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Office Break Yoga  |  14 Min. Yoga Practice  |  Yoga With Adriene

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Game w/ Exercises

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Create a Bitmoji Brain Break Room

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Color this painting Enjoy a 10 minute meditation Play a game of sudoku

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K-6 SEL Program - Free - Lessons and community building activities. Download Harmony Game Room from the app store for quick accesss.

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Sanford Harmony Academy provides educators with professional learning and curriculum resources that support healthy relationships.

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SEL Resources under Life Skills in Nearpod Library

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SEL Resources under Life Skills in Nearpod Library

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Opening and Closing Routines

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Find compelling classroom resources, learn new teaching methods, meet standards, and make a difference in the lives of your students.

We are grateful to The Hammer Family Foundation for supporting the development of our on-demand learning and teaching resources.

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Find compelling classroom resources, learn new teaching methods, meet standards, and make a difference in the lives of your students.

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Schools all over the world are closing their doors due to health concerns. So many of them are turning to eLearning, distance learning, remote learning.

Trying to make sense of it? Trying to just keep your head above water?

We've got you covered. In our eLearning, remote learning and distance learning page, we have lots of resources.

Get some ideas, tools and templates here. Then get started. You got this.

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Remote learning templates

Setting up your remote learning classroom

Lesson planning for remote learning

The strategies you use to create quality in class lessons still apply when creating online lessons and activities.

Below are some resources to help you make the shift.

Make learning memorable!

Take your teaching to the next level by transforming your lessons into a memorable learning experience.

20 digital bell ringer activities to kickstart class

10 ideas for digital exit tickets

How can we make the most of the end of class? How can we tie a bow on a day of class to wrap everything up?

An exit ticket gives us that opportunity - much like bell-ringer activities help us kick class off effectively.

The name "exit ticket" makes it sound like you need a ticket to exit the room, but exit tickets are final quick check-ins with students before class wraps up. Here are 10 ideas for a meaningful ending to class.

Using Pear Deck for Remote Learning

Unique Online Learning Assessment Ideas

Distance learning with Kahoot

40+ FREE digital escape rooms (plus a step by step guide for creating your own)

Digital escape rooms, also referred to as digital breakouts, are a great way to bring gameplay and problem solving to any lesson or unit. They can be an exciting and engaging activity for the whole class or as an option for early finishers.

This post is full of everything you'll need to use free digital escape rooms -- or even create your own!

Want to use digital escape rooms to spark your students' imagination?

Check out our mini course at a mini price!

For just $19 you'll get:

Video tutorials to guide you in getting started

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LOTS of example escape room ideas you can use as inspiration

25 digital escape rooms with lock combinations and companion resources in a downloadable PDF

A step-by-step companion website with templates to help you and your students create your own digital escape rooms

A resource locker FILLED with BONUS resources

Classroom video calls. You can do this. Here's how.

How to use Google Meet for elearning, online learning

How to create Google Meet breakout rooms for differentiated learning

Tips for successful video calls (shareable infographics)

10 tips to support students with slow internet

10 tips to support students with slow internet (shareable infographic)

10 no-internet remote learning activities

10 no-internet remote learning activities (shareable infographic)

FREE ebooks

Remote learning video playlist

These live videos take the best ideas from hand-picked guests and share them with you. We take the time to dive deep into important topics. Plus, we take YOUR best ideas and questions and insert them into the conversation.

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Schools all over the world are closing their doors due to health concerns. So many of them are turning to eLearning, distance learning, remote learning. Trying to make sense of it? Trying to just keep your head above water? We've got you covered. In our eLearning, remote learning and distance learning page, we have lots of resources.

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Common Sense Media for Parents and Educators

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Common Sense Media for Parents and Educators

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Read reviews on Ed Tech Tools, apps, games, movies and more. Also, learn how to manage parental controls.

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Common Sense Education provides educators and students with the resources they need to harness the power of technology for learning and life. Find a free K-12 Digital Citizenship curriculum, reviews of popular EdTech apps, and resources for protecting student privacy.

