<p>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&nbsp; reaching several parents at once, and are setting up a parents council / club to help share messages in the community.&nbsp;</p>

<p>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.</p>

<p>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 <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12oEeQpLW93pECsSaclIu0MvAt4xwmL6lAHKeUVHYqxw/edit#gid=2073527138">in the spreadsheet they've shared.&nbsp;</a></p>

<p>Educators who have some free time now from not teaching classes can take part in free online trainings, here are a few:</p>

<p><a href="https://www.futurelearn.com/?utm_source=RakutenMarketing&amp;utm_medium=Affiliate&amp;utm_campaign=3343141:WA+Agency&amp;utm_content=10:1&amp;utm_term=USNetwork&amp;ranMID=44015&amp;ranEAID=VW0I2QEkbtc&amp;ranSiteID=VW0I2QEkbtc-KtxD9bVZKx7pgsa2d0Q6OA">Future&nbsp;Learn</a>&nbsp;- Future&nbsp;Learn&nbsp;offers free language classes&nbsp;and lessons on various education and community development topics.&nbsp;</p>

<p><a href="https://applieddigitalskills.withgoogle.com/c/college-and-continuing-education/en/digital-tools-for-everyday-tasks/overview.html">Google for Education&nbsp;</a>- These are free tools and tutorials for&nbsp;learning&nbsp;how to use Google tools like Hangouts, Tasks, Drive, and more.&nbsp;</p>

<p><a href="https://childhub.org/en/child-protection-hub/learn-and-explore">Child Hub</a>&nbsp;- Tons of quality webinars, classes and resources for supporting children.&nbsp;</p>

<p><a href="https://openlearning.montessori.org.uk/courses/course-v1:MCI+MC001+2020/about">Montessori - Peace Education&nbsp;</a>&nbsp;- Montessori is a child centered education approach that uses experiential&nbsp;learning&nbsp;to support the child's development. This free introductory course relates to education for peace.&nbsp;</p>

<p><a href="https://www.goodpush.org/">Goodpush Toolkit</a>&nbsp;- 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.&nbsp;</p>
