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Click on any of the underlined headings/links below to find out more. (last updated - 08/01/2021)

Hello everyone!

I just wanted to say THANK YOU for all of your messages, emails, and comments. It means the world to me to know how many people from all over the world are benefitting from this resource list.

ChatterPack is run on a voluntary basis in my *spare* (!) time to help share information and resources to those who need it. Have fun, explore the world from the safety of your home, and please stay safe.

Huge love to you all.

Claire Ryan

P.s. You can find my book, ADHD and Me - a guide for children and young people, at the end of this list - please do share the link with others who might be interested, and/or get in touch if you have any questions :)

Alternative lists of free resources including support, advice, and information for families. Please do share the links for these with others/family/friends

1. School closures: Resources, information, and activities for families to support Home Learning

2. Support, advice, and resources for families of children with: speech, language, and communication needs &special educational needs and disabilities

Notices

Virtual tours, and live webcams

Future Learn - Explore the architecture and history of Rome, walking around a 3D digital model of the ancient city, with this free online course.
Museums and galleries
Animals Explore the oceans (underwater cameras) Birds
Online learning

Learn 10 useful things to say in...

Geography, nature, and history

Project Noah- Global site where you can view and share wildlife

Music

*Check the location/time zones of live-streamed concerts to calculate the UK start time. Time Zone calculator

Arts and culture

Parlia - The encyclopedia of opinion -mapping the worldsthinking

Teaching history - 100 objects from museums across the UK with resources, information and teaching ideas to inspire your students' interest in history

Literature online

Learn a new skill or develop a current one!

Miscellaneous & entertainment

Life Story Hub - Inspiring creative communication with the young and old using the arts

Musicals, shows, and movies

Staying Put: A guide to planning for, arranging and funding care in your own home in old age including how new technology can help improve your lifestyle (£2.99)

Anxiety/Mental health/loneliness

Prayer resources

*Check the location/time zones of live-streamed masses to calculate the UK start time. Time Zone calculator

Alternative lists of free resources, support, advice, and information for families - please do share the links for these with others/family/friends

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A list of free, online, boredom-busting resources!

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Click on any of the underlined headings/links below to find out more. (last updated - 08/01/2021) Hello everyone! I just wanted to say THANK YOU for all of your messages, emails, and comments. It means the world to me to know how many people from all over the world are benefitting from this resource list.

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Virtual Museum Tour: Museum of London - Victorian Walk

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Explore our Victorian Walk gallery wherever you are - with challenges to do too!

Our immersive Victorian Walk experience recreates the winding streets of 19th-century London. We've captured it in 3D for you to explore!

Click/touch the white circles on the ground to move

Click/touch and drag above the ground to rotate your view

Scroll your mouse wheel/pinch your fingers to zoom in and out.

Do a little window shopping at the toyshop, tobacconist, tailor or pawnbroker and get a taste of life in Victorian London.

Can you complete our six challenges?

Challenges

You might find it easier if you click here to open a new page showing just these challenges:

1. Find the toy shop

Hint: Start and go forward five times. The sign above says 'TOYSHOP'.

Zoom in to have a good look at what's on display.

If you could buy one thing from the toy shop, what would it be?

What are some of the differences between Victorian toys and toys today?

In Victorian times, children from poorer families would save their money to buy 'penny toys'.

2. Find the barrel organ

Hint: From the toy shop, turn left, go forward three times, turn left again, go forward once, look to your right.

Children who could not afford toys would make their own entertainment in the streets. They might listen and dance to the music of a barrel organ, which played a melody when someone cranked the handle on the side.

Do you know any other places where Victorian people could listen to music?

What ways can you listen to music today?

3. Find the tea and coffee warehouse

Hint: From the barrel organ, go forwards towards the post box, turn right, go forward. Look up and you should see the sign.

What do you think the large 'wheel' outside was used for?

Why do you think tea, coffee and sugar were very expensive in Victorian times?

4. Find a Victorian bicycle

Hint: With the tea and coffee warehouse on your right, go forward twice. It's on your right.

Do you know the proper name for this type of bicycle?

Here's a clue: P _ _ _ Y - F_ _ _ _ _ _ G

How is it different to a modern bicycle?

How do you think people might have got onto it?

The bicycle (or 'velocipede') was invented in the Victorian period and became very popular.

5. Find the grocer's shop

Hint: From the bicycle, turn left and go through the archway, then go forward. It's on your right.

This is where people in Victorian times would buy tinned and dry foodstuffs - the sort of things we would buy from a supermarket or a convenience store today.

What food can you see on sale?

Try zooming in to read the labels. What brands can you see?

Do you recognise any types or makes of food that we still use today?

If you were shopping in this grocer's, would you be able to get to what you wanted?

How is a modern supermarket different?

Tinned food was introduced in the early 19th century and was very expensive at first.

6. Find the fancy stationer's shop

Hint: With the grocer's shop on your right, go forward. It's right in front of you.

This sort of shop sold things like writing paper, greetings cards and envelopes.

Christmas cards were very popular with Victorian Londoners.

How many pictures of Father Christmas can you spot?

How is he different to pictures of Father Christmas you might see today?

Many winter traditions such as Christmas trees, crackers, giving presents and Father Christmas were introduced in Victorian times.

What else can you find?

You've made it to the end. Well done!

There's plenty more to see if you keep your eyes peeled!

What to do next

If you'd like to learn more about what life was like in Victorian London, why not plan to visit the Victorian Walk in person?

You might also enjoy this Victorian activity:

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Burn calories, lose weight and feel great with this 10-minute home cardio workout routine for aerobic fitness.
If you have a skipping rope, you can swap one of the exercises with a 60-second burst of skipping.

This 10-minute cardio workout counts towards your recommended 150 minutes of aerobic activity every week.

Before you begin, warm up with a 6-minute warm-up routine. After your workout, cool down with a 5-minute stretch.

Rocket jumps: 2 sets of 15 to 24 repetitions (reps)

For rocket jumps, stand with your feet hip-width apart, legs bent and hands on your thighs.

Jump up, driving your hands straight above your head and extending your entire body. Land softly, reposition your feet and repeat.

For more of a challenge, start in a lower squat position and hold a weight or a bottle of water in both hands at the centre of your chest.

Recovery: walk or jog on the spot for 15 to 45 seconds.

Star jumps or squats: 2 sets of 15 to 24 reps

To do a star jump, stand tall with your arms by your side and knees slightly bent.

Jump up, extending your arms and legs out into a star shape in the air.

Land softly, with your knees together and hands by your side.

Keep your abs tight and back straight during the exercise.

Squats

As a less energetic alternative, do some squats. Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart and your hands down by your sides or stretched out in front for extra balance.

Lower yourself by bending your knees until they're nearly at a right angle, with your thighs parallel to the floor.

Keep your back straight and don't let your knees extend over your toes.

Recovery: walk or jog on the spot for 15 to 45 seconds.

Tap backs: 2 sets of 15 to 24 reps

To start tap backs, step your right leg back and swing both arms forward, then repeat with the opposite leg in a continuous rhythmic movement.

Look forward and keep your hips and shoulders facing forward. Don't let your front knee extend over your toes as you step back.

For more of a challenge, switch legs by jumping (also known as spotty dog), remembering to keep the knees soft as you land. Your back heel needs to be off the floor at all times.

