/mansour-s-musings/content/2020-03-15-try-this-covid-19-daily-schedule-to-keep-your-kids-from-going-stir-crazy/
Try this COVID-19 daily schedule to keep your kids from going stir crazy.
🌏🔗https://twitter.com/LitterboxComics/status/1239003086569582592
COVID-19 daily schedule
🌏🔗https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13AB1SSmKR-mO3yyxKh5w2EJrzq6vfbjY4QlB-GDTzUA/edit?usp=sharing
Two people working full-time with a 3-year-old at home (will update with learnings as we go). Put in a 15-min cocktail break for the pleasure of it
🇺🇸🔗https://www.cpr.org/2020/03/17/what-to-do-with-kids-at-home-on-coronavirus-break-mental-health-for-parents-too/
What To Do With Kids At Home On Coronavirus Break For Who Knows How Long (Without Losing It)
🇬🇧🔗https://yoopies.co.uk/c/press-centre/stayhomesavelives-guide-for-parents
How to stay home" guide for parents including homeschooling, keeping in touch with friends/family, answering difficult questions kids pose.
🇺🇸🔗https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/faq.html?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fcoronavirus%2F2019-ncov%2Fprepare%2Fchildren-faq.html
CDC Childhood advice
🔗https://bit.ly/CSDPQuar
Digital Parenting Advice for Quarantined Families: Five helpful tips for staying sane while sharing space, time and wifi. Plus register for FREE Digital Sanity Summit & Get one-on-one help.
🔗https://www.unicef.org/stories/novel-coronavirus-outbreak-what-parents-sho inuld-know
What UNICEF says parents should know about Coronavirus.
🇬🇧🔗https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/keeping-kids-connected-entertained-during-covid-19-school-monday/?trackingId=JMnqph8UtklVPpxQ3TMRdw%3D%3D
Keeping the Kids Connected and Entertained During the COVID-19 School Shut Down
Activities and quizzes for younger kids.
🇬🇧🔗https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/dailylessons
Educational videos and activities for kids of school age.
🇬🇧https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies
Games, puzzles, videos and radio for younger kids.
🇬🇧🔗https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/
Games, quizzes, videos and other cool stuff for older kids.
🌏🔗https://worldathome.net
Tool for parents, carers and kids to find useful activities, information and ideas.
🌏🔗https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KCFnWreu4v7VoO3NbgP-Qcq2LyE1FvliYSoiTLRY7Qg/edit?usp=sharing
This google sheet provides a list of activities that children can do while they stay at home. You can also add activities to the⁸ list.
🌱🌏🔗🎬https://www.littlelightbulbs.com/
🔗 https://stories.audible.com/start-listen
Audio stories and books for free.
🇬🇧🔗🏕️https://naturedetectives.woodlandtrust.org.uk/naturedetectives/
Nature-related activities and educational resources.
🇬🇧🔗https://www.bighistoryproject.com/home
Big History Project, aimed at Secondary age. Multi disciplinary activities.
🇬🇧🔗https://toytheater.com/
Educational online games for younger kids.
🇬🇧🔗https://www.dkfindout.com/
Online encyclopedia with activities and quizzes.
🇬🇧🔗https://www.twinkl.co.uk
Educational resources, especially printable worksheets. Some free downloads. Free month subscription using this code: UK TWINKL HELPS or PARENTSTWINKLHELPS
🇬🇧🔗https://www.pawprintbadges.co.uk
Paw Print Badges- Free challenge packs and other downloads. Many activities can be completed indoors. Badges cost but are optional.
🔗https://outdoorclassroomday.org.uk/resources/
Hundreds of ideas for outdoor play and taking lessons outdoors. Make sure if children are being home-schooled you include 15 mins recess for every 45 mins instruction. (Resources in 15 languages).
🔗https://world-geography-games.com/world.html
Play ideas to do at home, outdoor lesson ideas for school, or guidance on making time outdoors part of every child’s day
🔗https://www.tinkercad.com/
From AutoDesk - free, easy-to-use app for 3D design, electronics, and coding. It's used by teachers, kids, hobbyists, and designers to imagine, design, and make anything!
🔗 https://www.livescience.com/coronavirus-kids-activities.html
Kids science activities.
🔗 📝https://fiveminutemum.com/
BLOG: Five minute fun activities for busy people to do with little kids. Five minute set up, five minute clear up is the theme.
🔗📝https://artfulparent.com/
BLOG: Guides and tips for art activities.
🔗📝https://www.redtedart.com
BLOG:Easy arts and crafts for little ones
🔗 📝https://theimaginationtree.com
BLOG: Creative art and craft activities for the very youngest.
🔗https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YfcmgRDbP-Kfrh0-jTyFP2fNWsbNXdJAemblLiCRHdA/edit
List of Virtual Tours of museums and zoos and other cultural places.
🔗https://naturalhistory2.si.edu/vt3/NMNH/z_tour-079.html
Smithsonian Animal Tour
🔗https://naturalhistory2.si.edu/vt3/NMNH/z_tour-029.html
Smithsonian Dinosaur Tour
🔗https://www.louvre.fr/en/visites-en-ligne
Louvre Art Museum, Paris
🔗https://g.co/arts/YNKYhdMiRcEu8axc6
Uffizi Galleries, Italy
🔗https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/visiting/virtual-tours
National Gallery, London
🔗https://brightonmuseums.org.uk/royalpavilion/whattosee/virtual-tour/
Brighton Royal Pavilion
🔗https://www.royal.uk/virtual-tours-buckingham-palace
Buckingham Palace, London
👨👩👦https://www.facebook.com/groups/871176893326326
👨👩👦 https://www.facebook.com/groups/876013606173448/
👨👩👦 https://www.facebook.com/groups/593701314558951/
👨👩👦 https://www.facebook.com/groups/823672224818823/
👨👩👦 https://www.facebook.com/groups/indoorswithkids/
👨👩👦🇬🇧: https://www.facebook.com/groups/670287490403923/
👨👩👦https://www.facebook.com/groups/512281423007895/
👨👩👦 https://www.facebook.com/groups/325056278158030/
👨👩👦 https://www.facebook.com/groups/578686586068826/
👨👩👦 https://www.facebook.com/groups/328254331465481/
👨👩👦 https://www.facebook.com/groups/1541118002710081/
👨👩👦 https://www.facebook.com/groups/activelittles
💡🔗Learn about voice acting and then try to improvise a voice for each character.
