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Keep computer science fun by taking a Code Break! With a dozen episodes and activities to choose from, you can create a cypher with Ashton Kutcher, learn about variables with Yara Shahidi, and even explore how the Internet works with the actual inventor of the Internet, Vint Cerf.

Each episode is lead by Code.org Founder, Hadi Partovi, and includes inspiring guests, mini-lessons on computer science concepts, and a weekly challenge to engage students of all ages and abilities, even those without computers.

While our live episodes have ended for now, you can still watch past episodes and complete the activities. To keep the fun going, you can also try some of our recommended projects and activities for learning at home.

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Fun and foundational

Computer science is super fun because it is creative and playful. Whether it's solving a puzzle, coding art, or designing an app, students prefer learning by exploring rather than memorizing. Students even rank CS their favorite subject after art, music, and dance.

Computer science is foundational to all fields of study, but since many schools don't offer it yet, this could be a unique chance to support your child in a fun new learning opportunity. Plus, recent studies show: children who study computer science perform better in other subjects, excel at problem-solving, and are 17% more likely to enroll in college.

Episode 1 - Algorithms with Hill Harper

Episode 2 - Prototypes with Mark Cuban & Lyndsey Scott

Episode 3 - Encryption with Ashton Kutcher & Mia Gil Epner

Episode 4 - Digital Information with Mike Krieger & Alice Keeler

Episode 5 - Simulations & Data with Bill Gates

Episode 6 - The Internet with Keegan-Michael Key & Vint Cerf

Episode 7 - Conditionals with Sal Khan & Flo Vaughn

Episode 8 - Variables with Yara Shahidi & Fuzzy Khosrowshahi

Episode 9 - Events with Macklemore & Scott Forstall

Episode 10 - Artificial Intelligence with Kat Graham & Kate Park

Episode 11 - Abstraction with Susan Wojcicki & China Anne McClain

Episode 12 - Hardware with Aloe Blacc, Bret Taylor, & Paola Mejia Minaya

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Carolina Biological Supply Company is committed to supporting parents, teachers, and school districts with learn-from-home resources for remote learning environments. Explore the resources below for elementary and middle school students from Carolina's Building Blocks of Science™ 3D, Innovators in Science, and Smithsonian Programs.

Smithsonian Science for the Classroom™ for Grades K-5

Smithsonian Resources

Click on the Smithsonian Resource links in the chart below to find resources that support the program's modules. Here you will find videos, activities, downloadables, articles from Smithsonian magazines, and more.

Smithsonian Science for the Classroom™ for Grades K-5

Resources for Grades K-8

Get more from the Smithsonian! Grades K-8

Click on the link below to discover additional free resources offered by the Smithsonian. Find educational videos, games, and more! https://www.smithsonianstc.com?subject=ssftc-resources

Smithsonian Distance Learning

The Smithsonian Science Education Center has developed the following STEM resources to support "Distance Learning" needs for students in grades K-8. We designed this site for everyone-students, teachers, and caregivers. It includes standards-aligned educational games, simulations, videos, eBooks, and hands-on lessons that require simple materials found at home.
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Resources from Building Blocks of Science™ 3D for Grades K-5

Click on the links in the chart below to access downloadable PDF card sets, downloadable and printable PDFs of Literacy Articles, Take-Home Science Activities, and Science in the News. Instructions for how to use these resources over the next several weeks are available using the Instruction links.

Unit Card Sets feature real-world phenomena, get students thinking and talking about science in the world around them, or in places they've never been.

Literacy Articles discuss real-life applications of science content or phenomena.

Take-Home Science Activities are science investigations students can do with their family. Each includes a family letter and activity sheets for students to record their observation and data.

Science in the News prompts students to research and report on the science news of the day! Challenge older students to find a current event to research and report on. Assign an age-appropriate research project from today's news for younger students.

Click on the unit title to access the downloadable PDFs in English and Spanish.

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Support for Current Customers with Access to Carolina Science Online: If you're a current Building Blocks of Science educator who needs a refresher on using the resources you already have access to on Carolina Science Online, go to https://carolinascienceonline.com/#/help to view some tutorials. If you need additional help, reach out to cso_support@carolina.com.

Science Magnifier™ eBooks for Grades 3-5

Science Magnifier™ eBooks help students find out more about the science topics they are investigating while developing their math skills and literacy abilities related to informational text.

Click on the links below to open the eBooks. They're available in English and Spanish!
When using these links, do not create an account on Carolina Science Online.

Access English: https://carolinascienceonline.com/#/resource/science_magnifier_interactive_ebook/preview

Access Spanish: https://carolinascienceonline.com/#/resource/science_magnifier_interactive_ebook_esp/preview

Printable resources for the Science Magnifier™

Using the Science Magnifier: A Guide for Students

Science Activity Sheets for the embedded Science Magnifier™ activities.

Additional activities that go with Science Magnifier content.

Innovators in Science, Grades K-5

This digital literacy and information resource houses a continually growing library of biographical readings about scientists from a variety of disciplines. Change the face of science for students as they read about scientists who are as diverse as they are and the valuable contributions each has made to society and science. (Use as a read-aloud for grades K-2)

When accessing this resource, do not create an account on Carolina Science Online.

Let your student select their favorite and conduct research to learn more. https://carolinascienceonline.com/#/resource/bbs_innovators_in_science/preview

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Need additional help? Contact Us. Carolina Biological Supply Company is committed to supporting parents, teachers, and school districts with learn-from-home resources for remote learning environments. Explore the resources below for elementary and middle school students from Carolina's Building Blocks of Science™ 3D, Innovators in Science, and Smithsonian Programs. Click on the Smithsonian Resource links in the chart below to find resources that support the program's modules.

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By Caroline Knorr | March 17, 2021

In addition to textbooks and binders, kids consider Gmail, Google Docs, and even YouTube essential for school. So it's an easy transition to Google Classroom, the classroom-management tool integrated into Google's Workspace for Education Fundamentals, which Google provides free to schools. Classroom allows students to see what's due, complete assignments, post messages, and more in virtual classes set up by their teachers. The fact that it's paperless and offers built-in opportunities for kids to practice responsible digital skills are great bonuses. Your kid may use it for one class, or all of them. In fact, tens of millions of teachers and students use Google Classroom in thousands of schools around the world, making it one of the most popular edtech tools around.

But Google Classroom does invite some risks, including data tracking, potential contact with strangers, and even cyberbullying. While Google has stricter privacy practices for its educational apps, it can collect student data from some of the Classroom tools, such as YouTube, if they're enabled. Google pitches the platform to teachers as "mission control for your classroom" -- and it definitely streamlines homework, remote learning, and organization. But as more schools move toward using Google Classroom, it's a good idea to familiarize yourself with its capabilities so you can best support your kid's online learning.
What is Google Classroom?

Do teachers use Google Classroom to teach live, like with Zoom?

How do you set up Google Classroom?

Can you use Google Classroom at home?

Can I communicate with my child's teacher through Google Classroom?

Can Google Classroom be used for cheating or chatting?

Which other apps and websites can be used with Google Classroom?

What are the safest settings to enable on my kid's Google account?

How does my kid find out about new stuff posted in Google Classroom?

Is my kid supposed to be chatting with their classmates during class time via Google Classroom?

Who has control over the options in Google Classroom: the teacher, students, the principal, the tech coordinator?

If my kid is using Google Classroom, how can I make sure they're not goofing around?

How tech savvy do I need to be to help my kid with Google Classroom?

Does Google Classroom track and collect kids' data?
Do teachers use Google Classroom to teach live, like with Zoom?

Not usually. However, Google is offering the premium features of Hangout Meet for free to teachers and students who are at home during the coronavirus pandemic, so it'll be easier to use Classroom for live, remote teaching.

If your school has registered for a Google Workspace for Education account (which they should if they're using Classroom), your kid will have a school account or a Google Workspace account. In some settings, your kid may use their personal Google account to access Classroom -- but they're not supposed to use it for school. In Classroom, each class is private to the people the teacher has personally invited, including the students enrolled in that class and other teachers

Once your kid has joined a class, they can use all the features the teacher has enabled for that class, including class schedules, assignments, announcements, and even teacher "office hours."

Can I communicate with my child's teacher through Google Classroom?

It's possible, though teachers may use another tool, such as Aeries or School Loop, for parent communication. If your kid's teacher wants to use Google Classroom for communication, they will send you an invitation, and after accepting, you will receive updates directly from them, which may include information on upcoming or missing work and announcements.

As for chatting, yes. Kids can interact with other students and even teachers by text and video using Hangouts or the chat function in Meet. Chatting can be a distraction, but there have also been some reports of kids cyberbullying other students in Google Docs shared for group projects -- partly because it's a place no one would think to look for that kind of behavior. If the chatting is getting out of control, your kid can shut off Hangouts and remove people from a shared document. (To do this, click the Share button and then click the arrow next to the name of the person and select Remove.) If the document was created by someone else and you don't control it, have your kid make a copy and not share it.

What other apps and websites can be used with Google Classroom?Google Classroom connects with hundreds of apps and websites -- called add-ons -- including popular tools like Pear Deck, Actively Learn, Newsela, and many more. Apps integrated into Classroom can provide content, improve accessibility, and give students and teachers additional interactive tools.

Although Google doesn't share or sell student data to partners, and it vets the developers it uses for Classroom, those third parties could collect information from your kid, then profile and target them using that data.

Still, Google Classroom gets a "pass" rating from its Common Sense privacy evaluation, which means it meets our minimum requirements for protecting students' privacy.

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With a zippy name and cool features, Zoom has been the video-meeting software of choice for many businesses since it launched in 2013. Though its collaboration features were designed to connect remote office workers, they translate amazingly well to online learning. When the coronavirus pandemic caused global shutdowns in 2020, over 90,000 schools in over 20 countries all started "zooming" practically overnight. Many families were thrown into Zoom world before thoroughly understanding its value as an educational tool or its student privacy policies. Like it or not, the program's simple setup, ability to accommodate 100 participants at once, and cost (free) mean Zoom is here to stay. If your kid is using Zoom, learn more about its key features and how to help kids use it as safely as possible.
What is Zoom?
How does Zoom work?
How is my kid's teacher using Zoom?
Does my kid have to have a Zoom account to use it for class?
What can kids do in Zoom?
What are Zoom virtual backgrounds?
What is Zoombombing?
What are the safest settings for Zoom meetings?
Should I be worried about Zoom's privacy?
What is Zoom?

Zoom is a video-chatting tool similar to Skype and Google Hangouts. Kids can use it to attend online classes, visit virtually with friends and relatives, and even join remote events like birthday parties. The basic, free version of Zoom offers lots of options, such as the ability to wordlessly signal to the teacher that you have a question, brainstorm on a virtual whiteboard, and collaborate on projects by annotating documents on other students' screens.

How does Zoom work?

You can use almost any device, including a phone (so long as it has a camera) to download Zoom from the company's Download Center, iTunes, or Google Play. Kids will get an email from the teacher with all the key info, plus an 11-digit meeting ID that you just click or tap to get into the class. Before a session, it's always a good idea to open the Zoom software and test your webcam and microphone to make sure they're working to avoid technical surprises once you're live. You can also test your internet connection by joining a test meeting (if your Wi-Fi connection is unstable, you can improve video performance by connecting directly to your ethernet). Get more tips on setting expectations and prepping for Zoom classes.