Recovery: walk or jog on the spot for 15 to 45 seconds.

Burpees: 2 sets of 15 to 24 reps

To do a burpee from a standing position (1), drop into a squat with your hands on the ground (2).

Kick your feet back into a push-up position (3). Jump your feet back into a squat (4) and jump up with your arms extending overhead (5).

For an easier burpee, don't kick out into the push-up position and stand up instead of jumping.

Now cool down with this 5-minute stretch routine.

Try these other 10-minute workouts:

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So the Coronavirus has prompted countless companies to close their offices and offer their employees options to work remotely.

Now even though working from home at first might seem exciting, it also certainly comes with a lot of challenges and uncertainty. So we wanted to put this video together to highlight 5 key tips on how you can manage your mental health, while working from home during this period.

Before we start, it's important to pay attention to updates your company will make during this period. And alongside these 5 tips, if your company provides a working from home policy, reference it to help you manage any up front expectations.

So if you've never worked from home before over a long period of time, if you're worried about how working from home will impact your performance and also if you're worried about dealing with distractions, we're hoping these 5 tips will help.

One of the biggest challenges around this time is the isolation leading to a lack of connection and loneliness. This is a big challenge many working from home in general face, but with the added requirement to isolate it will certainly cause challenges. When we also feel isolated and lonely, it can have a real impact on our productivity. So it's important to keep connected during this time, and luckily technology allows us to do that.

We'd advise to still have your team meetings, stay connected with clients, keep in touch with colleagues and in fact over communication in this period will really help.

Utilise tools such as Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Slack, Skype, and even Whatsapp or Facetime video chat to keep connected. It's also very easy to avoid video when working from, but psychologically video chat can really help humanize the communication as well.

We can't stress enough how important it is to stay connected in this period, even if it's just a video chat with a colleague to hear how they're getting on or it could be simple communication with your time asking how everyone is getting on... this time will be challenging if you don't stay connected and there's no reasons why we can't with the technology now at our disposal.

Now we know your routine is going to change a lot during this period, but trying to keep your routine as close to the routine you lead when physically going to work will help. It's going to be very easy to wake up later, get dressed later or lounge around and try to work, it's going to be easy to skip the workout you normally do or eat a bigger breakfast in the morning...

But try and match your routine, as close as possible. For example: Wake up at the same time, get up in the same way, follow a similar morning routine and wear similar clothes you'd normally wear to the office. Take lunch at the same time, finish work at the same time etc.

We know it's going to be awkward at the beginning, especially when the Postman knocks and you answer in your suit... but it's very easy to completely change routine due to the flexibility of working from home.

The closer you can match your day - to - day routine, the easier you'll find it and the more productive you'll be.

When you work remotely, your mind will naturally judge how well you're working and it's normally overly critical. Because you're not in an environment surrounded by your co-workers, it's often hard to keep yourself accountable.

This reverts back to point 1 again, over communication is hugely important. What are you expected to do today, tomorrow, and the week ahead? Does your company or your manager understand the challenges that you might be facing while you work from home during this period? Does your company have a 'working from home' policy in place you can refer too?

One of the things we focus on at Everymind at Work is normalising conversations that may be slightly difficult to have, and this period is a great time to do exactly that. In most cases, everyone is going to be in a similar position. But again, everyone will be dealing with it differently. So the clearer the expectations on what you need to do, the more you can focus and not worry about others judging you. So have a conversation up front, and get clear expectations of what needs to be done so you can focus and deliver.

When it comes to your workload, it's easy to set yourself a huge to do list at the beginning of every day and put pressure on yourself to complete it all. When you work from home, you feel like you have the whole day ahead of you. But working remotely comes with a number of distractions that can get in your way. Prioritise your tasks, make sure their in alignment with the expectations that's been set and you'll find not only will you become more productive but you won't worry as much about not delivering.

So now you're working from home, you can work from bed right? Netflix on in the background? Cup of coffee on the side? You'll soon discover that your productivity and general mood will be impacted if you don't control your environment.

Similar to following a similar routine, try to control the environment you're working in and minimise distractions.

For example: Work at a desk, a table and make sure your chair is comfortable. It's not always easy, but because we don't know how long this will go on maybe setting yourself up a makeshift work space in a room that's quiet would be hugely valuable for now.

Minimise distractions, keeping the TV off, and keeping your phone on Aeroplane mode as it's certainly easier to sit on it for a longer period of time when no ones over your shoulder watching. Not all distractions can be stopped, but minimise as many as possible.

It's also important to change your environment from time to time, take short breaks, open windows to get some fresh air, make a coffee and grab a snack at times you would within the office... Sitting in the one place all day won't improve your effectiveness.

This is a real opportunity to focus on you, and your mental health during this period. We don't want to react, we want to proactively make sure we're looking after ourselves and our mental health. How long does your commute to work normally take? Even if it's a short 10 minute drive, you now have 20 minutes extra in the day to focus on you and focus on self care.

For many, their commute can be up to an hour a day one way. So with two hours now available per day, it's important to try and utilise this time as best as you can.

What can you do in the morning to set you up for a good day?

Maybe it's reading the book you've been putting off, starting an exercise regime at home, cooking a healthier lunch or breakfast, meditation, journalling or spending more time with the family...

What can you do in the evening to help keep your mind active and get yourself excited for the next day?

Try to utilise some of the additional time you'll gain during working from home to focus on you and your mental health.

Do you want us to send you up-to-date free advice about managing your mental health during the Coronavirus outbreak?

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The Coronavirus and the uncertainty around what might happen is likely to take its toll on many. The constant news about the pandemic has at times felt relentless, and it's left people feeling lost, fearful, uncertain about the future and anxious.

We wanted to let you know that if you're struggling to manage your mental health during this period, you're not alone. And throughout this undoubtedly tough period, we wanted to provide an up-to-date resource helping you manage your mental health during the Coronavirus outbreak.

Quickly find what you're looking for:

*Throughout this period, we'll be adding to this article with free advice to help you manage your mental health.

Over the last few days and weeks, all of us will have become more aware of the coronavirus and the impact it is having on our day to day lives. Changes to our daily routines can often be hard to adjust to, this is especially true, when we consider the circumstances under which these circumstances are happening. It is completely natural for us to worry and feel anxious, what is important is that we try to manage our wellbeing in a healthy way and also support those around us.

Firstly, it is important to understand what may be causing anxiety. This is still important if you do not personally feel anxious, as it is key that we show empathy to others through the coming weeks and months. Together, we can make a difference.

The below are some of the concerns family, friends or colleagues may experience in relation to COVID 19 causing them anxiety.

Becoming infected

Potentially carrying the virus and spreading it

Infection and death rates

Concern for elderly relatives

Parents worried about their children..

Economic impact

Personal finances

Losing your job

Loss of business income

Shortages of food and consumer goods

Self isolation and loneliness.