🔗https://www.littlelightbulbs.com/posts/make-up-a-voice-activity
💡🔗A list-making journal to prepare you for boredom, plus wise words by wise people about boredom.
🔗https://www.littlelightbulbs.com/posts/banishing-boredom
💡🔗A journal inviting kids, 8-year olds and older, to take on a daily challenge and track it for a week.
🔗https://www.littlelightbulbs.com/posts/day-challenge-printable-journal
💡🔗Watch fascinating videos about space colonization and then try to design your own space colony.
🔗https://www.littlelightbulbs.com/posts/space-colonization-printable-journal-watch-learn
🏃♀️🏃♂️In the morning, learn to sing a folk song. If it contains words/objects/concepts/instruments the children don’t know, learn about them together.
In the afternoon, make an art project based on the song. Draw, build a model of an item from the song, make the song in Lego.
🏃♀️🏃♂️Think of an open-air activity that can be done with no materials, or with materials you bring with you. Choose a location in your area and walk there. Save the GPS coordinates and do the activity. Take pictures! Bring home the coordinates and pictures and then post them on a local parent’s Internet group. Other families can go to the same place.
Do not leave items at the site; repeated handling of them can spread virus particles.
In order to respect social distancing, the parents can organise between themselves (“we’ll go this afternoon, you go tomorrow”) or just plan that if someone else is there, that they will continue walking past and come back in a half hour.
🏃♀️🏃♂️ Set up a target, visitors throw pinecones at it. Find a tri-corner of three counties, and learn about map coloring there.
💡If you can give short lessons to children who are being home educated (you don’t have to be an educator, could be an instrument, a story from history, etc.), please email Tim Cook
🇬🇧🔗https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/
The National Trust is keeping its parks and gardens open for free during social distancing.
🇬🇧🔗https://www.rspb.org.uk/our-work/rspb-news/news/stories/coronavirus/
The RSPB is keeping the majority of its nature reserves open and is waiving car parking charges until further notice (visitor centres and cafes are closed, however).
🔗https://coronavirustechhandbook.com/educational-content
🔗https://coronavirustechhandbook.com/mental-health
🇬🇧🔗https://youngminds.org.uk/find-help/looking-after-yourself/coronavirus-and-mental-health/
This organisation aims to ensure all young people get the best possible mental health support.
🔗https://www.youtube.com/user/Fischymusic
Fischy Music. Free music video website for children’s emotional and mental wellbeing. Online assemblies on YouTube every Monday morning at 11am (primary aged children and families).
🔗https://www.dropbox.com/s/389s08v6kflosyf/COVID19_advice-for-parents-and-carers_20.3_.pdf?dl=0&mc_cid=cdc03b607d&mc_eid:=3f078d562d
Advice from the University of Reading and University of Oxford for young people to manage their mental health during the pandemic
🔗https://parentzone.org.uk/parent-zone-crisis-messenger
If you are experiencing a mental health crisis and need support, you can text PARENTZONE to 85258.
🔗https://childmind.org/coping-during-covid-19-resources-for-parents/
Clinical and supportive resources - Resources for parents struggling to balance work, child care and self-care while keeping worries
🔗https://www.facebook.com/ChildMindInstitute/live/
Facebook Live video chats with expert clinicians - Live Chats that parents have access to with clinicians that discuss children and parents health
🔗https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/divorce-busting/202003/co-parenting-and-the-coronavirus
Co-parenting and Coronavirus- Article discusses how separated parents can bridge their differences during the pandemic
🔗https://potentialin.me/families-online/
Potential in Me are running an online support group for parents & carers of kids in adolescence (8-25). We’re running personal development workshops, community connection calls and a limited amount of one-to-one coaching support.
🔗https://deviecoach.com/
Free mobile app that delivers research-based daily support for parents at home with young children in the form of automated 2-5 min chats. All content based on RCT-validated.
🔗https://www.dadsrock.org.uk/
Dads Rock! Supporting fathers across Scotland.
🔗https://www.parentingacrossscotland.org/info-for-families/coronavirus/
Parenting across Scotland- Provides guides for the family.
🔗https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1FU1VhPd7zmmQJF2kwIMUeWFzqLuBbEpc
Barnardo's pilot of WhatsApp as a service delivery tool. Guidance, policy, lessons learned, etc.
Dads Rock will be running online workshops, such as Antenatal for Dads to be, Antenatal for Mums to be, Feeding, sleeping and hairstyle workshops.
🔗https://www.parentingni.org/
Parenting NI established in 1979, as the Parents Advice Centre, provides free support for parents across Northern Ireland.
🔗https://parentinfo.org/
Help and advice for families in a digital world
Parent Info is a collaboration between Parent Zone and NCA-CEOP, providing support and guidance for parents from leading experts and organisations.
🇬🇧🔗https://letsmush.com/
GovStart 2019 startup Mush is the local social network for mums. They can swap advice and tips on how to deal with the virus.
🔗https://m.facebook.com/groups/204187680864008/
Facebook group supporting those who are going to give birth in the time of Coronavirus.
🔗https://www.facebook.com/groups/871176893326326/
Facebook group for Family Lockdown tips and ideas
🇬🇧🔗https://www.facebook.com/groups/670287490403923/
Facebook Group for Family lockdown activities, tips & ideas UK
🇦🇪🔗#InThisTogetherDubai, A social media campaign that links all education community members together to share their ideas and practices and support each other
🔗https://medium.com/@catherineknibbs/what-are-the-issues-to-consider-working-online-with-children-young-people-during-covid-19-66cd53254d58
What are the issues to consider working online with children/young people during Coronavirus outbreak
🔗https://www.internetmatters.org/
Helping parents keep their children safe online
🔗https://274483.temp-dns.com/upload/Connect_Resound_Safeguarding_for_synchonous_online_music_tuition_final.pdf
Safeguarding: synchronous online music tuition
🔗https://swgfl.org.uk/products/online-compass/
Online Compass produced by SWGfL (who also run online safety mark for schools) Online Compass is an online-safety self-review tool designed for organisations working with children and young people. It helps assess your current practice and provides guidance for ongoing development re online policies/procedures etc. Nb the resources are in the process of being updated so some links don’t work.
https://www.scrtracker.com/blog/how-can-we-keep-students-safe-as-their-internet-usage-increases
🇺🇸🔗https://www.healthline.com/health-news/how-to-talk-to-kids-about-the-coronavirus
How to Talk to Your Kids About the COVID-19 Outbreak
🇺🇸🔗https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/17/parenting/coronavirus-kids-talk.html
How to talk to your kid about the outbreak and keeping your anxiety in check
🇬🇧🔗https://www.telegraph.co.uk/family/parenting/how-explain-coronavirus-kids-talk-children-about-covid-19/
How to talk to children about Coronavirus, without giving them nightmares.