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Sensory Calming Activities provide sensory input and they help your child stay calm, self regulate and be less fidgety. These sensory calming activities will also reduce
your child's stress and anxiety too.
Children with Sensory Processing Disorder should have sensory breaks throughout the day to fill their sensory diet. Sensory calming activities will also help your child when they are feeling restless, anger and frustration. Sensory calming activities can also be helpful to prevent meltdowns.

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Sensory Calming Activities provide sensory input and they help your child stay calm, self regulate and be less fidgety. These sensory calming activities will also reduce your child's stress and anxiety too. Children with Sensory Processing Disorder should have sensory breaks throughout the day to fill their sensory diet.

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Search for emojis and their meaning

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Emojipedia® is a registered trademark of Zedge, Inc; Apple® is a registered trademark of Apple Inc; Microsoft® and Windows® are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation; Google® and Android™ are registered trademarks or trademarks of Google Inc in the United States and/or other countries.

Follow Emojipedia on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon, or TikTok. Do Not Sell My Personal Information. Change Consent. Read our Terms of Service here.

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📙 Emojipedia - 😃 Home of Emoji Meanings 💁👌🎍😍

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How were these built?

All our experiments are all built with freely accessible web technology such as Web Audio API, WebMIDI, Tone.js, and more. These tools make it easier for coders to build new interactive music experiences. You can get the open-source code to lots of these experiments here on Github.

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Music is for everyone. Play with simple experiments that let anyone, of any age, explore how music works.

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play with music, puzzles, artwork, digital coloring artwork + more!

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Google Arts & Culture features content from over 2000 leading museums and archives who have partnered with the Google Cultural Institute to bring the world's treasures online.

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Google Arts & Culture features content from over 2000 leading museums and archives who have partnered with the Google Cultural Institute to bring the world's treasures online.

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There are a number of definitions of self-care produced by different authorities at different times – the World Health Organisation for example has produced threeMore

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The outbreak of the coronavirus and COVID-19, combined with the need for most of us to shelter at home, may be stressful for you and your family.

Dr. Dan Mordecai, a Kaiser Permanente national expert on mental health and wellness, offers these tips for managing stress and anxiety in challenging times

Keep up social connections

Maintaining social connections is one of the most important things you can do to support your own mental health as well as others. Make a point of reaching out to those you love to keep your relationships strong even as we keep our physical distance. This is especially important for those with depression, anxiety and other mental health conditions. Ask them how they are doing-offer to lend an ear and let them know you care.

Offer to help others

Simple gestures can mean a lot, like offering to shop for a neighbor or friend who may be more vulnerable, or letting people know you are available to help. Not only will they feel less isolated and alone, you will likely feel better as well.

Take a media break

If you find yourself spending significant time reading or watching media coverage and notice it's making you anxious, consider limiting yourself to checking the news at just one or two times per day, and for a limited amount of time. Use trusted sources to stay up to date, like the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website, then take a break. The CDC also has good resources on stress and coping.

Practice good self-care

Get plenty of nutrients by eating fruits and vegetables, exercise regularly and get enough sleep. We know that sleep has a direct impact on the immune system, so set a regular time each night to wind down and get some solid rest.

Modify your exercise routine

If you are exercising at home now instead of the gym, have fun with modifying your routine. There are many resources available on the internet for working out without special equipment. Exercise is good for your mental health. Here are some ideas for how to get moving without leaving home.

Take a few deep breaths

Taking time to pause for just three full, deep breaths can re-set the body's "flight or fight" response. Try doing this several times throughout the day and see the difference it makes. This guided image exercise, which is easy to learn, is another way to help reduce stress.

Share your feelings

It's normal, especially in times like these, to feel anxious and stressed. Know that you are not alone and that it's ok to share your feelings with a trusted friend, family member, colleague, clergy, or your physician or mental health provider. Your kids may be feeling anxious too. Dr. David Bronstein, a Kaiser Permanente pediatric infectious disease specialist, offers common-sense tips for talking with them about the coronavirus in this video.

