VIRTUAL DIVERSIONS DURING YOUR COVID-19 STAY-AT-HOME
By Jonathan Blecher on April 4, 2020
Being cooped up in your house during a pandemic for weeks can get old pretty quickly, particularly if you have kids running around your heels. Here’s a list of links for your physical and mental health.
There’s SELF CARE AND MENTAL HEALTH, FREE WORKOUTS, VIRTUAL TOURS, EDUCATIONAL COURSES, QUARANTINE COOKING LESSONS, and FREE LEARNING WEBSITES FOR KIDS:
- SELF CARE AND MENTAL HEALTH:
https://socialworklicensemap.com/social-work-resources/mental-health-resources-list/
Free apps: www.ptsd.va.gov/appvid/mobile/index.asp
Websites and webinars:
zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4IaKFMGvSnKgjPGhRkz-gw
- FREE WORKOUTS:
Peloton: Free trial now 90 days: www.onepeloton.com/app?mod=article_inline
SoulCycle off bike classes via Instagram: www.soul-cycle.com/news/offthebike?mod=article_inline
Nike Training Club Monthly Fee Waived: www.nike.com/ntc-app?mod=article_inline
Daily Burn Free Trial now 60 days: dailyburn.com/landing?mod=article_inline
Corepower Yoga free access to online classes: www.corepoweryogaondemand.com/keep-up-your-practice?mod=article_inline
CENTR by Chris Hemsworth: Free six week trial (exercise and meal plan).
Planet Fitness: Workout videos on Facebook Live every Wednesday at 7pm Est (prerecorded available in YouTube):
- VIRTUAL TOURS:
Metropolitan Opera Live Streams: https://www.metopera.org/nightly-opera-stream/
San Diego Zoo Live Cams: https://zoo.sandiegozoo.org/live-cams
Cincinnati Zoo: https://www.facebook.com/cincinnatizoo/photos/a.96076385478/10158043842200479/?type=3&theater
Georgia Aquarium: https://www.georgiaaquarium.org/webcam/beluga-whale-webcam/
Monterey Bay Aquarium: https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/live-cams
National Aquarium: https://aqua.org/media/virtualtours/baltimore/index.html
List of Virtual Concerts with regular updates: https://www.npr.org/2020/03/17/816504058/a-list-of-live-virtual-concerts-to-watch-during-the-coronavirus-shutdown
National Museum of Natural History: https://naturalhistory.si.edu/visit/virtual-tour
National Gallery of Art: https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/national-gallery-of-art-washington-dc?hl=en
Van Gogh Museum: https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/van-gogh-museum?hl=en
Louvre Paris: https://www.louvre.fr/en/visites-en-ligne
Mars on NASA’s Curiosity Rover: https://accessmars.withgoogle.com/
See additional tours on this list:https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/travel/a31784720/best-virtual-tours/
- EDUCATIONAL COURSES:
Yale Course: The Science of Wellbeing FREE: https://www.coursera.org/learn/the-science-of-well-being#syllabus?ranMID=40328&ranEAID=TnL5HPStwNw&ranSiteID=TnL5HPStwNw-5NjWbuAYtzQ_8yN.basYzg&siteID=TnL5HPStwNw-5NjWbuAYtzQ_8yN.basYzg&utm_content=10&utm_medium=partners&utm_source=linkshare&utm_campaign=TnL5HPStwNw
https://online-learning.harvard.edu/catalog/free
Listing: https://www.edx.org/
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/
Note: the courses are free, but if you want a certificate then you need to pay a fee.
- QUARANTINE COOKING LESSONS:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B90Oo5lHxYv/
https://twitter.com/search?q=%23cookinginacrisis
https://www.instagram.com/p/B97DTvdJzbB/
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/home-cooking/id1503149669
https://www.facebook.com/cookology
- FREE LEARNING WEBSITES FOR KIDS:
Switcheroo Zoo: www.switcheroozoo.com
Nat Geo for Kids: www.kids.nationalgeographic.com
Into the Book: www.reading.ecb.org
Suessville: www.seussville.com
ABC YA: www.abcya.com
Fun Brain: www.funbrain.com
PBS Kids: www.pbs.org
Star Fall: www.starfall.com
Storyline Online: www.storylineonline.net
Highlights Kids: www.highlightskids.com
Khan Academy: https://www.khanacademy.org/
Prodigy Math: https://www.prodigygame.com/
More Visit: https://www.cato.org/blog/free-online-learning-resources-when-coronavirus-closes-schools