A churning feeling in your stomach

Feeling light-headed or dizzy

Pins and needles

Feeling restless or unable to sit still

Faster breathing

Sweating or hot flushes

Problems sleeping

Having panic attacks

Feeling tense, nervous or unable to relax

Having a sense of dread, or fearing the worst

Feeling like the world is speeding up or slowing down

Feeling like other people can see you're anxious and are looking at you

Worrying that you're losing touch with reality

Rumination - thinking a lot about bad experiences, or thinking over a situation again and again

Depersonalisation - feeling disconnected from your. mind or body, or like you're watching someone else (this is a type of dissociation)

Worrying a lot about what might happen in the future

1. Limit Your Exposure To The News

It is natural to want to keep up to date with latest news, but if we are checking the news too often this can feed the anxiety. Try to set yourself allocated times to catch up on the news. It may help signing up to receive email updates from the
UK Gov and allow this to be your way of staying informed. However, limit yourself to receiving daily or weekly updates. Receiving instant updates may only feed the anxiety.

2. Limit Your Time on Social Media

Avoid googling symptoms or looking at forums online. Make sure you are looking at official health websites such as the NHS, or check out the Gov website for the latest advice.

Allocate a specific time to process your worries, write them down if this helps. Once your allocated time is up make sure you go and do something else.

Make use of technology. Use this time to catch up with friends, contact someone you may have lost touch with and reminisce with them.
Arrange a group video call, maybe agree to all watch the same movie or read a book and talk about it.

6. Discuss Your Fears With Someone You Trust

Share your feelings with someone. If you do not talk to others about your concerns you may get caught up in your own negative thoughts.

Try and pick someone you trust, maybe that person often has different points of view to you, which can help give you a different perspective.

7. Do The Things You Enjoy

Try and be in the moment. Mindfulness techniques are a great way to ground us and bring us back to reality. There are plenty of mindfulness techniques, more common ones being yoga, meditation or general breathing techniques. Other rituals such as creating a vision board, journalling or story telling can also have a positive impact.

If you are concerned about managing your money, check out Moneysavingexpert.com for some great advice. For example, this article outlines some actions banks have taken to help those struggling financially due to the coronavirus. This article offers advice on travel, sick pay and more.

The uncertainty of the upcoming weeks may feel overwhelming for some, try your best to plan your days and manage your mental wellbeing.

If you are worried about yourself or someone else always seek professional advice. You can call The Samaritans on 116 123 or text SHOUT to 85258.

One of the biggest impacts to our daily routines may be if we need to work from home. For many employers and employees this will not be the first time they have worked from home. However, this may be for a prolonged period of time and for some this may be a new experience.

Working from home is not a bad thing, many find it highly effective and a valuable benefit of modern day working. However, working from home for long periods can have a negative impact on your mental wellbeing and productivity if you do not manage it. Some may begin to feel unproductive or lonely and disconnected from society, so here are some useful tips.

1. Make sure you have a designated work space. If possible, try to use a room or an area of a room specifically for work.

2. Organise your work area, keep it clean and tidy.

3. Get ready for work as if you were heading into the office.

4. Have designated work hours and try to keep to this routine.

5. Get a good chair. You do not want to be hunched over your laptop for long periods.

6. If you can, get an extra screen, this will help you be more productive.

Your company may already have management and communication tools, however, if you do not, here are some great tools you can easily implement into your business.

1. Video Calls - Sign up to Google Hangouts or Zoom to allow your team to have video conference calls. Meetings still need to happen when working remotely.

2. Group Messaging - Use Slack, Discord, Microsoft Teams or Google Chats Hangouts to allow your teams to communicate with each other.

3. Task Management - To manage your projects and to set daily tasks use tools such as Trello or Monday.

4. Time Management - Keep track of how much time you are spending on a particular task or project using Toggl or Timecamp.

One of the biggest challenges around this time is the isolation leading to a lack of connection and loneliness. This is a big challenge many working from home in general face, but with the added requirement to isolate it will certainly cause challenges. When we also feel isolated and lonely, it can have a real impact on our productivity. So it's important to keep connected during this time, and luckily technology allows us to do that.

We'd advise to still have your team meetings, stay connected with clients, keep in touch with colleagues and in fact over communication in this period will really help.

Utilise tools such as Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Slack, Skype, and even Whatsapp or Facetime video chat to keep connected. It's also very easy to avoid video when working from, but psychologically video chat can really help humanize the communication as well.

We can't stress enough how important it is to stay connected in this period, even if it's just a video chat with a colleague to hear how they're getting on or it could be simple communication with your time asking how everyone is getting on... this time will be challenging if you don't stay connected and there's no reasons why we can't with the technology now at our disposal.

2. Keep A Similar Routine

Now we know your routine is going to change a lot during this period, but trying to keep your routine as close to the routine you lead when physically going to work will help. It's going to be very easy to wake up later, get dressed later or lounge around and try to work, it's going to be easy to skip the workout you normally do or eat a bigger breakfast in the morning...

But try and match your routine, as close as possible. For example: Wake up at the same time, get up in the same way, follow a similar morning routine and wear similar clothes you'd normally wear to the office. Take lunch at the same time, finish work at the same time etc.

We know it's going to be awkward at the beginning, especially when the Postman knocks and you answer in your suit... but it's very easy to completely change routine due to the flexibility of working from home.

The closer you can match your day - to - day routine, the easier you'll find it and the more productive you'll be.

3. Manage Expectations and Workload

When you work remotely, your mind will naturally judge how well you're working and it's normally overly critical. Because you're not in an environment surrounded by your co-workers, it's often hard to keep yourself accountable.

This reverts back to point 1 again, over communication is hugely important. What are you expected to do today, tomorrow, and the week ahead? Does your company or your manager understand the challenges that you might be facing while you work from home during this period? Does your company have a 'working from home' policy in place you can refer too?

One of the things we focus on at Everymind at Work is normalising conversations that may be slightly difficult to have, and this period is a great time to do exactly that. In most cases, everyone is going to be in a similar position. But again, everyone will be dealing with it differently. So the clearer the expectations on what you need to do, the more you can focus and not worry about others judging you. So have a conversation up front, and get clear expectations of what needs to be done so you can focus and deliver.

When it comes to your workload, it's easy to set yourself a huge to do list at the beginning of every day and put pressure on yourself to complete it all. When you work from home, you feel like you have the whole day ahead of you. But working remotely comes with a number of distractions that can get in your way. Prioritise your tasks, make sure their in alignment with the expectations that's been set and you'll find not only will you become more productive but you won't worry as much about not delivering.

4. Control Your Environment

So now you're working from home, you can work from bed right? Netflix on in the background? Cup of coffee on the side? You'll soon discover that your productivity and general mood will be impacted if you don't control your environment.

Similar to following a similar routine, try to control the environment you're working in and minimise distractions.

For example: Work at a desk, a table and make sure your chair is comfortable. It's not always easy, but because we don't know how long this will go on maybe setting yourself up a makeshift work space in a room that's quiet would be hugely valuable for now.

Minimise distractions, keeping the TV off, and keeping your phone on Aeroplane mode as it's certainly easier to sit on it for a longer period of time when no ones over your shoulder watching. Not all distractions can be stopped, but minimise as many as possible.

It's also important to change your environment from time to time, take short breaks, open windows to get some fresh air, make a coffee and grab a snack at times you would within the office... Sitting in the one place all day won't improve your effectiveness.

5. Utilise Lost Commute Time

This is a real opportunity to focus on you, and your mental health during this period. We don't want to react, we want to proactively make sure we're looking after ourselves and our mental health. How long does your commute to work normally take? Even if it's a short 10 minute drive, you now have 20 minutes extra in the day to focus on you and focus on self care.

