Weekly Resource Round-Up

Updated 5th May: Resources for Parents

Right now, we're all struggling and coping in our own ways - whether as parents, employees, business leaders or, simply, as human beings. At Hopscotch, we have been quite amazed by the wealth of free resources that have been shared with us by our partners near and far since these crazy times began.

So, we have decided to curate a simple list to regularly share the knowledge from these experts in their fields. From podcasts to webinars, readings to apps, we'll be posting our favourite resources categorised to support our community through these tricky waters.

In the final part of this article, we're going to focus on resources for parents, especially those working and educating from home, including resources, channels and free learning sites. It's especially relevant if you're a woman in this position and you'll also find previously listed useful resources that we've added so far for working from home tools and an updated calendar of all the rather marvellous webinars we're currently aware of. Do let us know in the comments of any more:

Updated Webinars:

• 6th May 3pm - A Snapshot Webinar: Intro to Digital with Google from Sparkline
• 6th May (4 - 5pm) - CORPORATE ETHICS WITH CHINESE CHARACTERISTICS by British Chamber of Commerce
• 7th May, 12pm UAE - Declutter Inside & Out with Sheraa
• 7th May 12.30pm - Intro to Data Governance by Sparkline
• 7th May (4pm HK) - Steering through crisis: Brand marketing in the time of coronavirus by Entrepreneur.com
• MAY 13th (12:30 PM – 1:30 PM TST) - Marketing, Branding and Succeeding with a B2B business by British Chamber of Commerce
• Q&A with Sheryl Sandberg - Navigating Our New Normal Together

For Parents:

Managing the Load:

• A parent’s guide to keeping your children mentally healthy and sociable during lockdown from ParentCloud
• Tips to manage as a WFH Dad: https://hopscotch.work/news/wfh-dads-the-new-normal
• 5 Survival Tips for time-crunched parents
• Working from home with kids feels unsustainable - Here’s how to ease the burden.

Teaching from Home - Online resources:

• All In One Home School - https://allinonehomeschool.com/ 

? Curiosity Stream

? Tynker

? Outschool

? iReady

? Creative Bug

• Story Books - https://stories.audible.com/start-listen 
• School Magazines - https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support /learnathome.html 
• Travel The World! - https://www.travelandleisure.com/attractions/muse ums-galleries/museums-with-virtual-tours 

Free learning websites -

• https://www.mathgametime.com/
• https://www.uniteforliteracy.com/
• https://www.literactive.com/Home/index.asp
• https://www.sciencekids.co.nz/
• https://www.switchzoo.com/
• https://www.seussville.com/
• https://www.turtlediary.com/
• https://www.e-learningforkids.org/ 

For Business Leaders / Owners:

Toolkits -

• Lean In Resource Library *Recommended*
• Sheraa Start-Up Survival Kit
• Endeavour Resource Centre Kit
• Managing Remote Workers Kit from Working Families

Podcast -

•  How to Lead Your Business Through COVID-19 and Beyond with Mums In Biz

Reading -

• Staying financially alive in a crisis
• Startup Valuations in Recessionary Environment
• Best Practices for Founders in the wake of COVID-19
• Building Resilience During Downturns
• A Recession Guide for Small Businesses
• COVID-19: CONSEQUENCES FOR WOMEN AND GENDER EQUALITY 

Working from Home:

• Ways to Stay Focussed in Tough Times podcast with Mums In Biz
• Many of us are now WFH, how do you ask for the schedule you need?
• Family-Friendly Policies and Good Workplace Practices for Now - WEPs
• "I feel like I have five jobs". How mums are navigating the chaos
• Tips For Tackling 6 Big Challenges Of Remote Work from Trello
• How history can bring us hope right now- Women trailblazers who inspire us.
• 8 things successful women do differently
• Managing Remote Workers Kit from Working Families
• MAGNITT Webinars

Please remember to follow @hopscotch.work on LinkedIn and register at https://hopscotch.work to stay up to date. Coming up we'll be sharing resources to help you parent, channels to follow for business advice and tips to help you stay well in mind and body.

Stay safe, stay sane and take care,

Helen McGuire.

Founder, Hopscotch.work