talking with kids about covid-19

Building Resilience in Troubled Times: A Guide for Parents

Helping Your Children Manage COVID-19 Realities: Beyond the Facts and Into the Effects on our Lives Webinar

I can be safe and healthy by washing my hands!
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Masks: a story about wearing masks by Andi Wyatt of Wisconsin’s Sonshine School

Georgie and the Giant Germ creative coloring book

Tips for helping your child during the pandemic

Helping your kids during the pandemic

Time to Come In Bear:  A Children's Story about Social Distancing

Let's talk about the Coronavirus (COVID-19) whiteboard social narrative video

How to talk to your kids About Coronavirus

Why can’t I go to school scripted story (The Playing Field)

Why is my school closed? scripted story (PWPBS )

Helping young kids through the COVID-19 crisis (ZERO TO THREE)

helping kids feel safe

Daily Visual Schedule for Families

Helping Kids Deal with Big Feelings during COVID-19

Help Us Have a Good Day! Positive Strategies for Families
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COVID-19 Tips for Parents
to support children's emotional health, mental well being, and build necessary skills of resilience.

Tips for Families

Once I Was Very, Very Scared (video)

Rosa Contra el Virus. Cuento para explicar a los niños y niñas el Coronavirus y otros posibles virus

Mindfulness ideas for kids

ABC song and 20 second nursery rhymes

learning about feelings

Feelings Treasure Hunt

Emotional Well-being (brief videos)

Talking about emotions: feelings check-in
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Tucker Turtle tucks and thinks at home

La Tortuga Tucker toma tiempo para detenerse y pensar en casa

Mr. Rogers talks about scary TV

Mr. Rogers talks about death

Practice melting away that icky frozen feeling you get when you're scared, frustrated, or angry

Having fun and learning together

Talking is Teaching: Talk, Read, Sing Family Staycation Kit

Learning at home during trying times (Illinois Early Learning Project)

Education resources for in-home learning

Fun Meal Prep Ideas

helping kids follow directions

First Then Board a visual strategy to help children complete tasks.

solving problems together

Free resource for teachers, home visitors, and parents to support learning in mathematics for young children beginning with infants and toddlers.

Let’s Clean Up

Let’s Put on Your Pants

Let’s Build Together

responding when behavior feels challenging

Help us stay calm
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Use a different voice

Moody Kids

How minimize fighting at home during the coronavirus epidemic