For many, their commute can be up to an hour a day one way. So with two hours now available per day, it's important to try and utilise this time as best as you can.

What can you do in the morning to set you up for a good day?

Maybe it's reading the book you've been putting off, starting an exercise regime at home, cooking a healthier lunch or breakfast, meditation, journalling or spending more time with the family...

What can you do in the evening to help keep your mind active and get yourself excited for the next day?

Try to utilise some of the additional time you'll gain during working from home to focus on you and your mental health.

1. Remind Employees of Existing Benefits

2. Communicate And Be Transparent

For some, this may be the first time working from home. Be absolutely clear about what is expected from each person, working from home can cause confusion to begin with.

Set some time a side for a team catch up - this doesn't have to be to discuss work. This can just be a platform for everyone to say hello to each other and raise anything if they wish to.

Remember, firstly, always follow your company policy with regards to working from home and keep up to date with all your companies announcements.

Secondly, always follow the government's guidance when it comes to the Covid-19. Take care of yourself, follow precautionary measures and where possible take care of those more vulnerable.

Do you want us to send you up-to-date free advice about managing your mental health during the Coronavirus outbreak?

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A little while ago I shared some of my favourite free animal coloring pages for adults. They were so popular that I thought I'd share another round up of the best free colouring pages for adults that I could find for you! No theme this time, unless you count gorgeousness as a theme (which I think maybe I do?!) these are just colouring designs which I thought looked like fun and which I thought you might like too!

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Free Coloring Pages for Adults

Seahorse Coloring Page from Crafts on Sea

Flamingo Coloring Page from Crafts on Sea

Maps Colouring Pages from Crafts on Sea

Secret Garden colouring pages from The Guardian

'Hello Lovely' colouring page from Dawn Nicole - this includes a unicorn. Everything that includes unicorns is automatically awesome.

Bee colouring page from the Hobbycraft blog

Mermaid Colouring Pages from Red Ted Art

'Today is going to be awesome' quote for colouring in from In The Playroom

'If you can be anything, be kind' quote to colour from Dawn Nicole

Owl coloring pages from Red Ted Art

Butterflies from Crafts on Sea

Art Therapy Coloring Pages from Mum In the Madhouse

Under The Sea Coloring Pages from Easy Peasy and Fun

Elephant Coloring page from Easy Peasy and Fun

Free nature patterns to color on the Hobbycraft blog

Mandala Coloring page from Hattifant

Cute floral free coloring pages from Craftsy

Zentangle coloring pages from Craftwhack

Abstract coloring page from Thaneeya McArdle at Art is Fun

Zentangle Coloring Pages from In the Playroom

'Follow Your Heart' coloring pages from Mum In The Madhouse, these have one version for adults and another one for children!

'Your dream does not have an expiration date' from Craftsy

Want more to color? These are the coloring books I think look gorgeous!

Enchanted Forest - I adore Johanna Basford's drawings and her images of animals are glorious.

Stress Relieving Patterns - Because coloring is such a great way to chill out so these and a bit of classical music would do me perfectly!

Secret New York - I found this book today and love the idea of it, coloring sounds like the perfect relaxing way to travel! They also do Secret Paris and Secret Tokyo books that I'm rather excited about.

More free coloring pages for adults:

Make sure you check out my free seahorse colouring page for adults and my round ups of free Valentines Day coloring pages for adults, free animal coloring pages for adults and free Christmas coloring pages for adults.

How to find more free coloring pages

I love free coloring pages for adults and kids and I pin as many as I can find to my Pinterest board. Make sure you're following it to keep up to date with my latest finds! Follow Kate Williams CraftsonSea's board Free Colouring Pages on Pinterest.

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When the coronavirus pandemic quarantine period began in Spring/Summer 2020, I realised that lots of people were going to find themselves at home with their children for several weeks/months looking for things to do. So I decided to post a draw-along video every Tuesday and Thursday that parents could watch with their kids and, hopefully, make some nice pictures. They have proved very popular, garnering millions of views across the world. On 21 May 2020 we broke the Guinness World Record for the largest online art lesson when 45,611 households drew a whale with me. From September 2020 lockdown gradually began to ease and kids started going back to school, so I decided to move the #DrawWithRob video slot to Saturdays at 10am BST/GMT so that kids can join in with my Saturday Art Club. And then in August 2021 as life returned to (something like) normal, the videos began to be released slightly more sporadically. But I'm still going! Keep an eye on my social feeds or sign up to my newsletter here to find out when the next video will be released.

Here are all of the videos (scroll down the page). Feel free to watch and share them with anybody and everybody. I'd love to see the results, so please send me your pictures on social media using the hashtag #DrawWithRob. I am @RobBiddulph on Twitter, @rbiddulph on Instagram and robbiddulphauthor on Facebook.
Oh, and please subscribe to my YouTube channel too.

I'm delighted to say that DRAW WITH ROB is now an incredible activity book series (every page features perforated edges so you can easily tear out and display your art). The first book is a Sunday Times number one bestseller, the winner of the Sainsbury's Children's Book Award 2020 and was shortlisted for Children's Illustrated/Non-fiction Book of The Year at the British Book Awards 2021. The second book, Draw With Rob at Christmas, is also a bestseller and was the WHSmith Book of the Month for November 2020. The third book, Draw With Rob: Build A Story, the fourth book, Draw With Rob: Monster Madness, the fifth book, Draw With Rob: Amazing Animals, and the sixth book, Draw With Rob at Halloween, are (guess what) bestsellers too! They are all available to order here.

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Many thanks also to the generous volunteers who have translated the calendars into other languages, including Jaber & Nailah Aljasmi (Arabic), Sevdzhi Eubova (Bulgarian), Janice Torkildsen (Chinese & Nepalese), Natalie Lui and Yun You (Chinese), Renata Sušanj & Dalibor Sever (Croatian), Gabriela Macova (Czech), Martine De Ruiter (Dutch), Anna Langley (Esperanto), Laurence De Olivera & Windy Diakité (French), Rika Tjakea Schütte, Tobias Polzin, Ingrid Schäberle & Yvonne Macasieb, (German), Marina Derlere (Greek), Eva Fekete (Hungarian), Andrea Magnabosco (Italian), Narumi Isoda (Japanese), Rasa Kokoreviča (Latvian), Janina Sabaite (Lithuanian), Marek Zywert & Lidia Golba (Polish), Ana Rute Costa (Portuguese), Oana Mindrut (Romanian), Natalya Kuznetsova (Russian), Mária Boťanská (Slovak), Vicenç Rul.lan (Spanish & Catalan), Naima Skillingshage (Swedish), Ali Gülüm, Ceylan Özpınarand Ilgın Bayraktar (Turkish) and Kate Rudenko (Ukranian).

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Chalk and Talk is an online community experiment. It's a creative conversational space for people, at a time when physical distancing is being encouraged. Chalk and Talk is facilitated by me, Doug Shaw. I'm a freelance artist and consultant, and since 2009 I've been working where art, business, and the wider community meets. In these current uncertain times, it feels important and useful to make time to meet, play, talk, and share.

Chalk and Talk takes place on Wednesdays, with a lunchtime session at 1pm and an evening session at 8pm.