Practice gratitude

Practice gratitude by making a daily habit of writing down a few things you are grateful for. Better yet, send it to a friend and get them to share their list with you.

If you're suffering from depression, anxiety, substance use, or other mental health concerns reach out to your primary care provider or call the consulting nurse.

Want more local health news, wellness tips, recipes, and more? Subscribe to the Kaiser Permanente Washington newsletter.

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Managing stress and anxiety during the pandemic

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The outbreak of the coronavirus and COVID-19, combined with the need for most of us to shelter at home, may be stressful for you and your family. Dr. Dan Mordecai, a Kaiser Permanente national expert on mental health and wellness, offers these tips for managing stress and anxiety in challenging times Keep up social connections ...

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With the Ten Percent Happier app, you'll access practical teachings alongside guided meditations to make mindfulness into a habit you carry everywhere.

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Our meditation teachers are renowned leaders in the field. And because everyone is different, they offer a variety of approaches so you can find the best for you.

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"A friend asked me to take a two week challenge with her - now I'm hooked! Just 10 minutes a day & in such a more positive mood."

After a panic attack on live TV, ABC news anchor Dan Harris had to make some changes. Harris recounts his journey from skeptic to meditator.

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Ten Percent Happier publishes a variety of podcasts that offer relatable wisdom designed to help you meet the challenges and opportunities in your daily life.

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Entertaining, insightful articles that will get your synapses firing and help you live a happier, more resilient, and more connected life.

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Ten Percent Happier: Meditation and Mindfulness to Find Happiness

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Music and subtitles - no voice.

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All things Google - Ideas with different apps

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All things Google - Ideas with different apps

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Don't know what to do with all those Chromebooks?
Or laptops? Or digital devices?

The apps in Google's G Suite can unlock creative, collaborative learning.

We have TONS of resources you can use in class TOMORROW.

"Wow. I didn't know Google could do THAT."
Stop-motion animation. Infographics. Choose your own adventure stories. Combine Google's powerful tools with a little outside-the-box thinking. Students can create some dynamic products to show what they've learned -- and take their learning to the next level.

"I can't come up with creative ideas like that, though."
Don't worry. Sometimes, it just takes seeing what others are doing to get inspired. We're full of ideas to spark your thinking -- AND templates you can easily copy and adjust to fit your needs. We're generous to a fault, providing how-to's and FREE downloadable templates that sometimes teachers pay other teachers for.

Browse Google ideas

There's more Google goodness where that came from ...

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Check out the 7 choice board examples for remote learning that you'll be rushing to try with your students!

Choice boards give students the freedom to decide on learning activities that interest them and they're perfect for learning in-class or at a distance. Let's get started with the choice board examples for remote learning below!

"When remote learning started, I began making choice boards every week around a certain topic of a book, or tying into what they were doing in class or in the community," says Librarian, Shannon McClintock Miller about using choice boards for remote learning.

There are a lot of ways to set up a choice board for remote learning, depending on how creative you want to be and how much time you have.

Below are 7 choice board examples ranging from short and simple to ultimate creativity.

Bitmoji Virtual Classroom

"Most teachers I know use Google Slides to make choice boards. There are lots of fun templates out there", says Carrie Willis, Technology/STEAM Director from Redlands, CA., "plus, it is fun to add bitmojis to the boards!"

Google Slides are a great option for choice board examples when you want to get creative. If you're not familiar with Google Slides, they work just like Powerpoint, but are all online, so you can easily share it with your class. Google Slides allow complete freedom to get creative with your theme and add your own backgrounds, images, and add links to anywhere.

Virtual Makerspace Choice Board

"I like Google Slides because it's directed while also giving students freedom. It's very contained and students can't click out to something else," said Ms. Miller. Read Ms. Miller's tips for creating a virtual makerspace choice board here.

Tic Tac Toe Choice Board

How to make a choice board with Google Slides

Step 1. Outline your ideas

Get started by mapping your ideas on paper. Think about what theme or learning goals you want your board to center on.