🔗http://opsafeintl.com/project-fear-not/
Project fear not- Anti-COVID-19 Information for Children
🔗https://www.pbs.org/parents/thrive/how-to-talk-to-your-kids-about-coronavirus
How to Talk to Your Kids About Coronavirus- Guide to help parents talk to their children properly about the virus
🌏🔗https://www.mindheart.co/descargables
Coloring book on the Coronavirus for kids. By Manuela Molina. In many languages.
🌏🔗https://www.linkedin.com/posts/matt-smeed-b6033922_wellbeing-and-resilience-tookit-for-kids-activity-6647797497831927809--mZ-
Cute wellbeing and resilience guide for kids created by a psychologist
🇬🇧🔗https://ican.org.uk/a-message-to-our-supporters-on-coronavirus/how-to-talk-to-children-about-coronavirus/
ICAN communication charity with great resources to help speak to children about Coronavirus.
🇺🇸🔗https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/02/28/809580453/just-for-kids-a-comic-exploring-the-new-coronavirus?t=1584661920343
Just For Kids: A Comic Exploring The New Coronavirus
📺https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/see-germs-spread-mark-rober
How To See Germs Spread (Coronavirus) with Mark Rober
📺https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/how-soap-and-water-kills-coronavirus
“Plain old soap and water absolutely annihilate Coronavirus.” – Vox
📺https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QKrFxahFC4
Proper hand washing
📺https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/coronavirus-covid-19-social-distancing-soap-pandemic
Coronavirus COVID-19: What is social distancing?
🔗 https://www.livescience.com/coronavirus-kids-guide.html
Live Science “ultimate kids’ guide to the new Coronavirus”- Answers from science to all the questions.
🌏🔗https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/hidden-surprise-diy-soap-how-to-wash-your-hands
How to make your own soap against Coronavirus.
🌏 🔗https://www.brainpop.com/health/diseasesinjuriesandconditions/coronavirus/
All you need to know. Quizzes, animations and more.
📺🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L89nN03pBzI
"Wash Your Hands", from the makers of "Baby Shark"
🇮🇪🔗 https://spunout.ie/
SpunOut.ie is Ireland’s youth information website created by young people, for young people.- Ireland
🔗coronavirustechhandbook.com/advice
🔗https://coronavirustechhandbook.com/hygiene
🔗https://coronavirustechhandbook.com/food
🔗https://coronavirustechhandbook.com/isolation-toolkit
🇺🇸🔗https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/schools-childcare/schools-faq.html
CDC advice for parents
🔗https://twitter.com/YoungScot/status/1240942821219188736?s=19
Live Q&A with Scotland’s First Minister @ScotGovFM and National Clinical Director @jasonleitch
🇪🇺🔗https://www.siteinander.com
SitEinander is a hyper-local social network in Europe specifically designed for nearby parents to help each other.
🔗🇮🇪https://join.slack.com/share/IVDKJ6WH0/pxcCVsGpmmIcNmF8iguWH8dR/enQtOTk5NjY0MjM0NTc4LWVlMjVmM2E4NWEyYjVmNDU2NzQyMzY0MTgwYmYyYzMwY2JiNjk4ZmEwYWYzZjFmNzY5YTYzY2I5YzVhMzlkNDQ
Helpful Engineering channel #project-kids-in-crisis- An idea to create a set of reusable legal forms/templates for families to use for full-time hosting/fostering a child of a healthcare worker or hospitalized patient.
🌏🔗https://rallyroundme.com/
Online tool that family, friends and communities can use to support people they care about. Everyone in a network can share and discuss jobs and volunteer to help out.
🇬🇧🔗https://www.gov.uk/government/news/free-childcare-offers-to-continue-during-coronavirus-closures
The UK Government will continue to pay funding to local authorities for the free entitlements for two, three and four-year-olds
🇬🇧🔗https://www.familysupportni.gov.uk/ -
Government backed service directory of all registered childcare providers along with all services that provide support for children and families in NI.
🇬🇧🔗https://www.yoopies.co.uk emergency, last minute, volunteer childcare available. Free use of the platform for NHS staff.
🇺🇸🔗https://twitter.com/yourbabydoctor/status/1237966097485193220
Informal Seattle based.Babysitting exchange during school closure if parents are unable to self isolate.
🇺🇸🔗https://www.wiggleroomnow.com/
Wiggle Room is a new app designed to help people manage a network of informal childcare.
🇬🇧 🔗https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfUL1b4tDUf8ICDEmRBDTHu7AikLs1sSyB54wny0F8SUWu_gw/viewform
Childcare for doctors co-op
🔗https://childcarecoop.org/
Easily schedule childcare with other people, if you're in the situation where the schools have closed, but you still have to go to work.
🇬🇧🔗www.korukids.co.uk
KoruKids is looking at nanny share options for families.
🌏🔗https://kfahttps://coronavirustechhandbook.com/homen.iheart.com/featured/mansour-s-musings/content/2020-03-15-try-this-covid-19-daily-schedule-to-keep-your-kids-from-going-stir-crazy/
Try this COVID-19 daily schedule to keep your kids from going stir crazy.
🌏🔗https://twitter.com/LitterboxComics/status/1239003086569582592
COVID-19 daily schedule
🌏🔗https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13AB1SSmKR-mO3yyxKh5w2EJrzq6vfbjY4QlB-GDTzUA/edit?usp=sharing
Two people working full-time with a 3-year-old at home (will update with learnings as we go). Put in a 15-min cocktail break for the pleasure of it
🇺🇸🔗https://www.cpr.org/2020/03/17/what-to-do-with-kids-at-home-on-coronavirus-break-mental-health-for-parents-too/
What To Do With Kids At Home On Coronavirus Break For Who Knows How Long (Without Losing It)
🇬🇧🔗https://yoopies.co.uk/c/press-centre/stayhomesavelives-guide-for-parents
How to stay home" guide for parents including homeschooling, keeping in touch with friends/family, answering difficult questions kids pose.
