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News 13/08/20 8 Min read

Our one-stop guide to family resources on The Parents Website

Independent Schools Victoria

News 13/08/20 8 Min read

Looking for remote learning tips, and ideas and support for family life and wellbeing? Here's a one-stop guide to all the resources we've published.

These are tough times for families and students, and The Parents Website is dedicated to helping us all get through this. We’ve been publishing expert advice, resources and ideas to support and inspire you.

Here’s a one-stop guide with links to what we have published since the start of last year, which we will regularly update.

Learning from home

How to turn your kitchen into a science lab for the kids

Five ideas for parents with young children in lockdown

Andrew Fuller; Tips and ideas to support VCE students in this year like no other

Andrew Fuller: a parent guide to learning from home

Five tips for parents to support learning at home

Going global: Top tips for learning at home

Learning at home: Our big list of great resources

How boredom can inspire creativity

At home with the little ones? Great ideas to keep the learning routine going – and have fun

Andrew Fuller: Seven things for a smooth transition back to school-based learning

Lessons from Lockdown: the good things we’ve discovered

For teachers

Andrew Fuller: remote learning tips and ideas for teachers

Resilience, commitment and hardwork: how teachers are meeting the challenge in these strange times

Remote learning 2.0 – how we’re doing better this time

Parenting, family life and supporting children

‘This totally sucks!’ Teens, COVID and the Lockdown Lifestyle – tips from Andrew Fuller

5 things to try to help kids wear masks

Our super list of great ideas for kids at home – updated

How to talk to kids about COVID-19

Grand ideas for better video calls between younger kids and grandparents

How to make the most of uni virtual open days

So you want to be a doctor? This is what it takes, part two

Andrew Fuller: Talking to young people about the coronavirus

Entering the Anger Phase: Strategies for supporting young people during the coronavirus

The Bargaining Phase – are we there yet? Andrew Fuller on supporting young people through the coronavirus

Michael Grose: Forget the parenting rule book, and create your own

Staying calm and carrying on: A family survival guide

Best books for kids to help them understand the coronavirus

My amygdala is named Petal: a book review

Dress-ups, virtual sleepovers and a four-legged friend: Kids talk about life in lockdown

Lamingtons, Lego and inspiring others: Kids in Lockdown, part two

Best of the Web: Hamish Blake opens up about mental health, in a must-see video for teenagers

Best of the Web: Watch this beautiful children’s story from Melbourne on how humanity is shining through our Windows

Should I take a gap year? Things to consider

My amygdala is named Petal: A book review

Virtual Vacations: Our guide to taking an overseas holiday at home

Our parent webinars

Watch Dr Justin Coulson’s webinar on guiding kids sensitively through tough times

Watch Tim Klein’s webinar on helping our kids emerge from this crisis stronger and more resilient

Read Andrew Fuller: Tips and ideas to support your VCE student

Online safety

Six tips for young people to look after their online safety, from the eSafety Commissioner

Online safety kit for parents and carers during the coronavirus: from the eSafety Commissioner

A checklist to look after your child’s digital health and safety

Our parenting blogs

My Tiny Humans, by Natalie Moutafis

My Tiny Humans: the Lockdown Diaries 2.0 – state of disaster

My Tiny Humans: the Lockdown Diaries 2.0 – into quarantine we go

My Tiny Humans: the Lockdown Diaries 2.0 – best of friends

My Tiny Humans: Six things isolation has reminded me

My Tiny Humans: amid the anxiety, a time for gratitude, bravery, kindness – and hope

Home, not alone, by Ruairi O’Duil

Home, not alone: seeing our blind spots

Home, not alone: Re-launch

Home, not alone: Re-entry

Home, not alone: Hope for the future

Home, not alone: Cocooning has been hardest on the Tweenies

Home, not alone: Finding our way back

Home, not alone: How we became Risk-adverse

Home, but not alone: Give yourself a break, the kids will be alright

Home, but not alone: Missing stuff that’s just our own, and accepting our new lives

Home, but not alone: Headstands, laughter, and how we’re getting connected

Home but not alone: Parenting like a boss, for one day only

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