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Week 2: Keeping Busy During Quarantine
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 We hope as you open this email you are safe and well at home. Once again we would like to bring you some tips for youth and adults to learn something new, supplement online learning, and have a little fun from the safety of your home, along with info about wearing a face mask and where you can get info about COVID-19 in our Clear Creek County Community.
In this week's issue:
- This Week's Top 5 Boredom Busters for Kids
- This Week's Top 5 Boredom Busters for Adults
- You Wear it Well: recommendations for face mask usage
- Stay Informed
But first, if you need a little motivation if you're struggling with the home quarantine isolation, watch this video.
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This Week's Top 5 Boredom Busters for Kids
- Code.org/Break - Computer Science learning - With schools closed and tens of millions of students at home, join Code.org each week for Code Break — help us build the world's largest live interactive classroom, with weekly challenges to engage students of all abilities, even those without computers.
- Clear Creek County Library District: Storytime with Miss Holly and Miss Honeybun every Wednesday at 11:15 am on Facebook Live.
- Home Science Tools – Coronavirus Education Kit: they’ve gathered up some videos, science experiments, and products related to germs & viruses that will help everyone remember just how important it is to wash hands, cover a cough, practice healthy social distancing, and more! This and more in the At-Home Science Education Hub
- Colorado 4-H Online Virtual Engagement Resources - Colorado 4-H and curated 4-H learning that can be done virtually.
- Colorado 4-H STEM/K12 Activities
- 4-H STEM LABS – National 4-H Council
- Science Mom (and Math Dad): a daily show featuring science and math lessons, crafts and games. Hosted by Science Mom and Math Dad, this two-hour live stream is a wonderful way to put some fun learning into your quarantine. Each show will feature a science lesson, math activities, interactive games, and stories. If you’d like to share your creation with other families who are following along with Quarantime, post it to Instagram with the hashtags #quarantime and #sciencemomsquad. Learn more info about the daily series on their Facebook post.
Find more ideas in our blog...
This Week's Top 5 Boredom Busters for Adults
- Free Horticulture Webinars this week:
- Learn about Colorado Grapes
 - The first of a three-part series
Join in for a fun, free, online learning experience tomorrow Tuesday April 7th 10-11am. AN INTRODUCTION TO GRAPES IN COLORADO with Miranda Ulmer, CSU Viticulture Extension Specialist. Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/607185313 Call in option: 312-626-6799 | Meeting #607185313
- Free Webinar: Colorado Butterflies
 - Take a tour of over 50 years of butterfly photography from the lens of an enthusiastic entomologist. Join by zoom https://zoom.us/j/167372782 or phone 312-626-6799 (ID 167372782)
- See a list of Horticulture webinars presented by different CSU Extension offices/departments
- Tree Sale - The Colorado State Forest Service tree program enables farmers, ranchers and rural landowners to obtain trees at nominal cost. Orders must be made by April 15. Please reach out soon if you still want to order trees or shrubs. Contact extension@gilpincounty.org
Tree order forms.
- Operation We Can Sew It - Volunteers sewing cloth masks to benefit Saint Joseph Hospital and SCL Health during the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn more
- Volunteer in Clear Creek County COVID-19 Relief efforts: Learn how you can volunteer or donate to help support our community.
Find more ideas in our blog...
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You Wear it Well!
The CDC and Governor of Colorado are strongly recommending members of the general public wear a protective cloth face covering when leaving your residence for necessary activities. For more details, including some easy NO-SEW patterns, please visit the Center for Disease Control (CDC) website.
The cloth face mask/covering should be a piece of cotton fabric that can be tightly secured to fully cover your nose, mouth, and chin. Cloth face masks should not be placed on children under age 2, or on people who have difficulty breathing or cannot remove their mask on their own. Cloth face masks should be removed correctly and washed or disposed of once removed. Please see the CDC website for more.
Wearing a protective face covering when out in public will help slow the spread of COVID-19 by limiting transmission. Face coverings will also help remind you to not touch your face. This protection is most effective in concert with frequent hand-washing and social distancing.
Clear Creek County Residents - Stay Informed!
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