🇺🇸🔗https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/faq.html?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fcoronavirus%2F2019-ncov%2Fprepare%2Fchildren-faq.html
CDC Childhood advice
🔗https://bit.ly/CSDPQuar
Digital Parenting Advice for Quarantined Families: Five helpful tips for staying sane while sharing space, time and wifi. Plus register for FREE Digital Sanity Summit & Get one-on-one help.
🔗https://www.unicef.org/stories/novel-coronavirus-outbreak-what-parents-sho inuld-know
What UNICEF says parents should know about Coronavirus.
🇬🇧🔗https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/keeping-kids-connected-entertained-during-covid-19-school-monday/?trackingId=JMnqph8UtklVPpxQ3TMRdw%3D%3D
Keeping the Kids Connected and Entertained During the COVID-19 School Shut Down
Activities and quizzes for younger kids.
🇬🇧🔗https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/dailylessons
Educational videos and activities for kids of school age.
🇬🇧https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies
Games, puzzles, videos and radio for younger kids.
🇬🇧🔗https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/
Games, quizzes, videos and other cool stuff for older kids.
🌏🔗https://worldathome.net
Tool for parents, carers and kids to find useful activities, information and ideas.
🌏🔗https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KCFnWreu4v7VoO3NbgP-Qcq2LyE1FvliYSoiTLRY7Qg/edit?usp=sharing
This google sheet provides a list of activities that children can do while they stay at home. You can also add activities to the⁸ list.
🌱🌏🔗🎬https://www.littlelightbulbs.com/
🔗 https://stories.audible.com/start-listen
Audio stories and books for free.
🇬🇧🔗🏕️https://naturedetectives.woodlandtrust.org.uk/naturedetectives/
Nature-related activities and educational resources.
🇬🇧🔗https://www.bighistoryproject.com/home
Big History Project, aimed at Secondary age. Multi disciplinary activities.
🇬🇧🔗https://toytheater.com/
Educational online games for younger kids.
🇬🇧🔗https://www.dkfindout.com/
Online encyclopedia with activities and quizzes.
🇬🇧🔗https://www.twinkl.co.uk
Educational resources, especially printable worksheets. Some free downloads. Free month subscription using this code: UK TWINKL HELPS or PARENTSTWINKLHELPS
🇬🇧🔗https://www.pawprintbadges.co.uk
Paw Print Badges- Free challenge packs and other downloads. Many activities can be completed indoors. Badges cost but are optional.
🔗https://outdoorclassroomday.org.uk/resources/
Hundreds of ideas for outdoor play and taking lessons outdoors. Make sure if children are being home-schooled you include 15 mins recess for every 45 mins instruction. (Resources in 15 languages).
🔗https://world-geography-games.com/world.html
Play ideas to do at home, outdoor lesson ideas for school, or guidance on making time outdoors part of every child’s day
🔗https://www.tinkercad.com/
From AutoDesk - free, easy-to-use app for 3D design, electronics, and coding. It's used by teachers, kids, hobbyists, and designers to imagine, design, and make anything!
🔗 https://www.livescience.com/coronavirus-kids-activities.html
Kids science activities.
🔗 📝https://fiveminutemum.com/
BLOG: Five minute fun activities for busy people to do with little kids. Five minute set up, five minute clear up is the theme.
🔗📝https://artfulparent.com/
BLOG: Guides and tips for art activities.
🔗📝https://www.redtedart.com
BLOG:Easy arts and crafts for little ones
🔗 📝https://theimaginationtree.com
BLOG: Creative art and craft activities for the very youngest.
🔗https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YfcmgRDbP-Kfrh0-jTyFP2fNWsbNXdJAemblLiCRHdA/edit
List of Virtual Tours of museums and zoos and other cultural places.
🔗https://naturalhistory2.si.edu/vt3/NMNH/z_tour-079.html
Smithsonian Animal Tour
🔗https://naturalhistory2.si.edu/vt3/NMNH/z_tour-029.html
Smithsonian Dinosaur Tour
🔗https://www.louvre.fr/en/visites-en-ligne
Louvre Art Museum, Paris
🔗https://g.co/arts/YNKYhdMiRcEu8axc6
Uffizi Galleries, Italy
🔗https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/visiting/virtual-tours
National Gallery, London
🔗https://brightonmuseums.org.uk/royalpavilion/whattosee/virtual-tour/
Brighton Royal Pavilion
🔗https://www.royal.uk/virtual-tours-buckingham-palace
Buckingham Palace, London
👨👩👦https://www.facebook.com/groups/871176893326326
👨👩👦 https://www.facebook.com/groups/876013606173448/
👨👩👦 https://www.facebook.com/groups/593701314558951/
👨👩👦 https://www.facebook.com/groups/823672224818823/
👨👩👦 https://www.facebook.com/groups/indoorswithkids/
👨👩👦🇬🇧: https://www.facebook.com/groups/670287490403923/
👨👩👦https://www.facebook.com/groups/512281423007895/
👨👩👦 https://www.facebook.com/groups/325056278158030/
👨👩👦 https://www.facebook.com/groups/578686586068826/
👨👩👦 https://www.facebook.com/groups/328254331465481/
👨👩👦 https://www.facebook.com/groups/1541118002710081/
👨👩👦 https://www.facebook.com/groups/activelittles
💡🔗Learn about voice acting and then try to improvise a voice for each character.
🔗https://www.littlelightbulbs.com/posts/make-up-a-voice-activity
💡🔗A list-making journal to prepare you for boredom, plus wise words by wise people about boredom.
🔗https://www.littlelightbulbs.com/posts/banishing-boredom
💡🔗A journal inviting kids, 8-year olds and older, to take on a daily challenge and track it for a week.
🔗https://www.littlelightbulbs.com/posts/day-challenge-printable-journal
💡🔗Watch fascinating videos about space colonization and then try to design your own space colony.
🔗https://www.littlelightbulbs.com/posts/space-colonization-printable-journal-watch-learn
🏃♀️🏃♂️In the morning, learn to sing a folk song. If it contains words/objects/concepts/instruments the children don’t know, learn about them together.
In the afternoon, make an art project based on the song. Draw, build a model of an item from the song, make the song in Lego.
