Free Online Resources to Help While Stuck at Home

Are you staying safe at home, working remotely, home-schooling, and/or just looking for an alternative to binge-watching TV?

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I’ve put together a list of free online resources to hopefully make life at home a little easier. Links include online educational resources for adults and kids, virtual tours of international locations, live cams of nature and wild animals, mindfulness meditation resources, video conferencing and remote work tools, some games and more! I’ll continue to update this list.

Please contact me with any questions or other resources!

📖 Education Resources Online

Learn a new skill while in quarantine! Click the link for free online learning sites, and lesson plans for teachers, and online education for kids and adults.

🧭 Virtual Explorations

Explore the world’s most famous museums, landmarks, and national parks without leaving your home.

📹 Live Cams

Watch wild animals and  famous places around the world in real time from your couch- includes baby goats, puppies, and kittens

🖥 Video Conferencing

A great way to socialize remotely with a group of friends and family is to video chat with them all at once. Try these video conferencing apps for remote work meetings and/or virtual happy hours.

👩🏻‍💻 Working From Home Resources

A lot of people are working from home for the first time. I’ve dug up a few articles on how-to work-from-home. Most are written by people in the tech industry, as it’s standard protocol for most tech companies.

🧘🏻‍♀️Mental Health + Mindfulness Meditation

Many resources have been popping up in response to the coronavirus to help people deal with the uncertain circumstances and staying at home indefinitely. Now’s a good time to learn how to be present and lessen future anxiety. 

🃏Online Entertainment

Broadway, Opera, PBS, and games you can challenge friends to online.

👨🏻‍⚕️ COVID-19 Data

Just added this page to share virus-related data by the numbers. No opinions, political agendas, or conspiracies here (because let’s be honest, is that really useful in a time like this?)- just basic facts and medical information from experts.

Miscellaneous Resource Lists

📋 Civic tech list of Covid-19 resources and offers

A list of resources and offers compiled by people in tech, I believe. Lots more educational resources and offers resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic
https://airtable.com/shr80xyNQnIoDBi0s/tblq6Vs7UG85iJZsj

📋 Comprehensive list for Los Angeles residents

Includes food banks, educational resources for children, housing information, employee rights, and much more. (I received this Google Doc from a newsletter from my local yoga studio, Yogaraj, but I’m not sure who created it.)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1S-WJaMa4q3yNrEBfSFKEdSQArcNc_MTI2LiUA63Ycyg/

 

Stay at home, stay safe and healthy! ♥️

All the best,

Maile
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