 covid19 contingency planning share your ideas  covid19 contingency planning share your ideas  programs i m pretty sure every social skate projects worldwide has been affected by the pandemic and the lockdowns that are in place to slow down the spread of the virus obviously most of us are used to doing facetoface programming how if your project adapting to the stayhome situation please share any resources or links that you think other social skate projects could use with their own participants at goodpush we re working on putting together simple resources that can be used at home some example so far are  skate trick cards  printer required  dream skatepark worksheet  can print or do activity on separate piece of paper we ve also found great resources like women skate the world s colouring sheets  and skateboarding is positive s free resources  other organizations such as skate like a girl are organizing virtual meetups let us know what you re doing rhianon thu 4022020 1403 how skateistan is coping so far by talia on thu 4022020 2116 right now skateistan s educators are starting out by focusing on phoning parents and assisting with mental health and wellness coping skills for families for parents with whatsapp we ve made a group they can join and share news as well as curriculum support materials for their kids in places with little access to internet the staff are focusing on conference calls reaching several parents at once and are setting up a parents council club to help share messages in the community we are also starting to look at short medium and long term plans so that we don t get overwhelmed trying to move all our curriculum into new formats for a short term closure it s important to set some priorities right now and think about what s the best you can do right now for the kids you reach from the harold hunter foundation here s a great collection of resources for coaches educators parents and kids to help us get through these tough times there s everything from virtual tours of art museums to online dance and yoga classes and online learning here in the spreadsheet they ve shared  educators who have some free time now from not teaching classes can take part in free online trainings here are a few  future learn  future learn offers free language classes and lessons on various education and community development topics  google for education   these are free tools and tutorials for learning how to use google tools like hangouts tasks drive and more  child hub  tons of quality webinars classes and resources for supporting children  montessori peace education   montessori is a child centered education approach that uses experiential learning to support the child s development this free introductory course relates to education for peace  goodpush toolkit  in case you aren t in the know this is skateistan s own toolkit of resources we made to share with the social skate community we have topics from creative education to mel and organizational governance so there should be something here for everyone most pages have a video to watch too project fearless vids and weekly challenges by rhianon on mon 4062020 1405 project fearless is a great nonprofit based in amsterdam that usually runs skate programs and more for girls they have been putting out some awesome at home resources during these quarantine days including weekly drawing challenges linked below and good short videos for staying active at home  project fearless weekly challenges   draw your window view   draw your happy news   7 days of me  this activity can also be divided into 7 mini activities project fearless other stuff by nanjavanrijsse on tue 4142020 1034 newest project fearless challenge is to draw your own skateboard inspired by our skate class zoom meeting  https wwwprojectfearlessorg weeklychallengeweek4 also a question wstw has access to an indoor location in which we were supposed to start skate programming from april 1 onwards obviously this has been put on a hold but i m wondering whether there s something useful we could do with the location until the situation has calmed down if anyone has any ideas i d love to hear organised skateboarding will probably not be happening anytime before june 1st due to government measures we don t have a big budget but it would be such a shame to let the facility go to waste what to do with wstw space by talia on sat 4182020 21 hi nanja depending on local lockdown guidelines you might be able to use the space as a pickup hub for emergency supplies hygiene supplies food etc you could call a local homeless shelter about this and depending on what you re comfortable with you can also find out if they need space for people to sleep safely too talia make your own miniskateboard by rhianon on tue 4212020 850 here s a great little howto video from free movement for making a mini skateboard with cardboard looks easy and only requires materials that a lot of people would have around the house anyways  view this post on instagram   our instructor zelia is definitely the craftiest member of the team when she s not busy making skateboard shoe racks she s working on her cardboard skateboards follow her step by step guide to building your own and don t forget to tag us in your creations ??? a post shared by free movement skateboarding  freemovementsb on apr 21 2020 at 1219am pdt re empty space by nanjavanrijsse on thu 4232020 1022 hey talia thanks i ve started connecting with the community to see what we can think off as schools are partially reopening we might try and see if we can help out in that field by offering a program aimed towards educational support and a safe space to come to if home isn t where you want to be going to do some more research this week if you guys have any advice or good reads on the topic i d love to hear how to support while schools gradually reopen by talia on tue 4282020 1531 great to hear your updates nanja i ll keep my ear out for that type of activity it sounds like homework help might be one aspect you could offer which we might discuss a little in the webinar tomorrow too talia great list of online meeting training facilitation guides by thom callanriley on fri 5152020 1743 neon have put together a great list of tools and resources for our new online lives particularly aimed at community and social justice organisers that could be great for a lot of skate projects now operating online  https neweconomyorganisersorg toolsandresourcesfororganisingonline   skateboarding poetry in motion covid19 curriculum by susiebska on wed 5202020 1216 inspired by all the articles i ve read about the benefits associated with writing reading memorizing reciting poetry during the crisis period and any time really let me know if anyone wants to share skateboardingthemed poems created by your program participants with our participants and viceversa see lesson plan curriculum for more details my email  susiehalsellbska gmailcom  files are best viewed when downloaded as a word doc lesson plan multilesson curriculum  stay well  