Step 2. Decide what activities you want to include.

Try to include a mix of activities that your kids are familiar with, but also some new items too. You can always change it up later.

Step 3. Sketch it on paper

Think about the way you want to organize information. The way your board is organized helps students find an activity to meet their learning goals quickly. Here are some ideas:

Activity type - robotics, coding, drawing, building

Learning concept - counting, reading, science

Theme - outside, animals, oceans, space, family

"Virtual classroom" with activities are organized like they would be in a real room

Step 4. Make the Choice Board Slide

When you're ready, set up a slide with the same layout that you sketched on paper. Add text boxes to label each of the areas or activities. To add a text box, go to "Insert" then "Text box". I used a table to make my tic-tac-toe board.

Give your students direction by adding images they're used to seeing. They'll know what to expect when they click on the activity if they see the app icon, character, or book cover they already know.

PRO TIP! You can search for images to add to your choice board directly inside Google Slides.

Finally, add links to each of your activities by selecting the images, then clicking the insert link button on the menu.

When you're finished, you can share the link to your slides with your class, or you can save the slide as a PDF and all the links will be clickable.

All About Dinosaurs Seesaw Choice Board

Seesaw is a great place to add your choice board so that you can easily collect student responses and your kids can easily interact with the activities.

Seesaw's Community library has tons of choice board examples for you to choose from. The example above focuses on dinosaurs and allows students to decide what part of the dinosaur they want to learn about, as well as what activity they want to do. Then, students are required to label each part of the dinosaur to demonstrate their knowledge, all within the Seesaw activity.

How to embed links in a Seesaw activity

In my tic-tac-toe example from Google Slides, I could export the final design as a PDF, then upload it to Seesaw and all the links would still work for my students to click on. See how here. See more Seesaw choice bard examples that include links here.

Kodable Bingo Seesaw Choice Board

Bingo is another style of choice board that is easy to use with your students. Samantha Selikoff, technology teacher in New Jersey shared her design for Kodable Bingo earlier this summer. Using the Seesaw activity creator, it is easy to create the bingo design for kids to complete on their own.

Step 1. Create the bingo board in Word, Google Docs, or any editing tool you're comfortable with. Perhaps give Google Slides a try!

Step 2 Take a screenshot and add it to your Seesaw activity using the image upload option.

Step 3 Add dauber shapes for students to add to their completed board.

Change the color and transparency by using the styling tools below the shape. Duplicate the shape 10-15 times.

Symbaloo Choice Board

If you're looking for a simple solution to direct student learning. Symbaloo is a fast and easy way to set up choice boards for remote learning this school year.

The no-frills interface uses a simple grid, but also allows customizations like backgrounds and custom colors. You can add links to all your relevant activities as bookmarks or shortcuts for your class.

It is important to think about how you want to organize the information on your choice board so that it is easy for a student to figure out where to go. Both teachers chose to include sections for each of their classes in the above examples, while also including a section that links to the "approved" activities directly.

Learn more about using Symbaloo for your remote learning choice boards in their instructional video here.

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Check out the 7 choice board examples for remote learning that you'll be rushing to try with your students! Choice boards give students the freedom to decide on learning activities that interest them and they're perfect for learning in-class or at a distance. Let's get started with the choice board examples for remote learning below!

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This is a text community with occasional quotes or messages of mindfulness to think about during your day.
"When you text me your favorite emoji (or anything, really) at 1-631-305-2874, you'll immediately be part of my "text community."

This is a new, more intimate way I'll be offering my teachings, all in the form of a short snippet sent directly to your phone.

For instance, in the last few days I shared...

A 2-minute audio message about how to let go and embrace new realities

A 3-minute video about a technique called "postponing worry" to help with stress & anxiety

A 4-minute audio message about a key mistake we make when trying to be present"

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When we teach mindfulness to kids, we equip them with tools to build self-esteem, manage stress, and skillfully approach challenges. Explore our guide on how to introduce mindfulness and meditation to your children—at any age.

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