How Men Can Cut Their Hair in This Pandemic
Gee, the owner operator of the G Salon on Harvey Rd, offers tips and tricks for men to keep their growing hair look clean. There are a lot of things many of us would enjoy right now if we could: a day in the park, a leisurely meal on a restaurant patio, a warm hug …
Lean on Me performed by countless Canadian Artists
An initiative known as ArtistsCAN is raising money for The Canadian Red Cross for COVID-19 related expenses. The Canadian artists are not actually countless. There’s somewhere north of 27: Avril Lavigne Bad Child Bryan Adams Buffy Sainte-Marie Command Sisters Dan Kanter Desiire Donovan Woods Fefe Dobson Geddy Lee Jann Arden Johnny Orlando Josh Ramsay Jules …
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Wes Tank Takes a Dr Dre Approach to Dr Seuss
In a time when we are all honouring the great doctors continueing to work on the front lines and protect us from COVID-19, there is one man who honours the other doctors we may not be thinking so much about. Dr. Dre and Dr. Seuss. My personal favourite is The Lorax. Check them out. They …
Matt Matics In The House Ep 3 – Dozens for Cousins
Matt and the gang are off on a delicious math adventure as they bake up a plan to deliver cookies to all of their cousins. Explore the number 12 and learn about proportions from this week’s guest Holly Baker. After the show visit the kitchen to cook-up Holly Baker’s Famous Cookie Recipe: https://go.zorbitsmath.com/cookie-recipe This video …
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DIY Craft Supplies
Running low on craft supplies at home? Looking for craft ideas to work on with your kids? Why not make your own paints or slime? DIY Play Dough DIY Jello Blocks DIY Slime DIY Paint DIY Fizzy Blocks DIY Puffy Paint DIY Baby Safe Paint DIY Ice Paint
Outdoor Scavenger Hunts
Congratulations! The weather is nice. But your driveway is already full of chaulk. Or your child has the tires wore down on their bike. Time for a new outdoor activity to occupy their time. Here are a few scavenger hunt ideas to keep the kids busy in the sun. Backyard Scavenger Hunt Spring Scavenger Hunt …
Skip the Dishes and DoorDash links now available
This week we added links for delivery services directly in the listings. This makes it easier for you to order! That said, we still encourage you to order direct from restaurants that offer their own delivery. See all restaurants using Skip the Dishes. See all restaurants using DoorDash.
Matt Matics In The House Ep 2 – Attack of the Coins
Matt Matics and his pals are exploring coins this week. With the help of the number of the day, 100, let’s explore a few strategies for counting the coins in Carl’s piggy bank. He’s been saving for a new super-suit, you know. This video series is part of Zorbit’s free Home Learning Kits. get full …
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Indoor Scavenger Hunts
Looking for something to occupy the children on days when it is too miserable to go outside? Give them a scavenger hunt! Here are a few ideas to get you started. Indoor Scavenger Hunt Inventor Scavenger Hunt Rainbow Scavenger Hunt Book Scavenger Hunt Math Scavenger Hunt Senses Scavenger Hunt Is it too nice outdoors to …
PSA: Have a safe Easter weekend
It is going to be hard but this weekend, more than ever, everyone needs to stay home. Resist the urge to visit family members. Resist the urge to gather with friends. How we distance ourselves this weekend could determine what happens for us come Christmas, or Easter next year. Let’s stay ahead of the problem. …
Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra Stays Home
The NSO connected online to do a piece together while social distancing. The NSO presents NSO @ Home – a very special project created by our production manager Steve Power and concertmaster Heather Kao – the music does indeed live on! Enjoy Mussorgsky’s Pictures from an Exhibition
Zorbit’s Starts a Math Video Series for Kids
“We learn better when we learn together” Matt Matics Join Matt Matics and the gang in this first of our weekly virtual math videos. They believe that we learn better when we learn together. They’re exploring new ideas in fun and unexpected ways. Grab some popcorn and share in the fun!
Some Good News with John Krasinski Ep. 2
John Krasinski continues where he left off last week selling simple good news stories from around the world.
Co-Video Collective – Glass Tiger – Don’t forget me when I’m gone
Ritche Perez and friends have produced yet another social distancing music video under their series called “Co-Video Collective” coVIDEO COLLECTIVE #6: A few of you are new to video-conferencing in order to stay in touch with family, friends and co-workers. During #stayhome, many of you are working from home and will need to use these tools …
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Remote Work – Guidelines for COVID-19
Working from home during a pandemic is not the same as working from home. Here are a few guidelines to remind you how to be effective for yourself. You are not “working from home”, you are “at home, during a crisis, trying to work”. You personal physical, mental, and emotional health is far more important …
CBC – How to handle your groceries during the COVID-19 outbreak
Recently we posted a popular video from YouTube with a self-proclaimed doctor giving advice about handling groceries. Some experts pointed out some of that information was excessive or just wrong. CBC did their own research on handling groceries. It is worth noting that to date, there are still no known instances where somewhere contracted COVID-19 …
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Eastern Health – Self-Care during a Pandemic
Eastern Health recently released a video from a session on March 31. Dr. Jodi Spiegel was the presenter. The session was meant for health-care but these self care tips could apply for all. How can we navigate this crisis skillfully while caring for ourselves and others? In this recording, Dr. Spiegel provides some education about …
Zorbit’s shares some ideas for DIY board games
Zorbit’s is at again. Innovating great content for parents entertaining their children with math. This time they are encouraging parents to work with this children to make their own board game. One that incorporates math in some way.
Teach those children a lesson: Fun, educational resources to help kids learn at home
As soon as homeschooling became the new reality, the internet exploded with parents sharing how difficult it was. Take for example: View this post on Instagram You’re doing great! Great job, Sue!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 . Credit: Unknown A post shared by Snarky Breeders (@snarkybreeders) on Mar 25, 2020 at 8:59am PDT And: While we can’t come by …
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Zorbit’s Activity Calendar
The Clockwork Fox team is not just working from home like the rest of us, they are coming up with fun ways to continue to engage our children in educational ways. The latest work from them is a daily math activity calendar.
Oh the Cards Against Humanity!
Laughter boosts the immune system and helps the body fight off disease, cancer cells as well as viral, bacterial and other infections. Being happy is the best cure of all diseases!” ― Patch Adams UPDATE: The game is now called Remote Insensitivity on playingcards.io *DISCLAIMER: Cards Against Humanity is very much an adult game and not …
Remote Work – Don’t Forget to Stretch
For those of us familiar to working in front of a computer for many hours at a time it may be obvious the important benefits of stretching. They recommend in normal circumstances that you get out of your chair at least once every hour to get blood flowing through your body. But that may not …