I've made it my mission to compile services, websites, subscriptions and giveouts that are now free due to the worldwide quarantine 😷 so that we do not go nuts and make the most of this time. So kick back and pick something to entertain 📄 or educate yourself and your kids:
P.S. 📌 Share this post so that others know how to keep themselves busy too and I remember that you support my efforts!
🔎 1. Amazon's project Audible has opened up a whole library of audio books for kids that you can download for free!
https://stories.audible.com/discovery
🔎 2. Would you like to wander round a museum halfway across the world? Google Arts & Culture puts the treasures, stories and knowledge of over 2,000 cultural institutions from 80 countries at your fingertips.
https://artsandculture.google.com
🔎 3. If you have teenage boys, keep them occupied with video games! They are not as detrimental as you think they are. I've learnt so much English vocabulary from them. Just make sure they play in English:
Call of duty for free: https://www.callofduty.com/warzone
🔎 4. PE lessons with a body coach Joe Wicks (designed for kids, but also appropriate for your own morning exercising)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEWcBIvqjDk
🔎 5. Online Math school for your kids that usually costs 2$ a week is now free.
https://www.themathsfactor.com/subscribe/
🔎 6. Online Language school gives out 3 free months trial now.
https://www.rosettastone.co.uk/lp/freeforkids/
🔎 7. Headspace and Calm applications for meditation usually cost 50-60$ a year. Now they have released free content for us. It includes meditations, sleep, and movement exercises to help you out, however you’re feeling.
I'm sure most of you have been thinking about taking up meditation at least once in your life. It might the best timing for you to experience its healing power.
https://www.headspace.com/covid-19
https://www.calm.com/blog/free-resources
🔎 8. This site is filled with content you can use all day long to spark playful learning, offer children comfort, and focus a bit on yourself, too.
https://www.sesamestreet.org/caring
🔎 9. So that anyone who wants to practice at home can do so, these guys are making all of their apps - Down Dog, Yoga for Beginners, HIIT, Barre, and 7 Minute Workout - completely free until May 1st.
https://www.downdogapp.com
🔎 10. Free language learning app!
https://www.memrise.com/
🔎 11. This theatre is streaming its hit 2018 production I and You on Instagram until April 5th:
https://www.instagram.com/hampstead_theatre/
🔎 12. Take your pick from 24 instructor-led videos across aerobics exercise, strength and resistance, and pilates and yoga categories.
https://www.nhs.uk/
🔎 13. Zumba class for kids streamed for free:
https://iframe.dacast.com/b/152659/c/530415
🔎 14. David Williams reads one story a day from his series "The World's Worst Children":
https://www.worldofdavidwalliams.com/elevenses/
🔎 15. To help educators conduct distance learning, Kahoot is providing schools and higher education institutions affected by the coronavirus with free access to Kahoot! Premium until they reopen.
https://kahoot.com/coronavirus-remote-offer/
🔎 16. Tinder is letting everyone swipe around the world for free to find quarantine buddies. Before you could only find pope around you or else you had to pay for a premium account. Tinder is not just a dating app but it could a great tool to find language exchange partners and just friends from all over the world.
https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/20/21188029/tinder-passport-subscription-free-covid-19-coronavirus-quarantine
🔎 17. Fitness buff Chris Hemsworth (yeah, that hottie) is treating us all to a six week of his Centr app for free.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.centr.app&hl=en
🔎 18. Netflix still has one month free trial and that's exactly how long our quarantine lasts for now. 🤷♂ Heaps of TV shows and Movies all with subtitles to train your English.
https://www.netflix.com/browse
🔎 19. For those who use VK as a promotion platform, they offer a great chance to use this opportunity: VK doubles the budget for advertising now, which means that if you spend 3000 rubles on it, at the end of the week they will be returned to you.
https://vk.com/@business-podderzhim-biznes
🔎 20. S7 gives out 100 miles each day if you confirm that you are staying at home.
https://www.s7.ru/ru/stayhome/
🔎 21. My fav yoga couple has opened up ALL their exclusive videos & classes to ALL tiers with hopes that they will provide benefit to anyone who needs a deeper dive into their yoga and physical practice.
https://www.patreon.com/bohobeautiful
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