🏃♀️🏃♂️Think of an open-air activity that can be done with no materials, or with materials you bring with you. Choose a location in your area and walk there. Save the GPS coordinates and do the activity. Take pictures! Bring home the coordinates and pictures and then post them on a local parent’s Internet group. Other families can go to the same place.
Do not leave items at the site; repeated handling of them can spread virus particles.
In order to respect social distancing, the parents can organise between themselves (“we’ll go this afternoon, you go tomorrow”) or just plan that if someone else is there, that they will continue walking past and come back in a half hour.
🏃♀️🏃♂️ Set up a target, visitors throw pinecones at it. Find a tri-corner of three counties, and learn about map coloring there.
💡If you can give short lessons to children who are being home educated (you don’t have to be an educator, could be an instrument, a story from history, etc.), please email Tim Cook
🇬🇧🔗https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/
The National Trust is keeping its parks and gardens open for free during social distancing.
🇬🇧🔗https://www.rspb.org.uk/our-work/rspb-news/news/stories/coronavirus/
The RSPB is keeping the majority of its nature reserves open and is waiving car parking charges until further notice (visitor centres and cafes are closed, however).
🔗https://coronavirustechhandbook.com/educational-content
🔗https://coronavirustechhandbook.com/mental-health
🇬🇧🔗https://youngminds.org.uk/find-help/looking-after-yourself/coronavirus-and-mental-health/
This organisation aims to ensure all young people get the best possible mental health support.
🔗https://www.youtube.com/user/Fischymusic
Fischy Music. Free music video website for children’s emotional and mental wellbeing. Online assemblies on YouTube every Monday morning at 11am (primary aged children and families).
🔗https://www.dropbox.com/s/389s08v6kflosyf/COVID19_advice-for-parents-and-carers_20.3_.pdf?dl=0&mc_cid=cdc03b607d&mc_eid:=3f078d562d
Advice from the University of Reading and University of Oxford for young people to manage their mental health during the pandemic
🔗https://parentzone.org.uk/parent-zone-crisis-messenger
If you are experiencing a mental health crisis and need support, you can text PARENTZONE to 85258.
🔗https://childmind.org/coping-during-covid-19-resources-for-parents/
Clinical and supportive resources - Resources for parents struggling to balance work, child care and self-care while keeping worries
🔗https://www.facebook.com/ChildMindInstitute/live/
Facebook Live video chats with expert clinicians - Live Chats that parents have access to with clinicians that discuss children and parents health
🔗https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/divorce-busting/202003/co-parenting-and-the-coronavirus
Co-parenting and Coronavirus- Article discusses how separated parents can bridge their differences during the pandemic
🔗https://potentialin.me/families-online/
Potential in Me are running an online support group for parents & carers of kids in adolescence (8-25). We’re running personal development workshops, community connection calls and a limited amount of one-to-one coaching support.
🔗https://deviecoach.com/
Free mobile app that delivers research-based daily support for parents at home with young children in the form of automated 2-5 min chats. All content based on RCT-validated.
🔗https://www.dadsrock.org.uk/
Dads Rock! Supporting fathers across Scotland.
🔗https://www.parentingacrossscotland.org/info-for-families/coronavirus/
Parenting across Scotland- Provides guides for the family.
🔗https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1FU1VhPd7zmmQJF2kwIMUeWFzqLuBbEpc
Barnardo's pilot of WhatsApp as a service delivery tool. Guidance, policy, lessons learned, etc.
Dads Rock will be running online workshops, such as Antenatal for Dads to be, Antenatal for Mums to be, Feeding, sleeping and hairstyle workshops.
🔗https://www.parentingni.org/
Parenting NI established in 1979, as the Parents Advice Centre, provides free support for parents across Northern Ireland.
🔗https://parentinfo.org/
Help and advice for families in a digital world
Parent Info is a collaboration between Parent Zone and NCA-CEOP, providing support and guidance for parents from leading experts and organisations.
🇬🇧🔗https://letsmush.com/
GovStart 2019 startup Mush is the local social network for mums. They can swap advice and tips on how to deal with the virus.
🔗https://m.facebook.com/groups/204187680864008/
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🇺🇸🔗https://www.cdc.gov/childrenindisasters/helping-children-cope.html
How to help children cope
🇺🇸🔗https://childmind.org/article/talking-to-kids-about-the-coronavirus/
Advice from the experts at the Child Mind Institute.
🇺🇸🔗https://www.healthline.com/health-news/how-to-talk-to-kids-about-the-coronavirus
How to Talk to Your Kids About the COVID-19 Outbreak
🇺🇸🔗https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/17/parenting/coronavirus-kids-talk.html
How to talk to your kid about the outbreak and keeping your anxiety in check
🇬🇧🔗https://www.telegraph.co.uk/family/parenting/how-explain-coronavirus-kids-talk-children-about-covid-19/
How to talk to children about Coronavirus, without giving them nightmares.
🔗http://opsafeintl.com/project-fear-not/
Project fear not- Anti-COVID-19 Information for Children
🔗https://www.pbs.org/parents/thrive/how-to-talk-to-your-kids-about-coronavirus
How to Talk to Your Kids About Coronavirus- Guide to help parents talk to their children properly about the virus
🌏🔗https://www.mindheart.co/descargables
Coloring book on the Coronavirus for kids. By Manuela Molina. In many languages.
🌏🔗https://www.linkedin.com/posts/matt-smeed-b6033922_wellbeing-and-resilience-tookit-for-kids-activity-6647797497831927809--mZ-
Cute wellbeing and resilience guide for kids created by a psychologist
🇬🇧🔗https://ican.org.uk/a-message-to-our-supporters-on-coronavirus/how-to-talk-to-children-about-coronavirus/
ICAN communication charity with great resources to help speak to children about Coronavirus.
🇺🇸🔗https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/02/28/809580453/just-for-kids-a-comic-exploring-the-new-coronavirus?t=1584661920343
Just For Kids: A Comic Exploring The New Coronavirus
📺https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/see-germs-spread-mark-rober
How To See Germs Spread (Coronavirus) with Mark Rober
📺https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/how-soap-and-water-kills-coronavirus
“Plain old soap and water absolutely annihilate Coronavirus.” – Vox
📺https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QKrFxahFC4
Proper hand washing
📺https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/coronavirus-covid-19-social-distancing-soap-pandemic
Coronavirus COVID-19: What is social distancing?
