Updated on April 27:
Last week, we published a list of kid-friendly resources to help and inspire families and children, working and learning from home. But we recognize that adults stuck at home during COVID-19 restrictions need inspiration, too! So, for the older crowd, here’s a list of online and digital resources to help you create, get healthy, learn, and have fun. Oh, and for those of you new to this cooking thing, we offer a few suggestions for places where you can get help with that, too.
Create
- Get crafty with eBooks and eMagazines from:
- Free classes at Bluprint
- Free classes at Creativebug
Get Healthy and Move
- Get fit with Hoopla
- Glo: free yoga, pilates, and meditation classes
- Meditation for Beginners and Yoga for Respiratory Health: free webinars
- YMCA of Bucks County: free online fitness challenges, workouts, and stress management and mindfulness classes
Learn, Listen, and Enjoy
- Discover Your Family History with Ancestry:
- You can access Ancestry at home using your library card through April 30
- Getting Bored? Here’s A List Of Free Things That Weren’t Free Before Coronavirus (music, sports, theatre, education, fitness)
- Here’s All the Things You Can Learn & Do Online to Expand Your Mind While in Isolation (Arts & Crafts)
- Learn with Lynda.com/LinkedIn Learning:
- Learn with The Great Courses
- Podcasts:
- Online Concerts:
- Classical Concerts
- Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
- Chris Martin/Coldplay
- John Legend
- Katherine McFee and David Foster
- Keith Urban
- NPR: Isle of Calm–Six Hours of Soothing Music
- Virtual Philadelphia Orchestra
- Pink
- Yo-Yo Ma: Songs of Comfort (Daily)
- Open Culture
- 68 Cultural, Historical, and Scientific Collections You Can Explore Online
- What to Watch, Listen to, and Read During Your Coronavirus Self-Quarantine
