Updated August 20, 2020
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Check out our new links to help you and your families stay healthy and active.
We add resources weekly!
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KID’S CORNER
Here are some of our top recommendations for keeping your kids learning and active. These resources are FREE for you and your kids to use.
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Non-Screen Activities: Check out 100 non-screen activities you can do at home.
Stay in Touch:Help prevent the quarantined, isolated and elderly from feeling lonely with a postcard, letter or card.
Thomas the Train: Play Steam Team Relay.
Ear Snacks: Listen to this kid’s musical podcast about the world.
Build a Cardboard House: Put those cardboard boxes to use & build this cool house.
Writing Prompts: Download FREE monthly calendars with fun daily writing prompts.
Fun Family Crafts: Get crafty with different types of crafts for all age groups.
San Diego Zoo: Watch your favorite animals from home with these live cams and videos.
NASA: Get an inside look at NASA Glenn Research Center’s facilities with virtual tours!
Science Fun for Everyone: Turn your home into a temporary laboratory with these science experiments for kids.
JFK Moonshot App: Blast off to the moon (and back!) with this FREE app for iPhones/iPads.
4-H Stem Activities: Fun and easy STEM activities you can do at home.
Storyline Online: Enjoy story time as Betty White, Kevin Costner, and other celebrities read children’s books.
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library: Read “The Little Engine That Could” with Dolly Parton.
Monterey Bay Aquarium: Get an inside glimpse of sharks, jellyfish, and other marine life with live broadcasting.
Khan Academy: Go behind the scenes with Disney Imagineers and learn how to design a theme park.
Scholastic: Day-by-day Scholastic projects to keep kids reading, thinking and growing.
DIY Ice Cream: How to create your own ice cream in a bag.
Fiete Math Climber: Free app that helps your kids want to solve math tasks.
Edible Playdough Recipe: One Fish Two Fish Edible Playdough Recipe.
Arcademics: Arcade + Academics = Fun Learning!
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STAYING RESILIENT
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Explore: Travel the world with window swap. New!
Sleep Meditation:Wind down with this meditation before sleep.
Daily Calm Calendar: An activity each day to help you stay calm.
Mindful Meditations: Mindful Meditations with Art.
Puzzles: Digital Puzzles and Scavenger Hunts.
CDC: Tips on managing anxiety or stress.
CDC: Tips on self-care.
How to play solitaire:Looking for a way to pass the time? Find a deck of cards and play some solitaire!
Taking Care: Take care of your mental health in the face of uncertainty.
SAMHSA: How to cope with sheltering in place.
At-Home Date Ideas: Break up the monotony by planning a date night.
Relationship Advice: Tips for getting along while being quarantined.
Oregon State University:Become a master gardener with this free online class that you can complete in one day.
Milk Street Cooking:Unleash your inner chef with one (or several) of these free online cooking classes.
CDC:Stress and coping with infections disease outbreaks.
Calm Together: Calm the chaos in your mind with these free meditations, sleep stories and music.
Khan Academy: Go behind the scenes with Disney Imagineers and learn how to design a theme park.
APA Grief & COVID-19:Mourning our bygone lives.
Duolingo:Learn a new language for free.
CDC-DIY Face Cloth Masks:Learn to make homemade face masks from the CDC.
Kellog-Ross Webinar:The Emotional Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Navigating Current & Future Mental Health Challenges
*Ram Tool is providing masks to employees. Please let your manager if you have not received the protective gear we are supplying for our team members.
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EXERCISES & MORE
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Stretch: 20-minute full body stretch exercise. New!
Lung Capacity: Discover some great exercises to improve your lung capacity. New!
Cardio for a Week: A week’s worth of cardio videos.
Lower Body Sculpt:18-Minute Lower Body Sculpting Routine.
Workout Routine: 7 Simple Exercises You Can Do Around the House.
Workout Video: Various Workouts with Paige McClees.
Yoga for Kids: Cosmic Kids Yoga
Yoga for Everyone: Yoga classes online with Danica Kempinsk
Dance Party: Solo or with your family! Find your favorite dance party music and get some energy out!
Runner’s World: Now is the perfect time to start running, since it’s a solo sport. Find out how here.
Balloon Tennis Games: You don’t need to be a kid to enjoy these balloon tennis games.
SELF: An effective total body workout for beginners.
Active Kids Do Better: Get active with Ping Towel Pong and a variety of other activities.
Dance Fit Sugar: Get moving with this 30-minute Latin dance cardio workout.
The Fitness Marshall: Get your groove on with these at home workouts.
5-min Yoga: Kick your day off with a 5-minute Sun Salutation Warmup.
YMCA: Stream FREE workouts like pilates, tai-chi, and more.
Nerd Fitness: Beginner Bodyweight Workout (20 min)
SworkIt Kids’ Workouts: A variety of fun kids workouts to help get those wiggles and giggles out or use them as a warm-up/cooldown for more vigorous activity.