Tips and Resources for Learning from Home
- Online eSafety Kit for Parents - https://www.esafety.gov.au/about-us/blog/covid-19-online-safety-kit-parents-and-carers
- Museum Virtual Tours - https://www.familiesmagazine.com.au/museum-virtual-tours/?fbclid=IwAR1iptrc7vOVA1NQDe_SB9vYJsZvs9t2_GtoXrP5VzVV2VP3QkgC9HwgNWo
- Educational Companies offering Free Subscriptions - https://kidsactivitiesblog.com/135609/list-of-education-companies-offering-free-subscriptions/
- Family Homework Grid.pdf
- 2020 Parents' Guide to Google Classroom
- 20 Free resources for online schooling
- 50 Online art and music resources
- Free Home Activity Packs from Teach This
- Live Science ultimate kids guide to COVID-19
- Enjoy spending time together
- Read books
- Cooking and baking provide great opportunities for measurement and maths
- Outdoor activities - gardening, walking the dog, washing the dog
- Create art, patterns in nature
- Plant a garden
Wellbeing
Being confined to home for an extended period of time can cause stress and conflict. Tips for looking after your children during isolation include:
- Talking to your whole family about what is happening. Understanding the situation will reduce their anxiety.
- Help your children to think about how they have coped with difficult situations in the past and reassure them that they will cope with this situation too. Remind them that the isolation won't last for long.
- Exercise regularly. Options could include exercise DVDs, dancing, floor exercises, yoga, walking around the backyard or using home exercise equipment, such as a stationary bicycle, if you have it. Exercise is a proven treatment for stress and depression.
- Encourage your children to keep in touch with family members and friends via telephone, email or social media (where appropriate).
- Tips for coping with COVID-19 anxiety - https://www.launchpsychology.com.au/img/assets/COVID-19-tips-sheet.pdf
- Looking after your mental health during the COVID-19 outbreak
- Kids Helpline 1800 55 1800 (telephone and online counselling for ages 5-25)
- Lifeline 13 11 14
- Call Parentline in your state or territory for counselling and support for parents and carers
- eheadspace to chat online
- SANE Australia (people living with a mental illness and their carers) — call 1800 18 7263
- ReachOut.com (youth mental health service) — visit the website for info or use the online forum