How is my kid's teacher using Zoom?

Teachers are using Zoom differently, depending on their skills, their students' needs, and direction from their districts. They may be teaching entire lessons via Zoom, or using the time to answer questions about work done outside of Zoom class time. Some teachers are scheduling regular "office hours," which allow kids to drop in and chat informally, and show-and-tell days where students can show off their toys, pets, baby sisters, and the like.

Zoom offers lots of information for teachers, including:

Does my kid have to have a Zoom account to use it for class?

Typically, kids don't need a Zoom account if they're just joining a class scheduled by the teacher (only meeting hosts need an account). However, teachers can restrict the session to "authorized attendees," which requires participants either to log in to Zoom or enter a password in order to join the class. Restricting participants is a handy safety and security measure that prevents uninvited guests from gaining access.

What can kids do in Zoom?

Besides just voice-chatting, Zoom gives kids plenty of tools to interact with each other and the teacher, work together, and even break off into smaller groups -- just as if they were sitting with each other in a classroom. But if teachers don't need these capabilities for class, or if they're causing problems, they can all be turned off. Here's just a sampling of what you can do if these features are enabled:

Share screen. This allows the entire class to view one person's computer screen. Students can even annotate a document on another kid's computer. Teachers can restrict this so only their screen can be shared.

Whiteboard. This is a brainstorming tool that lets kids toss ideas around, such as for a group project.

Breakout rooms. The teacher can divide students up into smaller groups, and then bring the entire class back together.

Raise hand, clap, disagree, speed up, slow down. These are icons kids can use to: let the teacher know they have a question or comment, react to something, or ask the teacher to talk faster or slower.

Chat with the group. Kids can send a message to the entire class.

Private chat. Just like passing notes, kids can send direct, personal messages to other kids in the class. The teacher can't view private chats between students.

What are Zoom virtual backgrounds?

Instead of your messy bedroom, you can make it look like you're calling in from the set of The Office or a world in Minecraft. That's right: You can change your background to literally anything you wish, including video. (This feature doesn't always work perfectly for everyone, as the growing collection of internet Zoom fails attests. Get step-by-step instructions on setting up virtual backgrounds.) Teachers can turn off this feature if it becomes distracting or students misuse it.

While virtual backgrounds are fun, there's a legitimate reason some students would want to disguise their actual setting. One of the unintended consequences of virtual learning is it highlights socioeconomic differences by giving kids an intimate view of other kids' living conditions. Many students opt to keep their video turned off to avoid revealing their environment, but Zoom is first and foremost a video-conferencing program, and it works best when everyone shows up on camera. Virtual backgrounds can ease these issues.

What is Zoombombing?

Zoombombing is when someone hijacks a session by displaying inappropriate material using their video camera or share-screen function. The ease with which you can join a Zoom meeting has exposed some security weaknesses in the Zoom software, including the ability for trolls to "crash the party" with an ill-gotten meeting ID (they're not hard to find). And in the unprecedented shift to online learning during the coronavirus pandemic, it didn't take long for student pranksters to discover the loophole created by the ability to share anything on their screens (including porn) to disrupt classes. Zoom has stepped up its security to include default settings that cut down on the shenanigans, but the problem persists.

What are the safest settings for Zoom meetings?

Zoom was originally intended to be used in business settings, where most folks try their best to act professionally. Kids, not so much. That's why it's really important for both teachers and students to know the best settings and features to use to boost learning and minimize disruption. Teachers can prevent Zoombombing, for example, by requiring participants to register for the meeting or use a password, and by disabling screen sharing. Here are a few key settings for keeping the peace in class.

Random meeting ID. Though you can use the same meeting ID for every class, Zoom recommends teachers use random meeting IDs (which is an option when they're creating the invitation). It's less convenient, but it's more secure.

Mute. Participants can -- and should -- mute themselves when they're not speaking. But the teacher can also mute students individually or all at once.

Chat. The teacher can control whether students can chat publicly and privately.

Disable video. As a participant, you can join the meeting with audio only and then turn on the video once you're ready. Teachers can also disable an individual participant's video.

Nonverbal feedback. These optional little icons let students raise their hands, give a thumbs-up or thumbs-down, and even let the teacher know they need a break, all without interrupting the class.

Lock the meeting. Remember when your stickler-for-punctuality algebra teacher used to lock the classroom door after the bell rang? Teachers can lock a Zoom meeting, so no one else can enter until the teacher personally approves them.

Waiting rooms. This is like a lobby or a velvet rope at a club: Participants are held in a virtual room, and the teacher admits them one by one to make sure no scofflaws gain access.

Turn off file transfer. Students can share memes, GIFs, and even quiz answers through the chat -- unless the teacher disables this feature.

Should I be worried about Zoom's privacy?

In addition to the security problems, Zoom has struggled with privacy issues. The company maintains it doesn't sell user data and protects personal information collected from kids under 13. However, there are still privacy issue areas where Zoom falls short, including its limited, but still targeted, use of advertising and third-party tracking that may affect students in K-12. (Ads don't appear on Zoom itself but on other sites kids visit after using it.) The safest way to protect kids' data from being tracked and collected is for kids to use one account, such as their school email, just for Zoom. That's because educational accounts are part of school subscriptions that come with stronger privacy protections. ( Learn more about the privacy challenges of popular distance-learning platforms.)

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With school districts starting the 2020/2021 school year online, parents and teachers are continually looking for online learning resources. Teachers have been tasked with delivering lesson plans and classroom activities as part of distance learning. Parents are trying to keep students on track with their studies and educational growth. We are here to help! This growing list offers a wealth of resources for all ages of students, parents, and teachers!

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Online Resources for Kids in Grades K-5

These sites have ready-to-use lesson plans and activities for a vast amount of subjects for younger students.

What It Is: This comprehensive program covers a wide variety of subjects for students aged 2-8 (Pre-K through second grade). It offers more than 850 self-guided lessons across 10 levels. A companion program focuses on teaching English as a second language for this age group.

What It Is: This MMO game gives kids something other online learning resources may lack: a sense of community. Students up to age 13 play games to learn across a range of topics (math, reading, social studies, science, and more), while also creating their own online persona and interacting with others in the game.

What It Is: Daily free resources and activities in American Sign Language and English, for young deaf children ages 3-10. They offer weekly activities based on their award-winning VL2 Storybook Apps to support bilingual language development. It is run by Motion Light Lab, part of a research center on Visual Language and Visual Learning at Gallaudet University.

What They're Offering: Free access to Motion Light Lab's award-winning VL2 ASL Storybook Apps. Every week, the Motion Light Lab offers a free Storybook App which includes daily offerings in ASL and English, live storytelling "sign aloud" on Mondays, and an ASL/English literacy lesson live-streamed every Wednesday on YouTube featuring deaf narrators and accompanying worksheets for a deeper dive into each story.

What It Is: BrainPop offers in-depth learning on topics across the curriculum for upper elementary and middle school students. Each topic includes videos, quizzes, related reading, and even coding activities. Teachers have access to planning and tracking resources too. They also offer BrainPop Jr., specially designed for younger kids.

What They're Offering: All schools get free access to their COVID-19/coronavirus online learning resources for talking to students about the topic.

What It Is: A character education video subscription series for K-2 students that highlight positive character traits, exemplified by prominent figures.

What It Is: A nonprofit and charity, Classroom Champions connects volunteer Olympians, Paralympians, Student-Athletes, and Professional Athletes to K-8 classrooms through a social and emotional based curriculum and mentorship experience.

What It Is: A fun and educational game-based environment where kids learn to code without any prior experience. After completing CodeMonkey's award-winning coding courses, kids will be able to navigate through the programming world with a sense of confidence and accomplishment.

What It Is: Turn writing assignments into something amazing with the illustrations, animations, and sound effects available. Kids can even write their own choose-your-own-adventure story!

What It Is: This research-based emotional skills program is designed for children ages 4-11 and gives kids practical tools for dealing with impulse control, frustration, and acting out. Emotional ABCs teaches children how to figure out what they're feeling, why they're experiencing that emotion, and how to make better choices for lifetime emotional resilience.

What It Is: Three beta-stage eLearning tools from the scientists in their R&D division to help improve reading, writing, and English language speaking skills.

What It Is: A science teaching resource that brings school science standards to life through fun and educational videos paired with lesson plans, activities, quizzes, reading material, discussion questions, and more.

What It Is: Using multimedia Interactive Posters, students can express ideas with ease by combining images, graphics, audio, video, and text on one digital canvas!

What It Is: Happy Numbers helps teachers deliver quality math instruction, monitor progress, and math growth-all remotely. Students can access Happy Numbers from any Internet-enabled device (even a smartphone!).

What it is: HearBuilder, from Super Duper Publications, is an online, research-based, foundational literacy program. It helps students in PreK-Grade 5 strengthen skills in the essential pre-literacy areas of following directions, sequencing, auditory memory and phonological awareness.

What they're offering: HearBuilder is available free for 60 days. Teachers, parents and therapists can access self-directed activities and short and targeted tasks for students, as well as tools to monitor student progress. HearBuilder is accessible at school or during distance learning.

What It Is: Highlights @ Home is a new, free service for families and teachers that delivers themed content bundles twice a week from the well-known children's magazine creator, Highlights.

What It Is: iknowit is a site with over 500 common-core aligned activities and math games for students in the elementary grades. The site keeps track of progress, offers graphical hints and explanations, and there are also animated characters to cheer students along.

What They're Offering: A free 30 day trial with unlimited access and no credit card required.

What It Is: A platform for reading comprehension passages and skill assessment in early education and home schooling.

What It Is: Mentoring Minds impacts millions of students every day by partnering with principals and teachers across the country to improve student achievement and teach critical thinking. Find educator resources that focus on the 9 traits of Critical Thinking.

What They're Offering: Free coloring book in English and Spanish, as well as a new animated video series.

What It Is: Mindsets Live Classes and Open Math Challenges help teachers & families keep learning going in math, science, & STEAM with fun and creative real-world problem-solving.

What It Is: This popular differentiated learning site provides instruction across a wide array of elementary subjects. Available for at-home instruction and classroom instruction, online training on effectively using the site is also available.

What It Is: PebbleGo offers safe, interactive online research resources on topics selected by their teachers for students K-3.

What It Is: Hands-on, minds-on learning can happen anywhere and everywhere. If you're looking for STEMspiration because of an unexpected homeschooling need, you're in the midst of an uncommon education experience, or you just want to have some STEM fun, Pitsco has great resources that are always available for free.

What It Is: Produced by RedRover, Kind News magazine is a Parent's Choice Approved Award winning children's magazine that inspires readers to explore the relationship between people and animals. It includes engaging articles, colorful illustrations, activities, and games to help kids explore the relationship between people and animals and develop knowledge and skills necessary for empathy and kindness.

What They're Offering: KindNews.org includes free lesson plans, links to past issues, and humane-themed books.

What It Is: Scholastic created the Scholastic Learn at Home website to provide students with an array of learning journeys that span various content areas. Subscriptions include several learning opportunities per day, including projects based on articles and stories, virtual field trips, reading and geography challenges, and more.

What It Is: Seekadoo is a safe, kid-friendly search engine app for children ages 3-13. Seekadoo's content database is carefully curated to ensure appropriate material for children and integrated ad-blocking eliminates tracking and monetization of children's data so their digital footprints remain private.