🔗 https://www.livescience.com/coronavirus-kids-guide.html
Live Science “ultimate kids’ guide to the new Coronavirus”- Answers from science to all the questions.
🌏🔗https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/hidden-surprise-diy-soap-how-to-wash-your-hands
How to make your own soap against Coronavirus.
🌏 🔗https://www.brainpop.com/health/diseasesinjuriesandconditions/coronavirus/
All you need to know. Quizzes, animations and more.
📺🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L89nN03pBzI
"Wash Your Hands", from the makers of "Baby Shark"
🇮🇪🔗 https://spunout.ie/
SpunOut.ie is Ireland’s youth information website created by young people, for young people.- Ireland
🔗coronavirustechhandbook.com/advice
🔗https://coronavirustechhandbook.com/hygiene
🔗https://coronavirustechhandbook.com/food
🔗https://coronavirustechhandbook.com/isolation-toolkit
🇺🇸🔗https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/schools-childcare/schools-faq.html
CDC advice for parents
🔗https://twitter.com/YoungScot/status/1240942821219188736?s=19
Live Q&A with Scotland’s First Minister @ScotGovFM and National Clinical Director @jasonleitch
🇪🇺🔗https://www.siteinander.com
SitEinander is a hyper-local social network in Europe specifically designed for nearby parents to help each other.
🔗🇮🇪https://join.slack.com/share/IVDKJ6WH0/pxcCVsGpmmIcNmF8iguWH8dR/enQtOTk5NjY0MjM0NTc4LWVlMjVmM2E4NWEyYjVmNDU2NzQyMzY0MTgwYmYyYzMwY2JiNjk4ZmEwYWYzZjFmNzY5YTYzY2I5YzVhMzlkNDQ
Helpful Engineering channel #project-kids-in-crisis- An idea to create a set of reusable legal forms/templates for families to use for full-time hosting/fostering a child of a healthcare worker or hospitalized patient.
🌏🔗https://rallyroundme.com/
Online tool that family, friends and communities can use to support people they care about. Everyone in a network can share and discuss jobs and volunteer to help out.
🇬🇧🔗https://www.gov.uk/government/news/free-childcare-offers-to-continue-during-coronavirus-closures
The UK Government will continue to pay funding to local authorities for the free entitlements for two, three and four-year-olds
🇬🇧🔗https://www.familysupportni.gov.uk/ -
Government backed service directory of all registered childcare providers along with all services that provide support for children and families in NI.
🇬🇧🔗https://www.yoopies.co.uk emergency, last minute, volunteer childcare available. Free use of the platform for NHS staff.
🇺🇸🔗https://twitter.com/yourbabydoctor/status/1237966097485193220
Informal Seattle based.Babysitting exchange during school closure if parents are unable to self isolate.
🇺🇸🔗https://www.wiggleroomnow.com/
Wiggle Room is a new app designed to help people manage a network of informal childcare.
🇬🇧 🔗https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfUL1b4tDUf8ICDEmRBDTHu7AikLs1sSyB54wny0F8SUWu_gw/viewform
Childcare for doctors co-op
🔗https://childcarecoop.org/
Easily schedule childcare with other people, if you're in the situation where the schools have closed, but you still have to go to work.
🇬🇧🔗www.korukids.co.uk
KoruKids is looking at nanny share options for families.
🌏🔗https://kfahttps://coronavirustechhandbook.com/homen.iheart.com/featured/mansour-s-musings/content/2020-03-15-try-this-covid-19-daily-schedule-to-keep-your-kids-from-going-stir-crazy/
Try this COVID-19 daily schedule to keep your kids from going stir crazy.
🌏🔗https://twitter.com/LitterboxComics/status/1239003086569582592
COVID-19 daily schedule
🌏🔗https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13AB1SSmKR-mO3yyxKh5w2EJrzq6vfbjY4QlB-GDTzUA/edit?usp=sharing
Two people working full-time with a 3-year-old at home (will update with learnings as we go). Put in a 15-min cocktail break for the pleasure of it
🇺🇸🔗https://www.cpr.org/2020/03/17/what-to-do-with-kids-at-home-on-coronavirus-break-mental-health-for-parents-too/
What To Do With Kids At Home On Coronavirus Break For Who Knows How Long (Without Losing It)
🇬🇧🔗https://yoopies.co.uk/c/press-centre/stayhomesavelives-guide-for-parents
How to stay home" guide for parents including homeschooling, keeping in touch with friends/family, answering difficult questions kids pose.
🇺🇸🔗https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/faq.html?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fcoronavirus%2F2019-ncov%2Fprepare%2Fchildren-faq.html
CDC Childhood advice
🔗https://bit.ly/CSDPQuar
Digital Parenting Advice for Quarantined Families: Five helpful tips for staying sane while sharing space, time and wifi. Plus register for FREE Digital Sanity Summit & Get one-on-one help.
🔗https://www.unicef.org/stories/novel-coronavirus-outbreak-what-parents-sho inuld-know
What UNICEF says parents should know about Coronavirus.
🇬🇧🔗https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/keeping-kids-connected-entertained-during-covid-19-school-monday/?trackingId=JMnqph8UtklVPpxQ3TMRdw%3D%3D
Keeping the Kids Connected and Entertained During the COVID-19 School Shut Down
Activities and quizzes for younger kids.
🇬🇧🔗https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/dailylessons
Educational videos and activities for kids of school age.
🇬🇧https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies
Games, puzzles, videos and radio for younger kids.
🇬🇧🔗https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/
Games, quizzes, videos and other cool stuff for older kids.
🌏🔗https://worldathome.net
Tool for parents, carers and kids to find useful activities, information and ideas.
🌏🔗https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KCFnWreu4v7VoO3NbgP-Qcq2LyE1FvliYSoiTLRY7Qg/edit?usp=sharing
This google sheet provides a list of activities that children can do while they stay at home. You can also add activities to the⁸ list.
🌱🌏🔗🎬https://www.littlelightbulbs.com/
🔗 https://stories.audible.com/start-listen
Audio stories and books for free.
🇬🇧🔗🏕️https://naturedetectives.woodlandtrust.org.uk/naturedetectives/
Nature-related activities and educational resources.
🇬🇧🔗https://www.bighistoryproject.com/home
Big History Project, aimed at Secondary age. Multi disciplinary activities.
🇬🇧🔗https://toytheater.com/
Educational online games for younger kids.
