LAUMC is pleased to offer resources and tips to assist our community in navigating this challenging time.
Virtual Resources for Children and Families
- Try child-centered cooking lessons that incorporate school subjects
- Encourage kids to try storytime yoga
- Explore drawing, doodling, and writing with children’s author Mo Willems
- Listen to a kid-friendly podcast to break up screen time
- Pick up learning activities, health and safety resources, educational apps, and more
- Skype a scientist for a live video Q&A session
- Take a free virtual art class
Fun Things to Do From Home
- Use technology to socialize at a distance
- Play card games and checkers with friends remotely
- Try new tabletop games in an online board game arena
- Virtually connect with the Bay Area’s natural setting, get updates on park access, and find nature reading at Bay Nature
- Learn to play guitar with Fender teachers online
- Watch a live concert
- Cirque du Soleil offers show highlights, makeup tutorials, workouts, behind the scenes peeks, and more
- The Santa Clara Valley Watercolor Society offers online workshops and free demos
- The Pacific Art League also offers classes and art chats
Exercise in Your Living Room
- OrangeTheory offers a daily free work-out video
- Check out a whole playlist of exercise videos from 24 Hour Fitness
- The YMCA has an online video library of on-demand classes and more
- A New York-based yoga studio is offering up to four classes each day
- Planet Fitness livestreams a 20-minute class daily at 7:00pm Eastern time
Relaxation
- Enjoy majestic sights—including world-class sunsets—by live-streaming cameras from around the world
- When you feel anxious, color your prayers
Parenting Support
- Join a workshop or support chat for parents
- Find recommendations for nurturing and protecting your children
- While schools are closed, read tips on creating a new home routine
- Learn about balancing screen time during school closures
- Get help talking with your kids about COVID-19
- Learn how to talk about the coronavirus to small children
- Help children explore their emotions related to COVID-19 at Mindheart
Senior Care Resources
- Connect with remote programs for seniors
- Exercise with other seniors (free with Medicare)
- Take advantage of senior grocery shopping hours
- Find tips to talk with your older parent about COVID-19
Online Field Trips for Any Age
- Take a virtual field trip to a museum, theme park, or zoo
- Take a virtual tour of Stanford’s Cantor Arts Center and Anderson Collection
- The Cincinnati Zoo offers a “home safari” each weekday at noon Pacific time
- Guggenheim Museum
- Van Gogh Museum
- The British Museum: Museum of the World
- Google Arts & Culture Museum Collection
- The Louvre
- Houston Zoo live animal cameras
- National Geographic Kids
Additional Resources
- Manage working from home with kids with these five tips
- Find guidance on managing a dual-career household during disruptions
- Learn about global COVID-19 prevention with this short video
- Learn how to protect yourself and your family with this informational video
- Get computer and office support at home
- Document “history in the making” and submit your stories of the impact of COVID-19 to the Los Altos History Museum