What It Is: The Square Panda Smart Letters playset engages children's tactile and kinesthetic as well as visual and auditory senses, because neuroscience shows that early readers learn best in a multisensory environment.

What It Is: An online learning tool which provides personalized math and spelling practice. It adapts questions to each student, using engaging games and rewards for effort and achievement to build their confidence, and is proven to accelerate progress. Teachers can set focused work to consolidate existing knowledge and get real-time feedback on each individual child, making it an ideal home learning tool.

What it is: Super Duper Publications has created an online library of its most popular print materials to provide access for teachers and parents doing distance and hybrid/blended learning.

What they're offering: The Super Duper Digital Library is available at a discounted rate of 199.95 for an annual subscription or $19.95 for a monthly subscription. It provides more than 365 standards-based online resources (with more being added daily) for students PreK-Grade 5. Resources include unique, engaging instructional games, cards, and worksheets to target specific skills, such as basic concepts, literacy, grammar, social skills, critical thinking, sequencing, listening, early skills, articulation, phonemic awareness, memory, motor skills, sensory integration, phonics, reading, and more.

What It Is: Super Star Online, by Help Me 2 Learn, is a supplemental reading, phonics, and math program featuring a wide variety of songs, interactive activities, and games in an engaging and easy-to-use format. Features include the Super Star Motivational and Data Tracking System.

What It Is: Super Teacher Worksheets has tens of thousands of printable teaching resources for Kindergarten through 5th grade teachers and parents working with Pre-K through 5th grade students. Topics include math, reading, writing, phonics, grammar, spelling, science, and social studies.

What It Is: A digital series that aims to give young people a fun and active way to use their imaginations while learning about the process of creating theater.

What It Is: A nationwide writing curriculum designed for teachers, administrators, and parents. It takes away the stress of finding and developing a curriculum for their students.

What It Is: A program for PreK-1st grade students and those with special needs to learn to write their letters, numbers, and shapes using fun visuals, rhythmic chants, and repetition.

What It Is: A web-based keyboarding program that teaches students how to type and has unique transdisciplinary Common Core and NGSS aligned content provided through its lessons.

What It Is: Virtual Field Trips specializes in K-8 social studies, life science, geography, and ancient civilization curriculum content. Their website has online learning videos and quizzes along with a list of the national and state Standards that the videos align with.

What It Is: An easy-to-use platform designed to empower K-8 students to master math content at their own pace.

Online Learning Resources for Grades 6-12

Use these ready-to-implement resources in your virtual classrooms for older learners.

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What It Is: A complete web-based math curriculum designed to help students ages 8-13 deepen their understanding of math.

What It Is: Math lessons, skills practice resources, and at-home learning videos for grade 6-12 students.

What It Is: NativeAccent delivers spoken English skills practice with targeted feedback to students on their computers and mobile devices using advanced speech recognition and A.I. technologies.

What It Is: Software engineers from some of the leading technology companies, including Google, Facebook, and Amazon, are volunteering their time to help students learn how to code while schools are closed.

What It Is: Free, interactive virtual classes open to students, teachers, and anyone else interested in learning to code in a fun and engaging manner through game development. The program is aligned to ISTE Standards for computer science education.

What It Is: GeoInquiries™ are free, standards-based, online explorations of maps and data about a wide variety of content plus an initial introduction. Any school can also request a free account with logins for teachers and students, so they can create, save, and share content, with free Mapping Hour videos to instruct teachers and parents.

What They're Offering: Free online content and accounts for schools on an interactive mapping platform. Learn More.

What It Is: Everydae is an online SAT math prep program. 10-minute micro lessons match busy schedules. Built by industry experts with 17+ years industry experience.

What It Is: Teaches STEM and STEAM with a game design focus. GameSalad is best suited for 6th grade and up depending on student readiness. Detailed instructions for students and full lesson plans for teachers make a great introduction to coding.

What It Is: A unique cultural immersion resource for Spanish, French and German language learning for grades 6-12. iCulture offers travel videos, day in the life videos, current news articles, and songs that are all 100% target language, age and school appropriate, and include topics of interest to teens and young adults.

What It Is: Popfizz CS is a computer science education platform for grades 6-12. Popfizz offers a wide range of online student courses and professional development for educators.

What They're Offering: All their tools are easily accessible on their website for free.

What It Is: An interactive AP Biology course with engaging content and interactive activities in the form of quizzes and flashcards to provide immediate reinforcement of the material. Teachers can assign portions of the course to their students, and track their progress. Or students can work independently and track their own progress!

What It Is:Thousands of free study guides, test prep, and video learning resources.

What It Is: Resources include free trials to Vernier Video Analysis™ and Pivot Interactives, the Vernier Physics with Video Analysis e-book and extended demo of the LoggerPro software needed to complete the experiments, Scratch coding activities, experiment content and access from ADInstruments and LabArchives, and more than 200 experiments with sample data covering a large range of subjects. With these tools, teachers can help students form a deep understanding of key scientific concepts outside the classroom and laboratory.

What It Is: VidCode is an online coding and computer science curriculum specifically for teens. It teaches JavaScript, web programming, design, and more.

What It Is: Online close reading instruction, leveled authentic texts with comprehension quizzes, and gamified vocabulary for grades 6-12.

K-12 Online Learning Resources

These sites have lesson plans and activities ready to go on a variety of subjects for any grade.

What It Is: A comprehensive suite of digital solutions that significantly accelerate literacy and deepen learning across the content areas.

What They're Offering: Achieve3000 Literacy at Home Digital provides access to engaging non-fiction articles at 3 reading levels. Sign up for a free account here. Additionally, they are offering Literacy Printable Packets for students who do not have internet access at home.

What It Is: K-12 personalized online math instruction that provides each student with a unique study path through skills at each level. Individual study plans are prescriptive, adaptive, and automatically assigned

What It Is: An eBook hosting platform for schools and libraries.

What It Is: BoomWriter offers a variety of tools, features, and resources that lets teachers conduct fiction, nonfiction, and vocabulary-focused writing assignments. BoomWriter inspires students to write on any subject and integrates easily with existing curriculum. Try it for ELA, Social Studies/History, Science, and even Math.

What It Is: A digital portfolio that allows students and educators to shape knowledge and ideas into practical, usable, and shareable work. With bulb, educators can track progress, measure competency, and create dynamic curricula or use one of their templates.

What It Is: A PreK-12 educational company that provides a supplemental, and highly differentiated literacy digital curriculum with demonstrated efficacy.

What It Is: CCC! Streaming Media helps students visualize printed text and aids their understanding of complex concepts. The content has been vetted by educators and aligned to Common Core and state standards, and is supplemented with Teacher's Guides, Student Activities, and Knowledge Checks (quizzes).

What It Is: Century was designed as an intervention tool to identify and remedy gaps in a student's education. It uses artificial intelligence to tailor the learning experience to the learner, much like an actual teacher in the classroom would.

What It Is: ClassHook offers quality media clips on every conceivable topic. Pre-curated playlists make it easier to find what you need for the subject at hand.

What It Is: Crabtree Publishing Company is dedicated to producing high-quality books and educational products for K-9+. Through their website, different selections of their books can be accessed along with free online resources that are included in a Crabtree subscription.

What It Is: The Critical Thinking Co. publishes award-winning PreK-12+ educational textbooks, activity books, e-books, and apps that help children become better problem-solvers. The approach is unique: help kids develop foundational reasoning & critical thinking skills while learning the core subjects (reading, writing, math, science, and social studies).

What It Is: Discovery Education provides online textbooks, multimedia content, and professional development support for virtual classrooms and teachers. Daily DE offers supplemental learning activities, including virtual field trips and lessons, for both educators and parents that will update daily to align with a new educational theme.

What It Is: Innovative math and science online solutions that are fun to use and really work. Gizmos, Reflex, and Science4Us are used in classrooms in every state and over 50 countries worldwide.

What It is: Hip-hop videos and instructional activities that promote literacy and spark creativity.

What It Is: Follett offers over 1,000 PreK-12 titles in science, social studies, language arts, math, and more. AV2 World Languages features high-interest titles in 10 different languages with full audio support. Parents and students will find these resources interactive, easy to use and a great way for students to independently explore a new topic.

What It Is: Interdisciplinary, curriculum-aligned resources to support online learning from Pre-K through undergraduate; Live and on-demand training materials to help optimize existing resources; Professional development eBooks to help transition to and strengthen virtual learning and Authoritative Gale resources on health-related topics and global issues.

What It Is: A math practice program for concept mastery and retention.

What They're Offering: Free, unlimited trial usage for schools until July 2021.

What It Is: Original, fully-customizable musicals that not only enhance Reading and Communication skills, but also employ Arts Integration and Social Emotional Learning to encourage strong character development both onstage and off.

What It Is: A website loaded with standards-aligned lessons, games, and activities that will keep K-8 students engaged while learning from home.r.

What It Is: A highly adaptable program that teaches challenging life skills to school students with various special needs. The full program offers 39 lessons, 65 videos, visual components, and role plays around the topics of hygiene, social skills, relationships development, and health that can be implemented both virtually and face-to-face.

What It Is: InferCabulary is a web-based, research-backed, device-agnostic, K-12, fun, game-based, visual approach for teaching nuanced vocabulary that simultaneously improves students' critical thinking skills. InferCabulary is the opposite of rote memorization of definitions - they mimic the act of avid readership so students deeply learn words and improve comprehension.

What It Is: Do you Kahoot! Teachers have loved this fun online quiz game platform for years. Here's why we're into it.

What They're Offering: Kahoot! Basic is free for educators and students, but they're also currently offering their Premium distance learning tools for free. Learn more here- Kahoot!

What It Is: A weekly current events-based program. It presents engaging and important stories from around the world in a newsmagazine format.

What It Is: An online core supplement for grades 1-12 that was designed to be used in classrooms to help teachers with increasing responsibilities and numbers of students.

What It Is: At the Lerner Bookshelf, they've set up two collections of eBooks (Grades PreK-5 and Grades 6-12) that allow for unlimited simultaneous access by every student in a school. They also offer reading book lists, videos, educational downloads, information on authors who are available for virtual visits, and more.

What It Is: Listenwise teaches students to be better listeners using podcasts, comprehension questions, and quizzes.

What It Is: MAD-learn's web-based mobile app development tool is a holistic set of modules for students to experience the software development lifecycle firsthand.

What It Is: NGSS based science lessons for 4th-8th graders that can easily be done from home.

What It Is: This is the only online learning management system for teaching music at all age levels. Band practice might be off the table for now, but students can still work on theory, notation, sight-reading and more.

What It Is: The NASA STEM Engagement site offers STEM resources, activities, lesson plans, virtual field trips, and more! Also check out NASA Home and City to find out how space travel impacts your daily life.

What They're Offering: Explore the Hubble Telescope and listen to astronauts share their stories. All for free!

What They're Offering: All resources are free.

What It Is: News-O-Matic features five daily news stories specifically for kids, written at a variety of reading levels from grades K through 8. Every story is translated by native speakers from English into Spanish, French, and Arabic. And all these texts, at all levels and languages, are read out loud so kids can listen along. Teachers have access to a special dashboard to track students' reading progress, change their reading levels, and see students' answers to comprehension questions for each article.

