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Virtual Resources

​Virtual Education Resources 

LifeWorks Learning Center - Tutoring, mentoring, and test prep for high school and middle school students

Online Mentoring, Coaching and Tutoring with Yea Flicker, MA - Academic and life skills coaching for teens, young adults, and students with learning differences

Five Tips for Staying Sane During Social Distancing and Virtual School/Work

Best Practices for "Zooming"

Creating Curious Inquirers

Distance Learning Tips

​Humanizing Online Teaching

12 Virtual Museum Tours

2-Hour Workshop by USF on Continuity of Instruction - how to use Zoom, Google apps, synchronous and asynchronous learning 
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Free Online Resources for Teaching your Students Virtually

More than “Moving Online”: Critical and Creative Teaching in Response to the COVID-19 Crisis

Education Companies Offering Free Subscriptions due to School Closings

View Pure  - strips YouTube videos into a single video so your students don't go down a rabbit hole of videos
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Five Tips for Designing Excellent Video Calls

How to Create Google Hangouts Meet Events in a G Suite for Education Account

Learning Resources for Kids

Music with Megan - A wonderful children's performer with live and interactive shows at 8:30am, 9:30am & 4:30pm every day

Youth in Arts - Free daily live-streamed art activities at 11:08 am PDT every day

Get Organized for COVID-19 Homeschool Success in 8 Simple Steps
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Khan Academy Schedules for School Closures

Scholastic Learn at Home: 20 Days of Learning Materials (Pre-K - grade 6+)

NASA Kids Club - Free site dedicated to children with games, puzzles and more

Storyline Online - Children's books read by famous people

Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems

Let's Keep Reading! - Interactive read-aloud 

Free Printable Scavenger Hunts - indoor and outdoor scavenger hunts

Coronavirus and Kids: Resources from Save the Children

Scratch -  Free MIT site to make stories, games and animations
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Free Choice Subject Learning with the YouTube Learning Channel

Physics Girl - a YouTube channel that adventures into the physical sciences with experiments, demonstrations, and cool new discoveries.

PBS Kids - For CA: Starting Monday, KVIE2 will air educational programs specifically for kids in grades Pre-K through 12 from 6AM to 6PM.

Mystery Science - Free Kindergarten - 5 science lessons

30 Virtual Fieldtrips

​Tot Rock Music Class with Allison Levy

National Geographic Kids - Videos, games, books and more

Highlights Kids - Activities, games, science experiments, recipes, crafts

Starfall - Math, reading, colors, phonics and more for Pre-K - 3rd grade

ABC YA - Educational games for Pre-K through 6+

Fun Brain - Games, books, videos, activities, math problems for Pre-K - 8th grade

BrainPOP- Rigorous and engaging online learning experiences

Into the Book -Teaching tools (lesson plans, activities and student videos) and activities for students (in English and Spanish)

GoNoodle - Brain breaks and movement with active screen time

Switch Zoo - Watch, listen and play games to learn about animals  

Free Coloring Book Downloads from 113 museums

Podcasts for kids: (you can play using Google Home / Google Assistant)
  • Story Pirates
  • Wow in the World
  • But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids
  • Ear Snacks
  • Brains on!
  • Circle Round
  • The Tales of Deputy Guppy
  • Stories Podcast
  • Peace Out (good for bedtime)
  • The Two Princes (LGBTQ-friendly!)
  • Professor Theo’s Mystery Lab
  • Tales from the Moosiverse (“Blends the heart and playfulness of traditional British stories like A.A. Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh and Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland with a rich tapestry of characters and shared universe crossovers similar to Marvel Comics.”)

​Resources for Students with Learning Differences 

Coronavirus Updates and Tips from Understood.Org 
(Note: Understood is an excellent resource for parents of children with learning differences)

Learning Ally - Learning Ally is a great resource for kids learning to read, or kids with dyslexia 

Krisp - a noise-cancelling app that removes background noise from calls; good for students with hearing loss

​Google Hangouts accessibility features


Zoom Conferencing Accessibility Features

How to have your Mac read text that's on your screen

Adobe Acrobat accessibility features

5 Methods to have a PDF Read Aloud on an iPhone

10 Helpful Text-to-Speech Readers

Bookshare - A free audio book services for students with a diagnosed learning difference

​Mindfulness, Meditation, Mental Health, and Movement

Resources from UCSF to Support Your Mental Health During the COVID-19 Outbreak

Alkalign Studios
- 7 days of online classes for $17
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Free Mindfulness Meditations

Online Emotional and Social Skills Program

Printable Mantra Bracelets

Fitness Blender (free online workouts)

Little Twisters Yoga and Emotional Wellness - offering free online yoga for kids the rest of March

Headspace - Mindfulness meditations for adults and kids

Yoga with Adriene

Coronavirus: How to Protect Your Mental Health

Food Banks, Food Delivery, and Take-Out Resources

SF and Marin Food Bank

San Geronimo Food Pantry

CalFresh Food Assistance

Thrive Market - Organic, all-natural and sustainable food delivery

San Anselmo Eats - Local restaurants doing take-out and delivery in San Anselmo, CA

Town of Fairfax - resources and information including updates on restaurants and grocery stores

Good Fairy Network - Free network of support for people needing delivery services in Marin County, CA

Imperfect Foods - vegetables, dairy, and eggs

Good Eggs - organic grocery delivery

Green Chef - organic meal kits with options for gluten-free and paleo meals

Instacart -Home delivery from Costco, Safeway, CVS, BevMo and more

​Digital Distraction Management

Self Control - A free application for MacBooks that helps students avoid distracting websites.

Forest - An app that motivates kids to put down their devices and focus.

Focus - A paid website blocker for MacBooks. 
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