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We at ShelterAtHome.global hope to provide you with a variety of helpful, informative and useful resources for times when an emergency forces you to shelter at home. A variety of events might cause local officials to require the public to remain indoors. These could be as varied as earthquakes, downed power lines, heavy snow or ice, flash flooding, health concerns (i.e., quarantine), criminals in a neighborhood and many others. While each type of emergency will have its own particular conditions, the common requirement that ShelterAtHome.global intends to supply will be information you can use to be safer, happier, healthier, more entertained, and maybe even better informed than just waiting for an update from those officials.

Please use the Contact Us form to give us feedback, let us know of any errors, or suggest additional content we can add. We'll be glad to fix or add, as appropriate, what you suggest. We also ask that you review any of the resources we highlight that you have used. Did they meet your expectations? Was the cost (if any) reasonable? Your feedback will help others looking for helpful resources.

We look forward to helping you and anyone with you to make it through your emergency.  

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Please note that while most of these resources are available for free, some charge for access,
and others have additional features at a cost. Please read disclosures carefully.

  1. Creative Ways to Help Your Kids with Their Schoolwork at Home: YouTube

  2. Khan Academy has published a flexible daily schedule for students ages 4-18 in multiple languages, with links to topics (including Advanced Placement high school materials) which is available for free.

  3. Heavens Above is a general astronomy informatoin site with information about fly-overs by satellites: Heavens Above

  4. Evernote is a cloud-based service for keeping notes, photographs and more in an organized virtual filing system: Evernote

    1. For high school and college students, Evernote offers the Cornell Notes Template: Evernote Cornell Notes Template

  5. GoNoodle inspires movement and mindfulness at home: GoNoodle

  6. Science, Adventure, Videos, Games and Learning: National Geographic Kids

  7. Easy and creative crafts for kids: Project Kid

  8. Teaching Remotely for Grades K – 9 - Free Resources and Strategies: Scholastic

  9. Free science lessons for Grades K-5: Mystery Science

  10. Story Time from Space - Astronauts on the International Space Station read children's books: YouTube

  11. Writing prompts, flash cards, worksheets and other language/writing resources: Lakeshore Learning

  12. 1,500 Free Online Courses from Top Universities collated by Open Culture

  13. Free online courses from Hillsdale College about American history, the US Constitution, Politics, Literature and Economics

  14. At any age, it's helpful to retain what you read, whether for school, work, or pleasure

This category presents collections of articles and links regarding food during an emergency.

Information about storing food safely, recipes and other topics are included.

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This category presents collections of articles and links to activities that can help people calm and occupied during an emergency.

Activities can be for individuals, couples, families, children or adults.

Select from the menu on the left the article you want to read.