Each session will include drawing, mark-making, and sketching. As a member of the Chalk and Talk community - feel free to engage with as many or as few of these activities as you wish, and add your own ideas, wants, and needs too. These are virtual sessions, so you will need to provide your own materials - and I'll be mindful of this. We will, as far as possible, be using the kind of art materials you can find in most homes, that is to say, something to draw with, and something to draw on.

Don't worry if you're not feeling like the world's most confident artist, the main purpose of these sessions is to spend time with good people, and experience the creative process. I find it helps to focus on the task at hand, and not worry about what may, or may not emerge. And if we end up drawing for the bin, well I'm sure the bin will appreciate it.

I want to keep this accessible, so a session of Chalk and Talk costs just £4.00. I have included a donation option too, so you can pay more if you wish - and we can use that pot to include people for whom £4.00 is too much right now. Before each session starts, you will receive an email with details on how to access Chalk and Talk. Over the coming weeks, we will play with lots of creative techniques and ideas, and doubtless have some good conversation and fun too.

The basic kit you will need is: pencil(s), pen(s), paper, rubber, pencil sharpener, curiosity, and enthusiasm.

If you have any questions - drop me a line, and I look forward to chalking and talking with you soon!

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Theatres may be closed, but you can always get a stagey fix online. We round-up a series of shows you can watch right now - operas, musicals and more!
If you can - please do try and help out theatres across the UK - we've got some tips here.
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[Not really theatre but utterly gripping]

London International Mime Festival

A variety of stage shows will be streamed on YouTube for free - highlighting the best in physical and contemporary storytelling. Highlights include Gecko's The Wedding.

Rifco Theatre's Leave the Plastic On

The company's comedy series is available to watch now - top notch production values and some whip-sharp dialogue.

A Tale to Tell

Shakespeare's Globe's Romeo and Juliet

Jackson's Lane international short film

Kneehigh's The Neon Shadow

Frozen

The cruise hour-long version can be seen now.

Sadler's Wells

Sadler's Wells will be streaming an archived production each month, featuring Candoco, Kate Prince and more. More details here.

These Folk at The Boulevard Theatre

Good Dog

Based on Arinzé Kene's hit play, the new, shortened, screen version has been put online for all to see.

Edinburgh International Festival

The organisation has created a whole digital platform to replace its events this year. The series includes National Theatre of Scotland's Ghost Light, which is below:

Zoo Venues

The Edinburgh Fringe company is streaming a host of online and recorded productions on its website, with all funds raised going directly to artists unable to perform this year. Watch here.

Tangled

Shakespeare's Globe's Richard II

Manchester International Festival

The festival is putting full shows, musical performances, talks, Q&As and more online for free. Check out the YouTube channel here.

Leonard Bernstein's Trouble in Tahiti

Opera North is streaming its production of the hit Bernstein opera for a full month on its YouTube channel.

Alan Seymour's The One Day of the Year

Australian and New Zealand actors including Mark Little, Kerry Fox, Daniel Monks, Paul Haley and Celeste Dodwell bring the hit play to life, all via remote performance. It's available until 31 May.

BBC's Performance Live

Featuring Hofesth Shechter, Tourreshero, Akala, Kate Tempest and more, the BBC is offering a raft of free theatre for UK users.

Royal Opera House

The iconic company is putting archived shows online for free, and you can see more here.

ZARA

Now this is a bit of a biggy - Mind the Gap, Walk the Plank and Emergency Exit Arts' epic 2019 show is heading online from Sunday 19 April at 8pm. Featuring 100 performers and a giant baby bigger than a double-decker bus, the piece is available here.

Only the Brave

Only The Brave - A New Musical from AdVision TV on Vimeo.

Only the Brave, the hit musical starring Caroline Sheen and David Thaxton, is available for free online. The show, filmed by AdVision TV in 2016, tells the story of a group of soldiers in the run-up to the D-Day landings. It had its first run at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2008, before a full production premiered in 2016 at the Millenium Centre in Cardiff.

Cheek By Jowl

The iconic theatre company has brought back the archive recording of its hit version of Shakespeare's problem play, which was captured live at the Barbican in 2017. It's around for a month!

Henry V

The Barn's hit production with Aaron Sidwell and Lauren Samuels went live at 6pm on Friday 27 March, and will be available from the Barn's website after that.

21 Chump Street

Long before Hamilton there was the speedy 21 Chump Street, starring Anthony Ramos and Lin-Manuel Miranda. Ramos himself is about to take on the leading role in the In the Heights movie, scheduled to be released this summer. The BAM performance is available to watch in its entirety above. A small nugget of gold.

Ghost Quartet

Missed the award-winning revival of Ghost Quartet when it ran in London last year? Well Dave Malloy has posted the full musical on YouTube - featuring himself, performed in 2015.

The Show Must Go Online

This is a cool scheme - live readings of Shakespeare's works provided by top-notch actors who would otherwise be twiddling their thumbs.

Bubble

Rehearsed on Skype and filmed via Facebook, Theatre Uncut's newest show is a perfect fit for the coronavirus outbreak. Kieran Hurley's brand new play will be premiering on 23 March at 8pm and will also be released as a playtext to download, with performing rights free until 23 April. Find out more about it in the trailer above.

Opera Vision

Free opera! Now that's a nice sentiment - the European Commission-supported OperaVision will be supplying free opportunities to watch top-tier performances filmed at the highest quality level, with new shows released weekly on top of a massive back catalogue. Find out more.

First encounter King Lear

Another lovely RSC show geared towards introducing theatre to young'uns, this time taking the tragic story of King Lear and making it more accessible and fleet. The perfect way to kick off a love of theatre.

Gecko Theatre

Physical theatre pros Gecko have put a wad of their shows on YouTube for free, including The Time of Your Life, a collaboration with the BBC.

Tim Crouch is a legend at the best of times, so seeing his solo show hosted by the RSC is a great chance to watch theatre at its best. You can also watch his production of I, Malvolio here.

Girls Like That

Evan Placey's hit 2014 play heads to the virtual world. It follows a group of schoolgirls reacting as one of their peers has naked photos of themselves leaked online - a pertinent issue for the present day, and a good way to get into a knotty play during the quiet hours.

Kanopy

Have you got a library card or a university login? Did you know about this amazing streaming service that can be accessed through your local institution to watch films, TV shows and live theatre performances? Did you know that it's totally free? Well you do now! Open to members participating libraries, colleges and universities, this is a great to way to catch up on some amazing shows from years gone by. Check out Kanopy and discover the participating venues here.

5 Soldiers

The critically acclaimed five-star production is a collaboration between British choreographer Rosie Kay and the British army, and gave an insight into the psychology and welfare of soldiers fighting on the front lines. It's now available to watch online above.

Clown Funeral

Associate artists of the New Diorama and Pegasus Theatre, Clown Funeral has made three shows available online for free (head to YouTube for the others) so that's a whole wad of whimsy while you wait for the virus to subside!

Timpson the Musical

The hit Fringe production has put its best foot forward and released a full recording online! Watch it above.

YesYesNoNo

The theatre company has put one of its earlier works, Five Encounters on a Site Called Craigslist, online for free! The show was one of the smash hits at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2017. And more than that, the company are sending the cast of its latest show The Accident Did Not Take Place to record at the Bunker Theatre. Stream it live online here on 21 March at 7.25pm.