What it is: PBLWorks, the leading provider of professional development for high-quality Project Based Learning (PBL), has created a free eBook to support high-quality Project Based Learning at home.

What they're offering: This Teachable Moment, a free downloadable eBook offers a primer on Project Based Learning (PBL) and 21 easy implemented, "follow the recipe" PBL projects, informed by educational research and designed for children of all ages. Projects such as creating a cooking show focused on family recipes and the history behind them, or creating a plan for a new school that meets our new reality, engage children in real-world issues and activities that matter to them while also teaching concepts like literacy, math and more.

What It Is: Perfection Next is a digital learning platform offering access to our entire catalog of digital resources including AMSCO Advanced Placement, Language Arts, Reading, Math, Science, Social Studies, and World Languages.

What It Is: A web-app that gives teachers and students a unique way to create stories, demonstrate learning, and enhance writing assignments - in any subject - through digital comics. Users can explore topics in Math, Science, Social Studies, History, English, Art, or any other subject. They can also choose images from popular content, books and movies like The Hunger Games or The Outsiders, plus other topics like the solar system, black history, or the environment - all Common Core aligned.

What They're Offering: All-access for free for 30 days during the COVID-19 crisis. Learn more here- Pixton EDU.

What It Is: Quill offers a set of diagnostic assessments and independent practice activities that focus on grammar, sentence construction, and other writing and literacy skills. All the while, Quill provides teachers with free, in-depth data reports on student performance.

What It Is: An online guided reading tool that "listens" while a student reads a selection aloud, detects when they falter, and provides immediate intervention in the form of correct pronunciation.

What It Is: Teachers and parents can keep their child's reading instruction moving forward with Reading Horizons' library of virtual webinars and lessons.

What It Is: Readorium helps students learn nonfiction reading strategies as they build rich background knowledge in science at school or at home.

What It Is: RoboKind's virtual coding course will help districts provide elementary and middle school students with engaging computer science content during this unexpected period of school closures.

What It Is: Rozzy Learning has engaging lesson plans and other resources for science, social studies, math, and STEM for K-8th grade.

What It Is: This brand-new virtual classroom platform integrates PowerPoint, Zoom video webinars, and Slido quizzes into one streamlined package.

What It Is: SMART Learning Suite is a virtual classroom platform that easily integrates everything you already have on Google Drive or in Microsoft documents. You can add videos and other online resources as needed.

What It Is: Join their expert staff in learning about awesome topics like 3D design, video game design, coding, and more all from home. Their staff deliver lessons virtually and are available live to help provide targeted guidance and assistance to students as they work through awesome activities and projects.

What It Is: Study Island provides standards-based practice, test preparation, and formative assessments in grades K-12. Students get feedback to guide their learning and educators get immediate data to determine who needs intervention and who is ready to move on.

What It Is: A K-12 publishing company that creates science and social studies curriculum to enable educators to improve their ability to engage students in a diverse classroom.

What It Is: With Tyto Online, students solve authentic science problems as they learn, using a video game to power their experience. 'Tyto Online' is NGSS-aligned, covering life science and some Earth and space science.

What It Is: These online learning resources are specifically for those who teach French, Spanish, and ESL. Students get audio and video, interactive writing and speaking exercises, and more.

What It Is: Students and families can access news stories about the world, politics, United States, science, sports, and more. Xyza also recently launched www.newsicle.co where students try and answer one news-related trivia quiz every weekday.

What They're Offering: Completely free and unlimited access to 1000+ Xyza: News for Kids articles.

Remote Learning and Virtual Classroom Platforms

These sites allow you to follow your existing lesson plans by creating your own online learning resources. Some also provide the platforms you need to host virtual interactive multimedia classrooms.

What It Is: With Bloomz, teachers and schools save time by having all the tools they need to communicate with today's parents and students in one easy-to-use (and free) app.

What It Is: Life Skills Academy by Conover is an online video library designed to be used outside the classroom so parents or guardians can help learners with disabilities learn how to function independently at home, work, or in the community. Based on the concept of video modeling, users watch someone do the desired behavior and then do it themselves.

What It Is: EduGuide saves schools time and money by efficiently multiplying their student support system, building self-motivation that keeps students learning, even when they are remote. EduGuide provides a simple way for every student to both be mentored by a caring adult and learn to mentor their peers on key social-emotional SEL habits that boost student success.

What It Is: Teachers can access a collection of learning paths from some of the most well-known thought leaders in education covering topics such as Understanding by Design, Habits of Mind, Social Emotional Learning, Cultural and Linguistic Diversity, Personalized Learning, and Growth Mindset.

What It Is: Get the most out of Google Classroom and other Google tools with this platform. They offer webinars and other resources to help teachers create and manage the best virtual classrooms.

What It Is: A cloud-based solution from Impero Software to help schools manage and record student safety and health information, from first aid to COVID-19 symptom tracking, to more complex mental health issues. Impero back:drop gives districts a way to keep track of and communicate about potential concerns safely and securely and eliminates the need for paper-based reporting systems.

What They're Offering: Impero has made Impero back:drop free indefinitely, helping schools fill a critical need for staying on top of student mental and physical concerns during the pandemic and beyond.

What It Is: A collaborative online image and video editor with a cloud storage Workspace. Teachers can make video lessons to send to students for remote learning, students can work together on a group project, and classrooms can share multimedia projects with each other.

What It Is: Projector App helps teachers project their real word notes onto a professional-looking, virtual blackboard.

What it is: PBLWorks, the leading provider of professional development for high-quality Project Based Learning (PBL), has created a free eBook to support high-quality Project Based Learning at home.

What they're offering: This Teachable Moment, a free downloadable eBook offers a primer on Project Based Learning (PBL) and 21 easy implemented, "follow the recipe" PBL projects, informed by educational research and designed for children of all ages. Projects such as creating a cooking show focused on family recipes and the history behind them, or creating a plan for a new school that meets our new reality, engage children in real-world issues and activities that matter to them while also teaching concepts like literacy, math and more.

What It Is: A cloud-based lesson delivery software service that energizes students with polling, timed assessments, interactive lessons, activities, and millions of immersive resources from educators around the world. ClassFlow is certified by iKeepSafe as compliant with federal and state requirements for handling protected personal information, including student data, and is safely used by over 4.5 million students worldwide.

What It Is: SafeToNet makes the digital world safer for children to explore and enjoy. Its award-winning AI-powered software safeguards children and their mental wellbeing when using their mobile devices, without sacrificing their privacy. The app provides an intelligent safeguarding keyboard and wellbeing tools that respond in real-time to help children make better decisions online, identify when they are under threat or distress, and prevent messages from being sent that could harm them and others.

What It Is: Free K-12 Math, ELA, Science and Social Studies resources! Create effective classwork and assignments that have been proven to increase performance. All content is designed to engage and challenge students at their own level./li>

What It Is: Keep your music students practicing at home with this online music classroom. You can track student progress, and they'll get instant feedback from the online tools.

What It Is: More than just a computer, classroom, STEM kits, or a project - SmartLabs are a comprehensive and immersive solution.

What It Is: StudyBee is a grading and student feedback system that extends Google Classroom functionality, with the ability to link assignments to custom or standardized educational objectives from the US.

What It Is: A collaborative presentation tool used for all grade levels that works perfectly for the remote classroom.

What It Is: An online bookmarker for educators. Committed to making personalized learning and educational technology easily accessible for everyone, everywhere.

What It Is: Companies across the world use Webex to keep their teams in contact remotely. They offer lots of tools that are ideal for taking your classes online.

What It Is: Rather than fighting smartphones, Wooclap turns them into an exceptional learning tool. Wooclap is a free tool to help maintain interactivity and effective pedagogy. Their goal is to capture the attention of students to improve their learning whether they're in the classroom or at home taking an online course.

What It Is: Project your lessons in group settings with Zoom. You can even record the sessions for students who need to review later. This video and audio conferencing tool has a chat functionality where students can ask questions as you teach.

Professional Development & Training

These sites assist with continuing professional development and curriculum for teachers.

What It Is: Nomadic is a digital learning pioneer launching a Remote Work Boot Camp to help newly remote folks get better equipped to face our current working reality.
Feeling overwhelmed? You're definitely not alone. Join fellow educators in the WeAreTeachers Chat group on Facebook to get support from others just like you.

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No, your link is not broken. Curriculum Pathways® from SAS was officially retired July 15, 2021. Since its launch more than two decades ago, the product has provided interactive resources in the core disciplines and other subjects for educators and students. But it is time to move forward.

SAS®, a recognized leader in analytics, will continue supporting K-12 education with tools and resources advancing data literacy. Organizations around the globe are looking for candidates who can think critically to discern creative solutions for today's problems. Our new education outreach program is designed to introduce and build those skills that are now in high demand.

Read more about our data literacy initiative and explore the resources-some familiar and some new-that you can use today to develop data-savvy global citizens for tomorrow:

SAS® DataFly - Brand new! Bring data into your classroom in the form of personalized, customized student responses. Pose questions, create and administer surveys, and then analyze the results.

GatherIQ™ - Learn about the United Nations' 17 Sustainable Development Goals for 2030 using impact stories and data to explain the needs and outline solutions.

SAS® CodeSnaps - Have students work collaboratively to build a program with this iOS app directing a Sphero robot to run an obstacle course, play soccer, navigate a map and more.

SAS® Math Stretch - Help students master important number skills with this iOS app. Adjust the difficulty, assign practice for understanding and quiz students to check proficiency.

These are just the beginning! Bookmark our data literacy site and visit often to learn more. Follow us@SASEducator as we add offerings to encourage curiosity and promote problem-solving for the next generation.

If you have additional questions about Curriculum Pathways, check out the FAQs below.

Thank you,

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FAQ's: Why did Curriculum Pathways retire?

Many of the older resources were built using technologies no longer supported by modern browsers or sustainable for long-term use. Also, several external web sites referenced in lessons ceased to exist and replacements were unavailable.

Over the lifetime of Curriculum Pathways, many new programs and applications have been developed by other providers in the education space-a lot of them available at no cost.

Both public and private sectors need data scientists and other technology specialists. SAS, a global analytics and data company, is uniquely positioned to provide supporting resources for data literacy and computer science in keeping with our core values.

What can I use instead of Curriculum Pathways resources?
Look for both OER (open education resources) and paid resources to be used in place of Curriculum Pathways. Below are a just a few examples of alternative resources.
Are any of the Curriculum Pathways resources still available?
See the links above for information on SAS® CodeSnaps, SAS® Math Stretch, and GatherIQ™.

Still have questions? Contact us at socialinnovation@sas.com.

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EDSITEment provides access to NEH-funded media resources including videos, podcasts, lectures, interactives for the classroom, and film projects. Each resource includes questions to prompt analysis, connections to other NEH-related resources, and links to related EDSITEment lessons and materials.

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The guidance below can help us all make the best of new and sometimes unfamiliar distance learning environments. It can help you be ready for some of the more practical aspects of learning from home.