🇬🇧🔗https://www.dkfindout.com/
Online encyclopedia with activities and quizzes.
🇬🇧🔗https://www.twinkl.co.uk
Educational resources, especially printable worksheets. Some free downloads. Free month subscription using this code: UK TWINKL HELPS or PARENTSTWINKLHELPS
🇬🇧🔗https://www.pawprintbadges.co.uk
Paw Print Badges- Free challenge packs and other downloads. Many activities can be completed indoors. Badges cost but are optional.
🔗https://outdoorclassroomday.org.uk/resources/
Hundreds of ideas for outdoor play and taking lessons outdoors. Make sure if children are being home-schooled you include 15 mins recess for every 45 mins instruction. (Resources in 15 languages).
🔗https://world-geography-games.com/world.html
Play ideas to do at home, outdoor lesson ideas for school, or guidance on making time outdoors part of every child’s day
🔗https://www.tinkercad.com/
From AutoDesk - free, easy-to-use app for 3D design, electronics, and coding. It's used by teachers, kids, hobbyists, and designers to imagine, design, and make anything!
🔗 https://www.livescience.com/coronavirus-kids-activities.html
Kids science activities.
🔗 📝https://fiveminutemum.com/
BLOG: Five minute fun activities for busy people to do with little kids. Five minute set up, five minute clear up is the theme.
🔗📝https://artfulparent.com/
BLOG: Guides and tips for art activities.
🔗📝https://www.redtedart.com
BLOG:Easy arts and crafts for little ones
🔗 📝https://theimaginationtree.com
BLOG: Creative art and craft activities for the very youngest.
🔗https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YfcmgRDbP-Kfrh0-jTyFP2fNWsbNXdJAemblLiCRHdA/edit
List of Virtual Tours of museums and zoos and other cultural places.
🔗https://naturalhistory2.si.edu/vt3/NMNH/z_tour-079.html
Smithsonian Animal Tour
🔗https://naturalhistory2.si.edu/vt3/NMNH/z_tour-029.html
Smithsonian Dinosaur Tour
🔗https://www.louvre.fr/en/visites-en-ligne
Louvre Art Museum, Paris
🔗https://g.co/arts/YNKYhdMiRcEu8axc6
Uffizi Galleries, Italy
🔗https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/visiting/virtual-tours
National Gallery, London
🔗https://brightonmuseums.org.uk/royalpavilion/whattosee/virtual-tour/
Brighton Royal Pavilion
🔗https://www.royal.uk/virtual-tours-buckingham-palace
Buckingham Palace, London
👨👩👦https://www.facebook.com/groups/871176893326326
👨👩👦 https://www.facebook.com/groups/876013606173448/
👨👩👦 https://www.facebook.com/groups/593701314558951/
👨👩👦 https://www.facebook.com/groups/823672224818823/
👨👩👦 https://www.facebook.com/groups/indoorswithkids/
👨👩👦🇬🇧: https://www.facebook.com/groups/670287490403923/
👨👩👦https://www.facebook.com/groups/512281423007895/
👨👩👦 https://www.facebook.com/groups/325056278158030/
👨👩👦 https://www.facebook.com/groups/578686586068826/
👨👩👦 https://www.facebook.com/groups/328254331465481/
👨👩👦 https://www.facebook.com/groups/1541118002710081/
👨👩👦 https://www.facebook.com/groups/activelittles
💡🔗Learn about voice acting and then try to improvise a voice for each character.
🔗https://www.littlelightbulbs.com/posts/make-up-a-voice-activity
💡🔗A list-making journal to prepare you for boredom, plus wise words by wise people about boredom.
🔗https://www.littlelightbulbs.com/posts/banishing-boredom
💡🔗A journal inviting kids, 8-year olds and older, to take on a daily challenge and track it for a week.
🔗https://www.littlelightbulbs.com/posts/day-challenge-printable-journal
💡🔗Watch fascinating videos about space colonization and then try to design your own space colony.
🔗https://www.littlelightbulbs.com/posts/space-colonization-printable-journal-watch-learn
🏃♀️🏃♂️In the morning, learn to sing a folk song. If it contains words/objects/concepts/instruments the children don’t know, learn about them together.
In the afternoon, make an art project based on the song. Draw, build a model of an item from the song, make the song in Lego.
🏃♀️🏃♂️Think of an open-air activity that can be done with no materials, or with materials you bring with you. Choose a location in your area and walk there. Save the GPS coordinates and do the activity. Take pictures! Bring home the coordinates and pictures and then post them on a local parent’s Internet group. Other families can go to the same place.
Do not leave items at the site; repeated handling of them can spread virus particles.
In order to respect social distancing, the parents can organise between themselves (“we’ll go this afternoon, you go tomorrow”) or just plan that if someone else is there, that they will continue walking past and come back in a half hour.
🏃♀️🏃♂️ Set up a target, visitors throw pinecones at it. Find a tri-corner of three counties, and learn about map coloring there.
💡If you can give short lessons to children who are being home educated (you don’t have to be an educator, could be an instrument, a story from history, etc.), please email Tim Cook
🇬🇧🔗https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/
The National Trust is keeping its parks and gardens open for free during social distancing.
🇬🇧🔗https://www.rspb.org.uk/our-work/rspb-news/news/stories/coronavirus/
The RSPB is keeping the majority of its nature reserves open and is waiving car parking charges until further notice (visitor centres and cafes are closed, however).
🔗https://coronavirustechhandbook.com/educational-content
🔗https://coronavirustechhandbook.com/mental-health
🇬🇧🔗https://youngminds.org.uk/find-help/looking-after-yourself/coronavirus-and-mental-health/
This organisation aims to ensure all young people get the best possible mental health support.
🔗https://www.youtube.com/user/Fischymusic
Fischy Music. Free music video website for children’s emotional and mental wellbeing. Online assemblies on YouTube every Monday morning at 11am (primary aged children and families).
🔗https://www.dropbox.com/s/389s08v6kflosyf/COVID19_advice-for-parents-and-carers_20.3_.pdf?dl=0&mc_cid=cdc03b607d&mc_eid:=3f078d562d
Advice from the University of Reading and University of Oxford for young people to manage their mental health during the pandemic
🔗https://parentzone.org.uk/parent-zone-crisis-messenger
If you are experiencing a mental health crisis and need support, you can text PARENTZONE to 85258.