Playwright Emily Jenkins was commissioned to write this show about cyber bullying by the Theatre Royal Haymarket Masterclass charity. It was first performed live in 2017 and then live recorded for Anti-Bullying Week. A great show about the negative experiences young people can face online - and it's available for free!

Daniel Bye

This theatremaker has been creating exciting and thought-provoking work and putting it on his YouTube channel for years. Bye has also launched a Patreon page if anyone wants to contribute.

This apocalyptic comedy came to the Old Vic Tunnels in 2013 and the theatre company has made it available to watch for free on YouTube in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

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To combat coronavirus, or Covid-19, health experts are recommending social distancing to "flatten the curve" and save lives. But your gym or fitness studio's closure doesn't mean you can't still make healthy choices. Here's a list of 13 free online workouts you can access via a smartphone app, YouTube, or live streams on social media - specifically leaving off workouts that require equipment, cost money, or have brief free trials.

Total Body Workouts

Crossfit: Kicking off this list is the famous HIIT and weightlifting brand, which surprisingly has a lot of free beginner-friendly workouts on their website. The best part? Instead of using personal trainers, Crossfit used normal people or older folks to demonstrate that anybody can do these exercises.

Planet Fitness: One of the country's largest gym chains, Planet Fitness, has been live-streaming free online workout classes on its Facebook page on weekdays at 7 p.m. ET. These 30-minute, equipment-free workouts are also available on demand on their YouTube channel.

Nike Training Club: This app lets you download free 15-, 30-, and 45-minute workouts designed by Nike trainers. Most of the workouts are equipment-free and use GIFs to demonstrate how to do each exercise - from squats, to walkouts, to lunges. There's a premium version, too, that includes nutrition advice.

Barry's Bootcamp: The boutique studio popular among celebrities will stream 20-minute equipment-free workouts on Instagram live. They'll also save workouts onto their IGTV the next day. Here's a sample class.

Blogilates: One of the biggest fitness YouTube accounts is offering free 10- to 20-minute pilates and bootcamp sculpting workouts for a decade. You can also get free monthly calendars like this 14-day quarantine workout plan on the Blogilates website.

P.volve: The total-body fitness streaming service is offering free 10- to 20-minute classes on their Instagram live. You can also get a 30-day free trial to their hundreds of other classes using the code ONEPVOLVE and create custom workout calendars.

STRONG by Zumba: You can access plenty of free HIIT workouts on YouTube, choosing from 7-, 20-, and 30-minute on-demand classes. The videos also come in languages other than English.

Yoga

Corepower Yoga: The national yoga chain is offering free 30- and 60-minute classes while studios are closed. Special livestreams of classes will be available for members only starting March 19, and you can pay the $19.99 monthly fee for unlimited access to all Yoga On Demand classes.

YogaWorks: Have a little more time? You can find plenty of 60-, 75-, and 90-minute classes on various studios' YouTube accounts. Full schedule here.

Downward Dog: This company is offering its suite of fitness apps - from the seven-minute workout, to Barre, to Yoga for Beginners - for free, with no subscription required.

Dance

305 Fitness: Do you enjoy Zumba or other types of dancing workouts? The dance cardio studio is offering free 10- to 45-minute classes on their YouTube page.

Free trials

Peloton: The fitness company is offering a 90-day free trial to its digital membership, up from its usual 30-day trial. With the trial, you can access 20-plus live classes per day and thousands of on-demand classes, from meditation, to walking, to strength-training, to indoor cycling. After that, a digital membership is $12.99/month.

Beach Body on Demand: Two free weeks, and then various monthly contracts after that.
Editor's Note: The writer is a studio experience team member at CorePower Yoga.

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March 20th is the International Day of Happiness. As we face a global crisis together, let's find positive ways to look after ourselves and each other.

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There are lots of things outside our control. Let's remember to breathe and focus on what really matters so we can respond constructively.

Making wise choices helps everyone. Let's choose positive actions that support our wellbeing and help others to do the same.

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Tomorrow, March 19, marks the first day of spring, and it's also the earliest first day of spring in 124 years. Given the current reality of quarantining, it isn't exactly prime time to explore the gardens of the world, but House Beautiful has rounded up virtual tours of five breathtaking gardens from across the globe. Get ready to explore the lush and serene gardens of England, France, Chicago, and Hawaii, and live like a Rothschild, Claude Monet, or a British Royal. Anything is possible from your living room!

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1 Waddesdon Manor, Waddesdon, England

The Waddesdon Manor is a Neo-Renaissance style château that has been a Rothschild family home since the late 1800s, with its first owner being Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild and its last owner being James de Rothschild. After his death in 1959, James de Rothschild left the house, the grounds, and the majority of the collections seen throughout the home to the National Trust, so that the public can visit and appreciate the home and gardens. Since then, the Rothschild Foundation has managed Waddesdon Manor, and it is one of the most visited National Trust sites, garnering upwards of 466,000 visitors in 2018. The gardens were designed by Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild with help from landscape architect Elie Lainé. The breathtakingly beautiful interiors of Waddesdon Manor can also be virtually toured here.

2 Claude Monet's Garden, Giverny, France

Legend has it that famed French painter Claude Monet decided he had to move to Giverny, France, upon seeing the quaint village from a train window. After purchasing his own house and land in Giverny, Monet manifested his vision of creating his own picturesque gardens so that he could paint them. Water Lilies, a series of some 250 paintings by Monet, was all inspired by his gardens, which includes prominent works like The Water Lily Pond, known for its Japanese bridge overlooking a tranquil pond of lilies. Monet's garden was his main source of artistic inspiration for the last three decades of his life, and he even painted numerous creations while dealing with visual impairment of cataracts. When you're done touring the gardens, you can also virtually tour Monet's house.

3 Chicago Botanic Garden, Chicago IL

With over 50,000 members, the Chicago Botanic Garden has the highest membership of any public garden in the United States. And it's easy to see why: The Garden consists of 385 acres and has a grand total of 27 gardens and four natural areas, so there is plenty to see here, whether you're on a virtual tour or a real-life one. The Chicago Horticultural Society, which was founded in 1890, officially opened the Chicago Botanic Garden in 1972. To this day, the Chicago Horticultural Society operates the historic garden located in the Windy City, while the Forest Preserve District of Cook County is its owner. Some of the 27 gardens include the English Walled Garden, the Japanese Garden, and the Plant Science Center.

4 Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden, Papaikou, HI

The Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden sits on 17 acres and it includes not only its own garden, but a nature preserve as well. With a plethora of waterfalls, streams, and a boardwalk situated on the Pacific coast, this virtual tour is certainly a calming one, both visually and audibly. In 1977, Dan J. Lutkenhouse purchased the property that later became the garden, which was created by Lutkenhouse himself. Following the public opening of the Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden in 1984, the Lutkenhouse family left the property to a nonprofit trust in 1995. Expect to see more than 2,000 plant species, including over 80 species of heliconias and bromeliads, not to mention coconut and mango palm trees that have been around for over a century.