6. Establish times for quiet and reflection
For families with children of different ages, and parents who may also be unexpectedly working from home more often, it's good to build in some time for peace and quiet. Siblings may need to work in different rooms to avoid distraction. Many families will need to negotiate access to devices, priorities for wi-fi bandwidth and schedules throughout the day. Noise-cancelling headphones are an idea. And one day a week is already planned for independent, low-stress learning. Reading is fundamental.
7. Encourage physical activity and exercise
Living and working at home, we will all need some room to let off steam. Moving (independently and together as a family) is vital to health, wellbeing, and readiness for learning. It's a great opportunity to practice exercising 'alone together' with digital workouts and online instructors. Set new fitness goals and plan hands-on, life-ready activities that keep hands busy, feet moving, and minds engaged. You may want to think about how your children can pitch in more around the house with chores or other responsibilities. Now's a good time to think about increasing personal responsibility and pitching in.

Distance learning is a specific challenge for families with young children. Thankfully, early childhood teachers and school friends provide important connections and a connection to familiar people and safe places in unsettled times For a while, parents and caregivers have an even greater share of responsibility in the always-dynamic partnership between home and school, guided by ACS Early Childhood teacher expertise Learning will not diminish, rather it will be enhanced by a rich and focused interaction between school and home This is a time of deep learning, of precious family time and authentic collaboration.

Whilst learning is based at home, it can focus more acutely on learning how to be human - something that cannot be taught formally! Being human is a key element of early learning in schools and requires parents, as our partners and in their role as children's 'first and most enduring educators' to be the main protagonists In distance learning environments, Those who care for and educate young children at home have an unprecedented opportunity to exercise (even more than usual) the gift of nurture, and to reflect on their intuitive emotional response to themselves and their children in times of crisis. It's okay not to be okay.

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by Terry Heick

What is Remote Learning? In short, Remote Learning occurs when teachers and students move a normally in-person class to a temporary online space. Remote Learning is a kind of eLearning (or 'online learning') but isn't 'online learning' because it is not learning that is designed for purely digital spaces (whereas eLearning is). So what kind of remote learning tips for parents can help? In What Parents Can Do To Help Support Reading At Home, I talked about the ways families can model and support literacy in the home. Below, I offer a continuum of remote learning tips for parents and families (perhaps suddenly) working with children at home.

Three Quick Prefaces

1. These are not meant to be viral tips that blow your mind but rather some basic advice to save your sanity and help your child have their best chance for success learning at home.

2. I've arranged it from 'Basic Remote Learning Tips' to 'Advanced Remote Learning Tips.'

The idea of the first set of remote learning tips is to provide bare minimum guidance for parents who are trying to wrap their heads around this shift to online learning in K-12 public education-more or less a, 'If nothing else, make sure that you...' approach. If you can imagine car maintenance tips, while some could be very advanced (e.g., make sure the car's alignment suits the way the car is used on a daily basis, make sure engine management software is updated to the latest version, etc.) an 'if nothing else' approach to such maintenance might be, "Make sure the car doesn't run out of gas' and 'Make sure the engine has oil.'

3. As I alluded to in the introduction, a final underlying assumption here is that a curriculum is already set (whether it's a public education curriculum from your local school district or an off-the-shelf homeschool curriculum). While some of these tips are universal and apply to any learning-at-home scenario, overall this list wasn't created for parents helping their children learn to learn or learn what to learn, nor would this post be much help if you're trying to create your own customized curriculum for your child. Again-these tips are mainly to help parents who are helping their children complete online learning assignments at home.

With that in mind, on to the tips.
22 Remote Learning Tips For Parents
Bare Minimum: These are intended to be a set of basic tips that are true for most remote learning situations.
1. Set (and keep) a schedule
The closer this is to a 'school schedule,' the easier it will likely be on everyone. You obviously can (and probably should) revise whatever you come up with at first to fit your circumstance at home (your work schedule, sleeping schedules, etc.). But once you've got something that works, stick to it. And this almost certainly means to use some sort of timer to at least clarify how much time is being spent on what.
2. Make sure they have any materials necessary to complete all assignments
Whether its pencil and paper, a stable WiFi connection, log-in information for all accounts, a PDF reader, or note-taking apps or reading strategies-whatever they need to get the work done.
3. Provide an environment conducive to learning
This isn't always easy. If they're too isolated, it's difficult to check in with them. If they're at the kitchen table, depending on the child or their environment, they may be too distracted. This is even more challenging when everyone is home and the house is full.

Background noise can help, as can music. I also use this app myself to keep me from needlessly scrolling social media or checking for messages too frequently.
4. Create a daily plan
Creating a daily plan isn't just a matter of scheduling. A daily plan looks at the schedule and then identifies to-do items for that day and combines the two for a specific plan for that specific day.
5. Don't teach-help them understand
Helping students understand is one of the more obvious remote learning tips for parents. This could be the topic for an entire book because how this happens is complicated and varies greatly from student to student and grade level to grade level and content area to content area.

Imagine the parent of a second-grade student helping them complete an essay on their favorite cookie versus the parent of a high school senior helping them with a Calculus problem or an analysis of Shakespearean versus Petrarchan meter. The former is a matter of sitting with your child, while the latter is going to likely require that you learn alongside your child-or even learn it first yourself and then review it with them after.

The bottom line is that helping your child understand the content is definitely part of the 'bare minimum' range of tips.
6. Make sure all work is completed
And any work that remains incomplete is incomplete for a good reason and has a time-bound, actionable next-step (e.g., email the teacher asking for clarification on step 3 of the activity so that you can turn it in tomorrow by noon).
7. Help them check messages and communicate with school
Check for messages daily from teachers and other students and make sure to reply to any messages that require one.
8. Keep in mind that it's about the child, not the work
This can be difficult for some parents to keep in mind when there is so much pressure (on everyone) to complete the work. And further, this is obviously a parenting philosophy-for some families, it very well may be a matter of discipline to do what you're told and 'do well in school.' If that's true, this tip may not be useful.

But if you believe that assignments should serve the child rather than the child serve the assignments-or that this is at least partly true-then don't over-emphasize 'getting everything done' over the well-being (not to mention creative genius and curiosity and intrinsic motivation) of your child.
9. Learn to identify the barriers
This is something teachers have to learn early on in their careers-how to pinpoint exactly what's happening or going wrong (not unlike an automotive mechanic or NASA engineers or computer coder. Diagnostic teaching is one approach that can help here but the big idea is to identify precisely why your child might be struggling: Is it focus? Motivation? Too much or too little structure? Do they need a hug or finger-wagging or for you to sit with them?

And if it's a knowledge deficit, exactly what do they not understand? When students say, 'I don't get it,' the first step is to identify exactly what 'it' is-and this isn't always easy. Most students don't know what they don't know. That's why you (and an internet full of resources) are there to help them making this an especially powerful remote learning tip for parents.
10. Use school resources
Contact your child's school, as well as the local school district and state education resources for support. This is especially critical if your child has an IEP or 504 plan and requires additional support and services at school.
Intermediate Remote Learning Tips For Parents
Going the extra mile: Slightly more intermediate tips for parents with the time and resources to dedicate
11. Personalize the learning
You can almost always personalize your child's learning space (sound, light, room, equipment, etc.) and you can likely adjust their schedule. You may even have some control over the curriculum (what they are learning). Use your child's strengths and gifts and build backward from them as much as possible.
12. Encourage a growth mindset
This isn't about what to learn or how to learn but rather how to think about what they're learning. For a somewhat-related post, you can see 'Alternatives To Asking Your Child What They Learned In School Today.'
13. Use the right resources
Here are some homeschooling resources that can help, for starters. The idea here is to know where to go for what to save time when you-or your child-need something.
14. Mix in Genius Learning
You can read more about Genius Hour here. The goal is to help empower your child to see learning as something they have control of and that curiosity can lead them anywhere.
15. Organize their learning environment
Or help them organize their learning environments (both physical and digital).

How this happens depends (as with everything else on this list) on your circumstance: Are you using a Learning Management System (LMS)? Are classes meeting live? Daily or weekly? Does your child love learning or has school been a struggle for them? Is there a fixed curriculum? Any flexibility in that fixed curriculum? Are assignments graded? And so on.

Imagine a high school student sitting at a desktop computer in their bedroom logged on to their local school's LMS. They have their iPad open and Microsoft OneNote open to take notes. Their phone is playing a background noise to help them focus while their physical textbook is open beside the keyboard. They also have their web browser open with multiple tabs open for search, communication, and related learning resources as well as a digital or physical calendar with upcoming due dates for important assignments. And lastly, they have a to-do list and learning plan for that day to guide them.

That's one example of a 'learning environment.'
16. Encourage self-direction
This could've gone in the 'basic' sections complicated but at its most basic, the more they own their learning-and ideally have voice and choice in their work-the easier and more fulfilling everything will be for everyone.
17. Honor the complexity of learning
Think differently about 'helping' your child 'with their school work.' Realize that your child needs a wide range of 'support': academic, collaborative, psychological, technological, disciplinary, etc.
18. Help them find their own motivation
I tried to word this carefully because children range so drastically in not only their levels of motivation and where that motivation comes from. Further, the dynamic of parent-to-child is necessarily different from the parents-as-teacher-to-child.

However, motivating a child is one area where parents are (ideally) better than any teacher could be. The idea here is to help them 'want to' learn without punishing them psychologically or making all motivation external and independent from the actual value of the knowledge being gleaned.
Advanced Remote Learning Tips For Parents
Obviously, these would only apple for some remote learning situations but if you're really ambitious, you could consider trying to do the following:
19. Understand how the brain works and how learning happens
Learning theories and neuroscience basics are two good places to start. is also an important concept.
20. Gamify the learning
Offer points, levels, challenges, visible markers of progress, etc. You can read more about the definition of gamification here and about how gamification uncovers the nuance of learning.
21. Help your child build a learning network
Connect them with their peers-ideally peers with similar goals and approaches to 'life' to their own (e.g., connecting your child who wants to study medicine in college with other students and groups with students who have similar ambitions.)
22. Help them understand the value of specific knowledge and changing knowledge demands
Further, emphasize critical thinking (learning how to think) and learning literacy (learning how to learn) over content knowledge (academic knowledge). This is probably more of a homeschooling tips than a remote learning tip but ideally it would happen in any formal learning scenario.

Remote Learning Tips For Parents

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Distance Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic

As a result of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, millions of young people and their families have seen their local schools closed down for weeks or the entirety of the remaining academic year. Thanks to education leaders and organizations across the United States, there are myriad resources for young people, parents, and educators to find grounding during this unprecedented moment and engage in rich distance learning experiences.

Below, you will find a table of contents that jump down to resources that are relevant to your needs. This page will be updated regularly as more resources are discovered. If you would like to share a resource that has been helpful for you, please submit your entry here.

(Note: The list of resources below has not been assessed through a learner-centered lens. Rather, they simply represent what has been useful for families across the country as they navigate these uncertain times.)

(Last Updated: December 7th, 2020)
For Learning For Parents and Families For Educators For Communities For Information and Updates on COVID-19 For Lifting Spirits Additional Libraries of Resources from Other Organizations
For Learning ( back to the top)

Drawing with kids (Austin Kleon)
Austin Kleon, New York Times best selling author, has curated a list of his favorite resources for drawing with kids.

The Crash Course team has produced more than 15 courses to date, and these videos accompany high school and college level classes ranging from the humanities to the sciences. Crash Course Kids targets younger learners.

For Parents and Families ( back to the top)

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How Teachers Can Maintain a Work-Life Balance While Working From Home
(American University School of Education)
A guide for educators working from home who are looking to find greater balance between work and life.