🔗https://childmind.org/coping-during-covid-19-resources-for-parents/
Clinical and supportive resources - Resources for parents struggling to balance work, child care and self-care while keeping worries
🔗https://www.facebook.com/ChildMindInstitute/live/
Facebook Live video chats with expert clinicians - Live Chats that parents have access to with clinicians that discuss children and parents health
🔗https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/divorce-busting/202003/co-parenting-and-the-coronavirus
Co-parenting and Coronavirus- Article discusses how separated parents can bridge their differences during the pandemic
🔗https://potentialin.me/families-online/
Potential in Me are running an online support group for parents & carers of kids in adolescence (8-25). We’re running personal development workshops, community connection calls and a limited amount of one-to-one coaching support.
🔗https://deviecoach.com/
Free mobile app that delivers research-based daily support for parents at home with young children in the form of automated 2-5 min chats. All content based on RCT-validated.
🔗https://www.dadsrock.org.uk/
Dads Rock! Supporting fathers across Scotland.
🔗https://www.parentingacrossscotland.org/info-for-families/coronavirus/
Parenting across Scotland- Provides guides for the family.
🔗https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1FU1VhPd7zmmQJF2kwIMUeWFzqLuBbEpc
Barnardo's pilot of WhatsApp as a service delivery tool. Guidance, policy, lessons learned, etc.
Dads Rock will be running online workshops, such as Antenatal for Dads to be, Antenatal for Mums to be, Feeding, sleeping and hairstyle workshops.
🔗https://www.parentingni.org/
Parenting NI established in 1979, as the Parents Advice Centre, provides free support for parents across Northern Ireland.
🔗https://parentinfo.org/
Help and advice for families in a digital world
Parent Info is a collaboration between Parent Zone and NCA-CEOP, providing support and guidance for parents from leading experts and organisations.
🇬🇧🔗https://letsmush.com/
GovStart 2019 startup Mush is the local social network for mums. They can swap advice and tips on how to deal with the virus.
🔗https://m.facebook.com/groups/204187680864008/
Facebook group supporting those who are going to give birth in the time of Coronavirus.
🔗https://www.facebook.com/groups/871176893326326/
Facebook group for Family Lockdown tips and ideas
🇬🇧🔗https://www.facebook.com/groups/670287490403923/
Facebook Group for Family lockdown activities, tips & ideas UK
🇦🇪🔗#InThisTogetherDubai, A social media campaign that links all education community members together to share their ideas and practices and support each other
🔗https://medium.com/@catherineknibbs/what-are-the-issues-to-consider-working-online-with-children-young-people-during-covid-19-66cd53254d58
What are the issues to consider working online with children/young people during Coronavirus outbreak
🔗https://www.internetmatters.org/
Helping parents keep their children safe online
🔗https://274483.temp-dns.com/upload/Connect_Resound_Safeguarding_for_synchonous_online_music_tuition_final.pdf
Safeguarding: synchronous online music tuition
🔗https://swgfl.org.uk/products/online-compass/
Online Compass produced by SWGfL (who also run online safety mark for schools) Online Compass is an online-safety self-review tool designed for organisations working with children and young people. It helps assess your current practice and provides guidance for ongoing development re online policies/procedures etc. Nb the resources are in the process of being updated so some links don’t work.
Safety while onl
https://www.scrtracker.com/blog/how-can-we-keep-students-safe-as-their-internet-usage-increases
what
🔗https://coronavirustechhandbook.com/educational-content
🔗https://coronavirustechhandbook.com/mental-health
🇬🇧🔗https://youngminds.org.uk/find-help/looking-after-yourself/coronavirus-and-mental-health/
This organisation aims to ensure all young people get the best possible mental health support.
🔗https://www.youtube.com/user/Fischymusic
Fischy Music. Free music video website for children’s emotional and mental wellbeing. Online assemblies on YouTube every Monday morning at 11am (primary aged children and families).
🔗https://www.dropbox.com/s/389s08v6kflosyf/COVID19_advice-for-parents-and-carers_20.3_.pdf?dl=0&mc_cid=cdc03b607d&mc_eid:=3f078d562d
Advice from the University of Reading and University of Oxford for young people to manage their mental health during the pandemic
🔗https://parentzone.org.uk/parent-zone-crisis-messenger
If you are experiencing a mental health crisis and need support, you can text PARENTZONE to 85258.
🔗https://childmind.org/coping-during-covid-19-resources-for-parents/
Clinical and supportive resources - Resources for parents struggling to balance work, child care and self-care while keeping worries
🔗https://www.facebook.com/ChildMindInstitute/live/
Facebook Live video chats with expert clinicians - Live Chats that parents have access to with clinicians that discuss children and parents health
🔗https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/divorce-busting/202003/co-parenting-and-the-coronavirus
Co-parenting and Coronavirus- Article discusses how separated parents can bridge their differences during the pandemic
🔗https://potentialin.me/families-online/
Potential in Me are running an online support group for parents & carers of kids in adolescence (8-25). We’re running personal development workshops, community connection calls and a limited amount of one-to-one coaching support.
🔗https://deviecoach.com/
Free mobile app that delivers research-based daily support for parents at home with young children in the form of automated 2-5 min chats. All content based on RCT-validated.
🔗https://www.dadsrock.org.uk/
Dads Rock! Supporting fathers across Scotland.
🔗https://www.parentingacrossscotland.org/info-for-families/coronavirus/
Parenting across Scotland- Provides guides for the family.
🔗https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1FU1VhPd7zmmQJF2kwIMUeWFzqLuBbEpc
Barnardo's pilot of WhatsApp as a service delivery tool. Guidance, policy, lessons learned, etc.
Dads Rock will be running online workshops, such as Antenatal for Dads to be, Antenatal for Mums to be, Feeding, sleeping and hairstyle workshops.
🔗https://www.parentingni.org/
Parenting NI established in 1979, as the Parents Advice Centre, provides free support for parents across Northern Ireland.
🔗https://parentinfo.org/
Help and advice for families in a digital world
Parent Info is a collaboration between Parent Zone and NCA-CEOP, providing support and guidance for parents from leading experts and organisations.
🇬🇧🔗https://letsmush.com/
GovStart 2019 startup Mush is the local social network for mums. They can swap advice and tips on how to deal with the virus.
🔗https://m.facebook.com/groups/204187680864008/
