As we all adjust to new work and home routines, we wanted to provide you with helpful resources on keeping you and your family productive, active, and well. See below for tips and activities for the kids, and the whole fam!

FINANCIAL RESOURCES

Has a family member or a loved one’s employment been impacted by COVID-19? Click here for a few resources and information available to help you get through.

CHILD CARE RESOURCES

Construction continues to be considered an essential service throughout the country. Should you need help finding child care, we have provided a list of resources for the states in which our #PDIFamily members live below. You can also look up your state’s COVID-19 child care services by clicking here.

• Arizona
• California
• Colorado
• Connecticut
• District of Columbia
• Florida
• Georgia
• Kentucky
• Maryland
• New Jersey
• New York
• North Carolina
• Pennsylvania
• South Carolina
• Tennessee
• Texas
• Virginia
• Washington
• West Virginia

EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES FOR ADULTS

• Duolingo: They are offering free lessons with over 94 courses studying 23 languages. Click here for the Android link.
• Class Central: All 8 Ivy League schools – Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Penn, Princeton, and Yale – are offering free courses. There are 450 to choose from!
• TED Talks: TED always offers many free online courses, featuring a range of speakers and topics.
• Remote Work Guide for Parents: Learn how to work remote and help keep your sanity and achieve (some sort of) valuable work-life balance.

EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES FOR KIDS

• Scholastic Learn from Home: Scholastic has created a website with free daily courses for kids.
• NASA STEM Activities: These science, tech, engineering, and math activities are fun for the whole family.
• Science Lessons: Mystery Science is offering their most popular online science lessons.
• Reading Skill Games: Help develop you child’s reading skills through free online reading games.
• Story Time From Space: Make story time out of this world with videos of astronauts reading children stories.
• History for Kids: Get access to free online history lessons, games, and worksheets for kids.
• Additional Free Online Educational Resources: View an extensive list of free online education services.
• Learn Sign Language: Take a free sign language class on weekdays at 1:00 PM.
• Kahn Academy: Free lessons for kids ages 2-18!
• Learning Apps: Check out these free educational apps available to kids.

PET RESOURCES

• FREE Doggy Daycare at Love My Dog Resort: All PDI employees get TWO FREE DAYS at this doggy daycare!
• DIY Dog Treats: Learn how to make your own Peanut Butter & Cereal Dog Treats.
• DOGTV Trial: Enjoy DOGTV for free for 30 days while you’re home with your dog.
• Puzzles for Pets: Learn how to keep your pets entertained while you are at home.
• Online Series – Pet Parenthood 101: On Saturday, May 16, get a better understanding of all of the vaccinations, lab work, and other services that will be discussed at your pet’s wellness exam appointment.

FUN ACTIVITIES

• PDI Coloring Book
• Family Fitness: Are you ready to get the entire family moving with some fitness fun? Classes are on Mondays and Wednesdays at 3:00 PM!
• Drawing Activities: Learn through drawing activities with Kennedy Space Center’s resident artist.
• Virtual Cooking Class: Learn fun and easy recipes you can make with your kids on weekdays at 1:00 PM.
• Quick Activities To Do With Your Kids
• Hands-On Activities
• Goodnight With Dolly: Dolly Parton reads “The Little Engine That Could” in the first video of her new read-aloud series!
• Coloring Pages for Kids: Print out these free coloring pages to entertain your kids. All you need is a box of crayons, markers, or colored pencils.
• SPIDERfit Kids: Helping inspire kids of all ages to be fit and physically literate for life with the power of play.
• Make a Cardboard Crane: Help your construction-loving child create his own homemade crane.
• Saunders for Kids: Construction Careers

ZOO AND AQUARIUM WEBCAMS AND TOURS

• San Diego Zoo Live Cams
• Zoo Atlanta Panda Cam
• Smithsonian’s National Zoo Webcams
• Houston Zoo Animal Webcams
• Reid Park Zoo Lion Webcam in Tuscon, AZ
• Ouwehand Park Polar Bear Cubs Webcam in Rhenen, Netherland 
• Georgia Aquarium Live Cams
• Clearwater Aquarium, Winter the Dolphin Live Cam
• National Aquarium Virtual Tour
• Seattle Aquarium Virtual Tour
• Monterrey Bay Aquarium Live Cams

VIRTUAL FIELD TRIPS AROUND THE WORLD

• Boston Children’s Museum
• Louvre Museum in Paris
• National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. 
• Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City
• Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam
• Uffizi Gallery in Florence
• Guggenheim Museum in New York City
• Yellowstone National Park
• Virtual Tour of Mars

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Looking for additional COVID-19 resources? Check out our full list of resources by clicking here.