Maintaining Connections, Reducing Anxiety While School Is Closed (ASCD)
Teachers can play a huge role in helping students with anxiety or trauma histories feel safe right now-even from a distance. Learn how in this in-depth article from ASCD's series on Getting Remote Learning Right

District Responses to COVID-19 School Closures
(Center for Reinventing Public Education)
The CRPE has created a regularly updated resource that describes the actions districts across the country are taking to support young people during this unique moment.

For Communities ( back to the top)

Catchafire is a community of individuals seeking to support and strengthen the social good sector. They do this by matching professionals who want to donate their time and talent with nonprofits who need those skills.

For Information and Updates on COVID-19 ( back to the top)

Coronavirus: Wisdom from a Social Justice Lens (Irresistible)
This podcast episode from Irresistible brings you medical information, invocations, grounding practices and dialogue from the March 7, 2020 webinar: COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Preparation for People Living with Chronic Illnesses in the United States.

For Lifting Spirits ( back to the top)

Getty Museum Asks People in Self-isolation to Recreate Classic Artworks (Design Boom) Getty Museum in LA is challenging people to recreate their favorite artworks using themselves as the subjects and household objects as their props.

Tired of The Coronavirus? Here Are 10 Good News Stories You Need Right Now (Science Alert)
The largest free & centralized library of dharma talks and guided meditations from Teachers of Color.

What to Watch, Read and Listen to During Your Coronavirus Self-Quarantine (The New York Times)
You're staying home and you need a distraction. The New York Times updating this recommendation list every weekday.

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Distance Learning Resources from the Smithsonian
(by Smithsonian Learning Lab)
Here, on the Smithsonian Learning Lab, parents, families, and educators have access to millions of digital resources from across the Smithsonian's museums, research centers, libraries, archives, and more. You will also find pre-packaged collections that contain lessons, activities, and recommended resources made by Smithsonian museum educators as well as thousands of classroom teachers.

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Distance Learning Resource Center - Education Reimagined

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Distance Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic As a result of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, millions of young people and their families have seen their local schools closed down for weeks or the entirety of the remaining academic year.

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​​​​By: Kenneth Ginsburg, MD, MS Ed, FAAP​

​As parents, we want to protect our children from witnessing the fear and uncertainty brought by ​the COVID-19 pandemic. We wish we could take away the disruption to their education, activities and relationships. And, we wish they were not exposed to suffering.

We cannot control these circumstances, but we can work to strengthen our relationships during this time while building our children's resilience. We can remember to say what so many of our grandparents said to us: "This too shall pass, and you'll get through this with me by your side."​

The best way to protect our children is to shape the lessons gained during this difficult time. We do so best when we intentionally manage​​ our own feelings and experiences with an eye toward helping them build resilience.

​Below are some of the feelings many of us are experiencing, paired with the chance they offer us to model and teach lifelong resilience skills. ​

"I feel like I am failing": Learning self-forgiveness​

Perfection is not an option here. Know that if you forgive yourself and focus on the good in yourself now through self-compassion, your child or adolescent will learn to be a bit gentler with themselves. That is lifelong protection. ​

"My kids are frustrated, and so am I": Learning to empathize

​One of the most respectful things we can do is genuinely understand someone else's point of view. The best way for children to gain this perspective is by benefitting from it firsthand. You build their empathy for others by working to understand their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.

​"I don't know how to handle how I feel": Processing and releasing emotions

​A time of uncertainty with heightened emotions is the time to show that emotions are not to be ignored. Our children must learn from us that having emotions is good, talking about them is necessary and being honest with them is healing. ​

"I want to pull my hair out": Creating a safe haven within our homes​

You can love your child and still sometimes want to tear your hair out. We all have bad days when the stress load is high, and it's high now. We cannot control the outside world, but we create sanctuaries within our homes. With peace in our homes, we can better handle the outside world.

​"I need a time out": Being a calming presence for others

In moments when the future is unclear and our minds begin racing toward worse case scenarios, the presence of a reassuring voice makes all the difference. ​

"I don't know how to respond": Being clear and honest with yourself and others ​

Say what you do know. Admit what you don't.

"My mind feels out of control": Maintaining physical health strengthens emotional health​

Strong bodies support our minds to best navigate the circumstances we confront. Say out loud: "I can't just sit on the couch all day. I'm going to exercise. If I don't take care of my body, I can't focus as well." ​​

"I keep thinking about the worst-case scenario": Stay present and live in reality ​

Uncertainty can make our minds race to the worst possible outcome. Catch those thoughts and say, "I am imagining the worst. Let me focus on what is really happening." Young people can assume the worst because they have not yet had the experience to know that crises come and go. Let them know "You'll get through this with me by your side."​

"I feel helpless": Finding what you can do​

Few things create discomfort more than feeling like there is too much to do . . . or nothing you can do at all. And few things restore comfort more than tackling what you can. Model the importance of one of the most calming words: "Yet." "I'll NEVER ______!" can transform into "I haven't ______ yet." Don't accept failure or disappointment as permanent but instead view setbacks as opportunities to try yet again. ​

"I can't do everything": Learning to let go​

Stay healthy, strong, and compassionate. Take care of those who are vulnerable. Let family members know they are precious. Do what it takes to keep a roof over your head and food on the table. Everything else can wait. ​

"I am so disappointed": Find joy, give service, and maintain purpose​

Help your children see the difference they can make in others' lives and how good it feels to give service. This may enhance their own resilience because they'll learn the joy of giving. More important, they'll learn there is no pity in receiving. ​

"I had so many plans that aren't working out": When you can't change things, adapt​

Many of our plans are not working out. Focus on what you can make a reality and what you can do. ​

"I miss my family and friends": Relationships strengthen us​

This is a generational defining moment. If this generation learns that when times get tough, people unify, it will be the generation who can lead us into a better shared future--one in which we hold those we love nearer and offer those who are vulnerable the extra support they deserve. ​

"Will things ever be the same?": Hope​

Resilience is about more than bouncing back. It is about adapting. Growing. Becoming stronger. Being ready for the next challenge, but also being prepared to savor all the good life has to offer. I hope that by the time you read this, the most difficult times will have passed. But, I also hope that these lessons endure.

Uncertainty is frightening, but knowing that we are not alone to figure it out brings comfort. Any individual alone is vulnerable, but joined together we are stronger than the combination of each of our individual strengths. People together can take turns between drawing strength from others and being a source of strength. We will get through this when we come together!

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About Dr. Ginsburg

Ken Ginsburg, MD, MS Ed, FAAP, is author of the AAP book, Building Resilience in Children and Teens, 4th Edition , which will be published on May 26, 2020. He practices Adolescent Medicine at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and is a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He directs Health Services at Covenant House Pennsylvania, where he serves Philadelphia's youth enduring homelessness, and is also Founding Director of The Center for Parent and Teen Communication. His AAP multimedia toolkit, "Reaching Teens: Strength-Based, Trauma-Sensitive, Resilience-Building Communication Strategies Rooted in Positive Youth Development," prepares professionals to be the adults young people deserve in their lives.​

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How to Help Children Build Resilience in Uncertain Times

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How Has the Pandemic Exposed Structural Racism

Children's Institute's Racial Equity and Justice Institute (REJI) team humbly offers this detailed, evolving, and far from exhaustive public account of the vastly disproportionate health, economic and educational fallout on communities and people of color-nationally and locally- revealed during the Covid-19 pandemic. Presented in slide deck form, this report captures data that:

illuminate pre-existing racial inequities in health, education, and economics that were overwhelmingly exacerbated during this pandemic,

provide a timeframe of inaction and inadequate response that led to preventable morbidity and mortality, and

illustrate the imperative of implementing and coordinating policies to dismantle structural racism throughout the Monroe County community in order to reduce or eliminate harm among families of color who bear the greatest burden-by far-of this pandemic.

Our goal is to provide a resource for awareness and action. We invite you to join with Children's Institute in collective impact efforts and as we stand with communities of color in tangible ways to support equity of access and wellbeing among all children and families.
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Resources to help support children during the COVID pandemic, from kids' mental health problems to the challenges of remote learning.

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COVID-19 Resources for Families and Individuals
Tips for Caregivers and Individuals: How to Practice Social Distancing for Individuals & Families:

Cancel travel plans

Stay home when you are sick

Limit your movement within and outside your community

Reduce your number of visitors

Work from home if possible

Transition meetings and gatherings online

Try to visit grocery stores and other public establishments at less-crowded times

Local Resources for Families & Individuals: https://yellowpagesforkids.com

Information on Stimulus Payments/SSI: https://disabilityscoop.com/2020/04/16/stimulus-checks-now-automatic-for-people-on-ssi/28174/
Additional Articles: Other Issues to Consider:

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CORONAVIRUS Social Narrative.

I have been avidly following the the Coronavirus crisis and now find myself wanting to fulfill my civic duty.

I have created a FREE Coronavirus Social Narrative to help alleviate fears and anxiety many children may be experiencing at this time.

It seems inevitable now that schools will have to close in an attempt to curb the pandemic Coronavirus crisis.

I posted to my Instagram s tories this morning querying if parents required a Social Narative to help their children navigate the coming days.

I was met with a resounding yes.

I have created the social story in a page by page format, so you the parent can include or exclude whatever information you feel is pertinent to you and your family.

It is highly probable at this juncture that schools will close so I have allocated a countdown box within the social story.

This will help your son or daughter to understand in a concrete sense when school will reopen (if known).
Update- due to the overwhelming demand for the Coronavirus Social Narrative I have updated the link with a visual to help you locate it. I am receiving a great many messages requesting a copy to be sent directly. If you click on the above "Click to download", you will receive an instant download.
I hope this is helpful.
CLICK HERE for an accessible version of the Social Narrative as created by Melanie Thorton of Arkansas Partners for Inclusion.
Download a HINDI translation here.
Download a SPANISH translation here.
I have also been in contact with many schools around the globe this morning seeking to print off multiple copies of the aforementioned social stories to give to students.
You absolutely have my permission to do so. Absolutely no need to request permission. It is expressly given here.
I hope you find this Social Story helpful.

Best wishes,

Amanda

For more FREE Printable resources, click here.

Please note this post originally appeared on my website "The Autism Educator".

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COVID-19 Resources

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ACLP shares the general public's concern about the COVID-19 pandemic. As the organization reacts to this public health crisis, we are guided by our vision: ACLP advances psychosocial care and the emotional safety of children, youth, and families impacted by healthcare and significant life experiences. To support child life specialists, allied healthcare workers, educators, other professionals, and the general public as we navigate this significant life experience together, ACLP would like to share these COVID-19 resources.

If you have suggestions for this page, please email Meagan Roloff at mroloff@childlife.org.

For updates on how COVID-19 is affecting the Child Life Annual Conference and other ACLP programs, click here.

Activities

2020 COVID-19 Family Guidebook
Yaroslawitz, C. F. (2020). 2020 COVID-19 Family Guidebook.

Coronavirus Coloring Pamphlet - Created by a CCLS
Fratangelo, E. (2020). Coronavirus Coloring Pamphlet.

Coronavirus: How to Support Your Child Activity Sheet - Created by a CCLS
Wonders & Worries (2020). Coronavirus: How to support your child activity sheet.