5 Kew Gardens, Richmond, England

Kew Gardens is part of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, which also includes Wakehurst, a historic house and garden located over an hour away, in West Sussex, England. Located on 326 acres and boasting its own palace, it's no wonder why Kew Gardens is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This virtual tour also includes Kew Palace-the main surviving structure is known as Dutch House- which was once the residence of King George III and his family. Although it is the smallest royal palace in existence, it is still an impressive historic home, made in the style of Mannerist architecture with Dutch influences. Kew Gardens and Wakehurst have a grand total of approximately 27,000 taxa of plants, over 8 million specimens of plants and fungal herbarium, and a seed bank that contains more than 40,000 species.

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Tomorrow, March 19th, marks the first day of spring, and it's also the earliest first day of spring in 124 years. Given the current reality of quarantining, it isn't exactly prime time to explore the gardens of the world, but, House Beautiful has rounded up virtual tours of five breathtaking gardens from across the globe.

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In this course you will engage in a series of challenges designed to increase your own happiness and build more productive habits. As preparation for these tasks, Professor Laurie Santos reveals misconceptions about happiness, annoying features of the mind that lead us to think the way we do, and the research that can help us change. You will ultimately be prepared to successfully incorporate a specific wellness activity into your life.

THE SCIENCE OF WELL BEING WAS PRODUCED IN PART DUE TO THE GENEROUS FUNDING OF THE DAVID F. SWENSEN FUND FOR INNOVATION IN TEACHING.

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If you haven't heard, universities around the world offering their courses online for free (or at-least partially free). These courses are collectively called as MOOCS or Massive Open Online Courses.

In the past seven years or so, over 800 universities have created around 10,000 of these MOOCs. And I've been keeping track of these MOOCs the entire time here at Class Central, ever since they rose to prominence.

In the past four months alone, 190 universities have announced 600 such free online courses. I've compiled this list below and categorized the courses into the following subjects: Computer Science, Mathematics, Programming, Data Science, Humanities, Social Sciences, Education & Teaching, Health & Medicine, Business, Personal Development, Engineering, Art & Design, and finally Science.

Here's the full list of new free online courses. Most of these are completely self-paced, so you can start taking them at your convenience.

If you want to specifically learn more about COVID-19, Class Central has compiled a list of courses here. These courses are taught by WHO, Johns Hopkins University, Imperial College London, and other universities. A few of them also offer a free certificate!

Also check out For a Limited Time, Coursera Offers Free Certificates for 85 Courses. Here is the Full List.

Finally, numerous other course providers are responding to the pandemic by temporarily offering free online courses and additional e-learning resources. If you're new to online education, have a look at our suggestions on how to learn online effectively.

PROGRAMMING

ENGINEERING

COMPUTER SCIENCE

SOCIAL SCIENCES

SCIENCE

ART & DESIGN

MATHEMATICS

HUMANITIES

BUSINESS

HEALTH & MEDICINE

DATA SCIENCE

EDUCATION & TEACHING

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This teacher-led resource for schools has been written to help teachers and other group leaders plan a successful visit. These galleries are diverse, covering many different topics within the curriculum.

There is a pack for each of the three new galleries at St Fagans - Wales is..., Life is..., and Gweithdy.

This pack provides you with further information about the displays to help answer any questions your group may have. It also contains links to other displays within the Museum and also to the historic buildings onsite.

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He's one of the most renowned Shakespeare performers of a generation, so it's only right that Patrick Stewart turns to the Bard while the public are barred from going outside.

The actor has begun reading a Shakespeare sonnet for Twitter audiences on a daily basis, offering a brief moment of calm amidst everything occurring outside.

You can watch the first two below - stay tuned for more as the days progress.

2. When I was a child in the 1940s, my mother would cut up slices of fruit for me (there wasn't much) and as she put it in front of me she would say, "An apple a day keeps the doctor away." How about, "A sonnet a day keeps the doctor away"? So...here we go: Sonnet 1. pic.twitter.com/kDoMNhdqcI
- Patrick Stewart (@SirPatStew) March 22, 2020

Sonnet 2. This is one of my favorites. #ASonnetADay pic.twitter.com/aQBzrsETKv
- Patrick Stewart (@SirPatStew) March 23, 2020

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Travelzoo's mission statement has always been to get members off the couch exploring the world -- but if there was ever a time to stay on the sofa, it is now.

The government is enforcing a policy of self-isolation to tackle the spread of coronavirus, but plenty of companies are coming up trumps with brand-new ways to bring the world into your home.

We've rounded up some of our deal experts' free (or very low cost) tips for staying sane while in isolation. See you on the other side!

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Best for escaping into another world entirely

You don't have to spend every moment in front of the TV, but a familiar show can be an instant morale booster -- and a blessed relief for parents. is a brand-new streaming service launching in the UK on 24 March, giving viewers instant access to more than 1000 family-friendly shows. Disney is offering a 7-day free trial to this new subscription service, which can be cancelled at any time -- to sign up, .

You can take advantage of free trials on other major streaming services, too -- Amazon Prime offers a 30-day free trial, while Netflix and both offer 7-day free trials. Altogether, that's almost two months of free media to tide you over, and you can sync services online to watch together with friends, even if you live alone.

Don't know your Purcell from your Puccini? Now could be a great time to bone up on some high culture, with the MET Opera streaming live nightly operas straight to your home for free.

If you want to reduce your screen time, audio-book service Audible has lots of free stories available, which can all be streamed from a laptop or smartphone while you're doing other bits and bobs. They're also giving away hundreds of kids' books while schools are closed, and you don't even need an account to listen to them.

Travelzoo has a special offer on various magazine subscriptions -- for just £1, you can get three issues of a top mag delivered straight to your doorstep. You could turn your home into a sanctuary with interiors inspiration from House & Garden or The World of Interiors, or leave loungewear behind with a fashion fix from Vogue, Vanity Fair or Tatler.

Physical travel may be off the cards for now, but you can still feed your wanderlust virtually. Some of the world's greatest museums offer free online tours, including the British Museum, , The Smithsonian and The Vatican, while Look Up London allows you to take to the streets on a virtual guided walk through a selection of historic London locations with a Blue Badge Guide.

If you're yearning for the great outdoors, you can visit some of the world's most magnificent national parks through your computer with Google Arts and Culture -- we've done a whole blog post on that if you're interested! You can also bring exotic animals like snow leopards into your living room with a selection of live video streams from Australian zoos.

And, no matter what's going on outside, it is still possible to see for millions of miles with your own eyes. Put on some warm clothes, fill a flask, and grab your binoculars or telescope, then head to a garden or balcony to look at the night sky. Even if you have no prior knowledge of astronomy, with apps like the free Night Sky you can just point your phone towards a celestial object to discover exactly what you're looking at.

Best for expanding your horizons and learning new skills

If you've always wanted to learn a language or boost your business skills but never managed to get round to it, now is the perfect time. Skillshare has a huge range of courses and offers a 2-month free trial, while more specific apps like allow you to spend just a few minutes a day learning a foreign language, in a fun game style. It's free and there's even an app for kids.

If you've finally decided to learn to play the guitar that's gathering dust in the corner, head to Fender Play, which is offering three months of free online lessons for the first 100,000 signups. You could also have a go at a new hobby. Maybe it's time for you to get started on your family tree: Ancestry and Genes Reunited both have free trials, giving you access to billions of family records.