Coping with COVID-19 Workbook - Created by a CCLS
George, A. (2020). Coping with COVID-19 workbook.

COVID-19 Activity Book - Created by a CCLS
Johns Hopkins Children's Center (2020). COVID-19 activity book. Retrieved from https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/johns-hopkins-childrens-center/patients-and-families/_documents/covid-19-resources-for-families/covid-19-activity-book.pdf

Family Activity to Help During COVID-19 Isolation - Created by a CCLS
Thornton, S. (2020). Family activity to help during COVID-19

Learn About Coronavirus and COVID-19 Activity Book - Created by a CCLS
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (2020). Learn about coronavirus and covid-19 activity book. Retrieved from https://together.stjude.org/content/dam/together/en-us/other/covid-19/coronavirus-activity-book-together-english.pdf

Learn About the Coronavirus Coloring Book - Created by a CCLS
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (2020). Learn about the coronavirus coloring book. Retrieved from https://together.stjude.org/content/dam/together/en-us/other/covid-19/coronavirus-for-kids-together.pdf

My 2020 COVID-19 Time Capsule
Long, N. My 2020 COVID-19 Time Capsule. Retrieved from https://www.nbc4i.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2020/04/COVID19-TIME-CAPSULE-3.pdf

My Lock Down Diary
McCarthy, S. (2020). My Lock Down Diary. Retrieved from https://www.mylockdowndiary.com/

Playworks
Playworks. (n.d.). Play At Home. Retrieved from https://www.playworks.org/get-involved/play-at-home/
Resources for play at home and daily Facebook Live "recess." Created by a CCLS
Memorial Health Dwaine & Cynthia Willett Children's Hospital of Savannah (2020). Stay at Home Activities

When You're Sick - Activity book explaining PPE - Created by a CCLS
Primary Children's Hospital (2020). When You're Sick.
Spanish Version

Reading Materials and Handouts

Careless Corney: A Cautionary Tale - Created by a CCLS
Children's Hospital Los Angeles (2020). Careless Corney: A cautionary tale. Retrieved from https://www.chla.org/sites/default/files/atoms/files/CHLA-Careless-Corny-Digital-Download-English-01.pdf

COVIBOOK (available in English, Spanish and Italian)
Molina, M. (2020). COVIBOOK.

COVID-19 Picture Book in Japanese -Osaka Women's and Children's Hospital (2020). COVID-19 Picture Book. Retrieved from https://www.wch.opho.jp/news/notice/pdf/200501_kodomo.pdf.

Just For Kids: A Comic Exploring The New Coronavirus
Gharib, M. (2020, February 28). Just For Kids: A Comic Exploring The New Coronavirus. Retrieved from https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/02/28/809580453/just-for-kids-a-comic-exploring-the-new-coronavirus?fbclid=IwAR0GhVlwk_xzPC95s2r9K3KCkbITcQa6MrU1obgpj_9MfrxWZF4K9E5HTiA

What is COVID-19? (for patients) - Created by a CCLS
Johns Hopkins Children's Center (2020). What is COVID-19? Retrieved from https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/johns-hopkins-childrens-center/patients-and-families/_documents/covid-19-resources-for-families/what-is-covid-19-for-patients.pdf

What is COVID-19 (for children with a sick family member) - Created by a CCLS
Johns Hopkins Children's Center (2020). What is COVID-19? Retrieved from https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/johns-hopkins-childrens-center/patients-and-families/_documents/covid-19-resources-for-families/what-is-covid-19-for-all-kids.pdf

Why Can't I Visit? - Created by a CCLS
Johns Hopkins Children's Center (2020). Why can't I visit? Retrieved from https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/johns-hopkins-childrens-center/patients-and-families/_documents/covid-19-resources-for-families/covid-19-why-cant-I-visit.pdf

Videos

Child-Friendly Ways to Address COVID-19 - Created by a CCLS
Hassenfield Children's Hospital at NYU Langone (2020). Child-Friendly Ways to Address COVID-19. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-wWz_SUyb4&feature=youtu.be - Created by a CCLS
Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital KidZoneTV (2020). COVID for Kids. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/mschildlife/videos/512518946317577/

Nasal Swab Testing - Created by a CCLS
Mayo Clinic (2020). Nasal Swab Testing. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVP8CzDotFI

Prep for Kids: COVID-19 - Created by a CCLS
Rady Children's Hospital (2020). Prep for kids: COVID-19. Retrieved from https://vimeo.com/403018671/description

Superheroes Behind the Mask: PPE for Kids - Created by a CCLS
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (2020). Superheroes behind the mask: PPE for kids. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMkm63GQdSI
Time to Come in, Bear: A Children's Story about Social Distancing
What is Coronavirus?: A Guide for Kids! -
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland (2020). What is coronavirus?: A guide for kids! Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPGSdsGUqjw&feature=youtu.be

What is the Coronavirus? - Created by a CCLS
Texas Children's Hospital (2020). What is the coronavirus? Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7MltK5CeDE

Articles and Blog Posts

Answering your young child's questions about coronavirus
Answering your young child's questions about coronavirus. (n.d.). Retrieved March 25, 2020, from https://www.zerotothree.org/resources/3265-answering-your-young-child-s-questions-about-coronavirus?fbclid=IwAR2j0DXU4cz9_uGZ_Dsw9hubFzgUlMtaf2xKnruIl3xDTfhfG2-uzqcC3tg

Helping Kids Cope with the COVID-19 Pandemic - Created by a CCLS
Mayo Clinic (2020). Helping kids cope with the COVID-19 pandemic. Retrieved from https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/helping-kids-cope-with-the-covid-19-pandemic/

Helping Kids Get Comfortable with Wearing a Mask During COVID-19 - Created by a CCLS
Thornton, S. (2020). Helping kids get comfortable with wearing a mask during COVID-19. Retrieved from https://childlifemommy.com/helping-kids-get-comfortable-wearing-a-mask-during-covid-19/

How to Help Children Develop Emotional Resilience during Coronavirus
Zhang, X & Lee, M.K. (2020). How to help children develop emotional resilience during coronavirus. Retrieved from https://lernercenter.syr.edu/2020/04/15/how-to-help-children-develop-emotional-resilience-during-coronavirus/

How to Talk to Your Child About COVID-19 - Created by a CCLS
Burnett, D. (2020, March 21). Guest blog: How to Talk to your child about COVID-19. Retrieved from https://www.destinydeas.com/blog/2020/3/21/guest-blog-how-to-talk-to-your-child-about-covid-19

How to Talk to Your Kids About COVID-19 - Created by a CCLS
Mayo Clinic (2020). How to talk to your kids about COVID-19. Retrieved from https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/coronavirus/in-depth/kids-covid-19/art-20482508

In a Time of Crisis, Play is the Work of the Child - Created by a CCLS
Edwards, K. (2020). In a time of crisis, play is the work of the child. Retrieved from https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/progress-notes/202004/in-time-crisis-play-is-the-work-the-child

Paediatric Pandemic Planning: Children's Perspectives and Recommendations - Created by a CCLS
Koller, D., Nicholas, D., Gearing, R., and Kalfa, O. (2010). Paediatric pandemic planning: children's perspectives and recommendations. Health & Social Care in the Community, 18(4), 369-377. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2524.2009.00907.x

Talking to Children About the New Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) - Created by a CCLS
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (2020). Talking to children about the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Retrieved from https://www.chop.edu/news/health-tip/talking-children-about-new-coronavirus-disease-covid-19#

Talking to Children and Teens About COVID-19 - Created by a CCLS
University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital (2020). Talking to children and teens about COVID-19. Retrieved from https://uichildrens.org/health-library/talking-children-and-teens-about-covid-19-coronavirus

Talking to kids about THE CORONAVIRUS
Ehmke, R., & Child Mind Institute. (2020). Talking to kids about THE CORONAVIRUS. Retrieved March 25, 2020, from https://childmind.org/article/talking-to-kids-about-the-coronavirus/

What Parents Can Tell Children About Coronavirus- Created by a CCLS
Boles, J. (2020, March 9). What Parents Can Tell Children About Coronavirus.
Retrieved from https://www.mysouthernhealth.com/parents-tell-children-coronavirus/?fbclid=IwAR0IZdvnRLMsdPRH9iL0nF2_r9UevZtwG0LrZ53nEq5aAQeTy3ZBnb3vZhU

5 Essential Needs of Children - Created by a CCLS
Wadium, J. (2020). 5 Essential Needs of Children.

5 Ways to Help Your Child During the COVID-19 Outbreak and Activities and Ideas for Helping Your Child - Created by a CCLS
Beyer, K. (2020). 5 Ways to Help Your Child During the COVID-19 Outbreak and Activities and Ideas for Helping Your Child.

Answering Your Child's Questions About COVID-19 - Created by a child life student
Wiens, K. (2020). Answering your child's questions about COVID-19.

As a Healthcare Worker-Talking to Kids About the Coronavirus - Created by a CCLS
Denver Health (2020). As a healthcare worker: Talking to kids about coronavirus.

Atraumatic Care for Nasal Swabs - Created by a CCLS
Black, K. (2020). Atraumatic Care for Nasal Swabs.

Children's Books Dealing with Separation - Created by a CCLS
Johns, C. (2020). Children's books dealing with separation.

Children's Books on Grief- Created by a CCLS
Thornton, S. (2020). Children's books on grief.

Coronavirus: How to Support Your Child - Created by a CCLS
Wonders & Worries (2020). Coronavirus: How to support your child.

COVID-19: Supporting Children at End of Life - Created by a CCLS
Wonders & Worries (2020). COVID-19: Supporting children at end of life.

Explaining COVID-19 to Kids - Created by a CCLS
Wonders & Worries (2020). Explaining COVID-19 to kids.

Grief Resources for Parents and Caregivers - Created by a CCLS
Halton Healthcare (2020). Grief Resources for Parents and Caregivers.

Helping Children Say Goodbye From Afar - Created by a CCLS Schoell, T. (2020). Helping Children Say Goodbye From Afar.

Helping Your Child Cope with Isolation in the Hospital - Created by a CCLS
Children's Mercy (2020). Helping Your Child Cope with Isolation in the Hospital.

How to Best Quarantine at Home When a Parent Has COVID-19 - Created by a CCLS
Wonders & Worries (2020). How to best quarantine at home when a parent has COVID-19.

How to Talk to Children About the Coronavirus - Created by a CCLS
Taylor, K. (2020). How to talk to children about the coronavirus.

How to Talk with your Child about COVID-19 - Created by a CCLS
Benoit, J, Orman, H., and Szewczynski, T. (2020). How to Talk to Your Child About COVID-19.

If Coronavirus Were a Viral Media Post: How to Talk to Teens About COVID-19Levitan, A. (2020). If Coronavirus Were a Viral Media Post: How to Talk to Teens About COVID-19

P arent/Caregiver Guide to Helping Families Cope with THE CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019Griffin, D. (2020, March 06). Parent/Caregiver guide to helping Families cope with THE CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019. Retrieved March 25, 2020, from https://www.nctsn.org/resources/parent-caregiver-guide-to-helping-families-cope-with-the-coronavirus-disease-2019

Parenting in the Time of COVID-19
World Health Organization (2020). Parenting in the time of COVID-19. Retrieved from https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public/healthy-parenting

Pediatric Patients in Isolation - Created by a CCLS
Children's Mercy (2020). Pediatric Patients in Isolation - Staff resource.

Preparing for a Nasal Swab - Created by a CCLS
Children's Mercy (2020). Preparing for a Nasal Swab.
Spanish Version

Reassuring Your Child About Coronavirus - Created by a CCLS
Knott, H. (2020). Reassuring Your Child About Coronavirus

Reassuring Your Child About Coronavirus Infographic - Created by a CCLS Knott, H. (2020). Reassuring Your Child About Coronavirus
Spanish Version

Resources for Coping & Distraction While Isolated in the Hospital or at Home - Created by a CCLS
Advocate Children's Hospital (2020). Resources for coping & distraction while isolated in the hospital or at home.

Script for Explaining Coronavirus to Children - Created by a CCLS
Knott, H. (2020). Script for Explaining Coronavirus to Children.

Supporting and Talking with Children of an Adult Hospitalized for COVID-19 - Created by a CCLS
Advocate Children's Hospital (2020). Supporting and talking with children of an adult hospitalized for COVID-19.

Supporting Children and Teens During COVID-19 - Created by a CCLS
Thornton, S. (2020). Supporting Children and Teens During COVID-19. Retrieved from https://childlifemommy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Supporting-Children-and-Teens-During-COVID-19-Child-Life-Mommy.pdf

Supporting Children During a Parent's Hospitalization for COVID-19 (Acute Care) - Created by a CCLS
Wonders & Worries (2020). Supporting children during a parent's hospitalization for COVID-19 - Acute Care.

Supporting Children During a Parent's Hospitalization for COVID-19 (Critical Care) - Created by a CCLS
Wonders & Worries (2020). Supporting children during a parent's hospitalization for COVID-19 - Critical care

Supporting Children During COVID-19 Pandemic - Created by a CCLS
Cox, K. (2020). Supporting Children During COVID-19 Pandemic

Taking Care of Your Behavioral Health - Tips for Social Distancing, Quarantine, and Isolation During an Infectious Disease Outbreak
SAMHSA (2020). Taking care of your behavioral health - Tips for social distancing, quarantine, and isolation during an infectious disease outbreak. Retrieved from https://store.samhsa.gov/product/Taking-Care-of-Your-Behavioral-Health-Tips-for-Social-Distancing-Quarantine-and-Isolation-During-an-Infectious-Disease-Outbreak/PEP20-01-01-007

Talking with Hospitalized and Isolated Children Being Tested for COVID-19 - Created by a CCLS
Advocate Children's Hospital (2020). Talking with hospitalized and isolated children being tested for COVID-19.

Tips for talking to children COVID-19 - Created by a CCLS
Donna Koller, PhD, CCLS

Videos and Podcasts

A Kids' Guide to CoronavirusBarbaro, M. (Writer). (2020, March 27). A Kids' Guide to Coronavirus [Radio series episode]. In The Daily. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Autism Dysregulation During COVID-19: Strategies for Coping with Disrupted Routines, Heightened Anxiety, and Emotional Distress
Morris, K. (2020). Autism dysregulation during COVID-19: Strategies for coping with disrupted routines, heightened anxiety, and emotional distress. Retrieved from https://catalog.pesi.com/item/autism-dysregulation-covid19-strategies-coping-disrupted-routines-heightened-anxiety-emotional-distress-57701 DIY Child Life: Talking to Children About the Coronavirus or Covid19Lowry, G. (2020). DIY Child Life: Talking to children about the coronavirus or covid19. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watchv=JH7mYECU_ic&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR3v7tAZ3_QtxHXaEeJqFI_wcRCyutr9xdFsKNpCOtb6D-7tWwz2mznr74s

No White Lies: Truth Telling to Kids During Difficult Times - COVID-19 - Created by a CCLS
Omens, S. (2020). No White Lies: Truth Telling to Kids During Difficult Times - COVID-19. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=234834407639510

Parent COVID Conversation Helper - Created by a CCLS
Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital KidZoneTV (2020). Parent COVID Conversation Starter. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/mschildlife/videos/267640057567628/

Supporting Your Child During COVID-19: Nasal Swab Testing - Created by a CCLS
Mayo Clinic (2020). Supporting your child during COVID-19: Nasal swab testing. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVP8CzDotFI&feature=youtu.be

Talking to Kids About the Coronavirus - Created by a CCLS
Taylor, K. (2020, March 12). Talking to Kids About the Coronavirus [Podcast episode]. Child Life on Call.

Telemedicine

OCR Announces Notification of Enforcement Discretion for Telehealth Remote Communications During the COVID-19 Nationwide Public Health Emergency
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (2020, March 17). OCR Announces Notification of Enforcement Discretion for Telehealth Remote Communications During the COVID-19 Nationwide Public Health Emergency. Retrieved from https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2020/03/17/ocr-announces-notification-of-enforcement-discretion-for-telehealth-remote-communications-during-the-covid-19.html

We've created a COVID-19 forum for ACLP members and encourage program leaders and academic leaders to participate and keep one another apprised of changes as they happen at the clinical and academic levels. Members will find the new forum at: Forums> ACLP Forums>COVID-19. To subscribe to the COVID-19 forum click the envelope icon after entering this forum space. Doing so will ensure you receive posts/responses specific to this forum. As always, please keep this space professional & supportive. This forum is offered as a means to keep the child life community apprised of the daily, fast-paced changes.

COVID-19 Impacts and Perspectives Webinar - ACLP Members Only
Join a panel of child life professionals at various career stages as they discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted their work and the lessons learned that they will carry with them after the crisis has passed. This webinar is not available for PDUs. The live webinar will be held at 1 PM on April 2 and available on demand after that date.

Caring for Clinicians
Free webinars for healthcare professionals addressing wellness, moral distress, and emotional survival.

Coronavirus Online Therapy
Free and low-cost therapy for essential workers, including those in healthcare.

Creating Heartbeat Keepsakes
Video tutorial on how to take a person's heartbeat printout and preserve it in liquid resin as a keepsake.

Project Parachute
Pro-bone therapy for front line health care professionals.

Tips and Tools for Working from Home
Bailey Kasten, ACLP COO, and Meagan Roloff, ACLP's Director of Member Engagement and Partnerships, share their preferred platforms and strategies for working from home.

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COVID-19: Resources for Parents and Teens

We know that teens and their families are anxious about the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, especially given the media attention to this issue. During this time, it is important for teens and families to get information from reliable resources.

SAHM recommends that teens and their families review the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) websites for the most up to date information about COVID-19.

The CDC's COVID-19 website provides detailed information about how to protect yourself and others, what to do if you think you are sick, and more.

The WHO's COVID-19 website provides information about protecting yourself and others from getting sick, protection measures for those who have visited areas where COVID-19 is spreading, coping with stress, and more.

We also recommend the American Academy of Pediatrics' healthychildren.org website for information about COVID-19.

The COVID-19 pandemic has created many new stressors for teens and their families. SAHM has assembled resources addressing several topics including: teen mental health and coping; parenting and caring for one's family; resources for online education; guide to discussing social distancing; and sexual health considerations. We hope these resources are helpful to you, and encourage you to share them through your networks.

Teen Mental Health and Coping

Addiction Medicine: COVID Guidance
From Yale University, this guidance addresses youth who are managing addiction, including vaping, during the COVID pandemic.

Blogging to Cope: An Opportunity for Teens to Blog
From the University of Pittsburgh, an opportunity for youth to contribute to a youth blog which may help teens cope with stress and anxiety during this time.

PsyberGuide: Tools for Mental Health Support
A compendium of online tools for mental health support, including apps and websites, which are ranked based on credibility, evidence, usability, and safety.

How Teenagers Can Protect Their Mental Health During COVID-19
A resource from UNICEF for understanding youth anxiety and strategies for teens facing a "new" normal.

Helping Children Cope with COVID
From the National Association of School Psychologists, strategies for parents in English and Spanish on ways to help children cope with COVID)

National Suicide Prevention Hotline
The hotline provides help and support to anyone contemplating suicide

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
SAMHSA resources for individuals and family members facing mental and/or substance use disorders

Coping with grief and loss during COVID-19
Resources from the MGH Clay Center for Young Healthy Minds for helping children and adolescents cope with grief due to COVID-19

Parenting and Caring for Your Family

Quaranteenagers: Strategies for Parenting in Close Quarters
Guidance for parents of teens using compassion during this crisis, from the New York Times.

Helping Families Cope With COVID-19
A guide for parents and caregivers to help support family coping, from the National Child Traumatic Stress Network.

Now that your College Student is home
Advice for parents of college students working from home

Tools and resources for families and caregivers during COVID-19
An encompassing list of resources for families compiled by Seattle Children's Hospital and Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health. Includes strategies for parents of children with autism.

What to do if you and your teen don't agree on social distancing
Advice from child and adolescent psychologist Dr. Barbara Greenberg to help get parents and teens on the same page when it comes to social distancing

Risks of summer activities
Experts rate the risk of 14 summer activities

What's worrying teenagers right now
Information about what is worrying teenagers during the pandemic

Managing Anxiety over reopening
Strategies for parents and families to manage anxiety during reopening

Teenagers and re-opening
Tips for helping teens stay safe during reopening

Resources for Online Education

Life Skills Education
Educational activities to build life skills in day to day activities, from GCF/GCF Global.

Supporting Students Away from School
Curriculum Associates' resources and guidance for educators and families to support home learning for students through grade 8, including printable "At-Home Activity Packs". Also in Spanish.

How to Homeschool for Free During a School Closure
Ideas, resources, materials and more for homeschooling preparation for families.

Khan Academy for Remote Learning
Free resources for students, teachers and parents of youth Kindergarten through College. Includes lessons in multiple subjects as well as exercises to practice. Also have guides to plan learning.

Virtual Museum Tours
Online virtual museum tours from 12 international museums.

Talking about Social Distancing

The following articles are great resources for starting the conversation around social distancing.

Written for Parents / Trusted Adults:

Sexual Health Considerations

Sex and Coronavirus Disease
Practical guidance on staying safe and making decisions about sex during the COVID-19 pandemic, from the NYC Department of Health and Hygiene.

SIECUS - Sex ED for Social Change: Homeschool Sex ED Resources
Resources for homeschool sex education

Intimate partner violence/domestic violence during COVID-19
Intimate partner violence and domestic violence have increased during the pandemic, and the following are resources that may be helpful.​
Eating Disorders and COVID-19The COVID-19 pandemic may be affecting individuals with eating disorders in different ways, and the following are resources that may be helpful.

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COVID-19: Resources for Parents and Teens

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We know that teens and their families are anxious about the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, especially given the media attention to this issue. During this time, it is important for teens and families to get information from reliable resources.

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(John R. Oishei Children's Hospital)

Along with food and community resources for Western New York, this document contains autistic-specific resources about handwashing and staying home; relaxation and emotional wellness; physical fitness; staying connected with friends, family and community; educational resources and just for fun activities and other helpful information.

Resources for Special Education, Crisis & Mental Health, and Families & Educators

The National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) is committed to providing the public with information, guidelines and resources to help support the learning and well-being of students, their families and others in the school community during the COVID-19 crisis. In addition to the COVID-19 Resource Center, NASP also created a Parent Resource: Talking to Children About COVID-19.

(The National Association of School Psychologists - NASP)

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