For families with kids, the Twinkl Home Learning Hub is a must. Every day, qualified teachers upload new lessons and activity ideas to help you get involved with learning and create a new routine.

Best for relieving stress and staying active

Whether you're a regular gym bunny, or simply at risk of going stir crazy if you don't channel some energy into exercise, now may be the time to take an online fitness class. There are plenty of free options to help you stay in shape, including , fitness coach Joe Wicks's YouTube channel. Joe is the nation's self-proclaimed PE teacher, and his channel is full of free exercises you can do at home, with no equipment needed.

has a free trial on more than 800 online workouts, or you could take advantage of a free trial of yoga, Pilates and meditation classes atGlo. The YouTube channel Yoga With Adriene is another source of free yoga videos for all levels.

And to help you wind down at the end of the day, the mental health app has a selection of ambient "sleepcasts" designed to help you drift off to sleep -- a soothing voice will transport you to a quiet campfire in the desert or a sleepy cottage by the beach, creating the perfect conditions to put your mind to rest. The app also has a range of tailored meditation courses, free for everyone, designed to support your mental health during the COVID-19 outbreak.

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50 Ways to Feel Happy is an action-packed, illustrated book which helps children build happiness skills and develop helpful habits for their daily lives.

* 50 great activities and projects to do at home and in schools
* Promotes well-being, self-confidence, resilience and emotional stability
* Based on the Ten Keys to Happier Living and adapted for 7-11 year olds
* Free sample downloads available (see below)

"Beautifully illustrated book simply bursting with practical and fun activities for children to try. Parents will love engaging with the ideas too!" ~ Sir Anthony Seldon

Aimed at 7-11 year olds (Key Stage 2), this unique book helps children explore what happiness really means and learn habits that science shows makes a difference.

It's packed full of feel-good ideas to try with family, friends and on your own, with each activity relating to one of the Ten Keys to Happier Living. Whether the reader feels happy right now and wants to stay that way, or wants practical ideas to feel happier, this book is for them.
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"Research demonstrates that a child's social and emotional wellbeing is predictive of a range of positive life outcomes. Yet childhood mental ill-health is rising and occurring earlier. The good news is that children can learn habits and concepts that build resilience and boost feeling happy. This book helps children explore those ideas and build their skills in lots of fun and creative ways" ~ Vanessa King
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Getting Started For Individuals For Clubs, Classes and Other Groups Gameplay and Top Tips GBR National Championships

Perfect time to start eSailing on Virtual Regatta - free to play

Now is the perfect time to start eSailing, especially with the temporary closure of so many clubs and centres and everyone having to stay at home. It's a fantastic way to stay in touch and continue racing and practice your racing tactics from your own home.

You don't need to pay to use Virtual Regatta, it's as simple as visiting the Virtual Regatta website from a laptop or PC or downloading the app on a smartphone or iPad and clicking 'play now' on either the inshore or offshore game. You can then enter the game and learn how to use it and compete against others all around the world.

For individuals

You don't need to pay to use Virtual Regatta. It's as simple as visiting their website from a laptop or PC or downloading the app on a smartphone or IPad and clicking 'play now' on either the inshore or offshore game. You can then enter the game and learn how to use it and compete against others all around the world. If you want to compete and keep your score, you'll need to create a login and a user profile. You also have the option of entering the eSailing World & GBR National Championships.

F or clubs, classes, training centres and other groups

Throughout these challenging times, we're aware that clubs, classes, training centres and groups up and down the country are undoubtedly thinking of ways to keep their members and customers engaged whilst adhering to the Government guidelines and staying at home. Many of you have already been in touch seeking advice on how eSailing might be able to provide some online fun whilst other organised activity may have been cancelled.
Sailing Clubs
In partnership with World Sailing and Virtual Regatta, the RYA is pleased to announce that Virtual Regatta have kindly offered a free 12 month VIP pass for RYA Affiliated clubs. An email has been sent to our club contacts with information on how to apply to this offer but if your clubs hasn't received this email then please email celia.edgington@rya.org.uk with your club name and club email address in order to request the pass from Virtual Regatta. The email address you provide must not be a personal email address. All requests must submitted by the end of Wednesday 25th March. Please make sure you create a login and a user profile with this email address so Virtual Regatta can add the VIP pass to your account. Once you receive your email from Virtual Regatta confirming you VIP pass you are good to go and here is a guide to help you get you started.
Class Associations, Training Centres other groups
We have asked Virtual Regatta if they can expand their offer to class associations, training centres and other stakeholder groups and we are waiting to see if they can can do this. So, in the meantime, if you wish to organise races for your members, squads, friends or other groups you need to subscribe to a VIP pass. If you are not a sailing club then it will cost €9.99 for a month and allows you to run unlimited races for up to 20 people at a time. You can subscribe for longer. Once you have your VIP pass, here is a guide to getting started.
Keeping safe online
We hope and trust that everyone will enjoy eSailing with Virtual Regatta safely and responsibly, treating other competitors of all ages with respect. If a young person aged under 18 feels uncomfortable or intimidated by any message received via Virtual Regatta, they can find useful contact details, advice and information here. Advice for clubs on keeping young people safe online is available in our Club Guide to Social Media Use.

How to purchase the VIP pass

You'll need to visit the Virtual Regatta website or download the app and create a user profile. You will then need to take the following steps:-

1. Go to the game store by clicking on the basket in the top right of the home screen

2. Select the 1 Month VIP Membership subscription.

3. Confirm your choice by tapping the green button, then proceed to payment.

Note: The subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period.

Getting Started

Take a look at our simple guide to getting started with eSailing:

Gameplay & Top Tips

GBR eSailing National Championships

The RYA are pleased to be partnering once again with World Sailing and Virtual Regatta, the leading digital sailing platform, for the GBR eSailing National Championship 2020. The free-to-play online game provides players with the opportunity to race against friends, fellow sailors and real-world Olympic Champions.

The eSailing season was launched on the 29th Febrauary at the RYA Dinghy Show at Alexandra Palace.

All players from the United Kingdom will automatically be entered into the exclusive GBR eSailing National Championship, racing the same challenges, seasons and playoffs as the eSailing World Championship and ranking both nationally and globally.

The season will end on 01 September 2020. We are hoping to run a live final with the top ten ranking British eSailors on Saturday 19th September 2020 in Southampton where the 2020 GBR eSailing National Champion will be crowned.

Could you be crowned champion? Simply visit www.virtualregatta.com or download the 'Virtual Regatta Inshore' App from the App Store or Google Play. The top ten ranked GBR eSailors will automatically qualify for the eSailing World Championship Finals Playoff taking place in early September, with the top eight advancing to the 2020 eSailing World Championship Final.

Governed by the World Sailing Virtual Rules of Sailing, the eSailing World Championship closely matches the real-world rules and formats that govern on-the-water racing. The in-game 'Sailing School' provides a clear explanation of the sport and a new and effective learning tool to familiarise players with the strategies, tactics and terminology of sailing.

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Getting Started For Individuals For Clubs, Classes and Other Groups Gameplay and Top Tips GBR National Championships Perfect time to start eSailing on Virtual Regatta - free to play Now is the perfect time to start eSailing, especially with the temporary closure of so many clubs and centres and everyone having to stay at home.

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