COVID-19 Resources for Families
Activities: Art, Literacy, Music
The Yo-Yo Mo Show: An Evening of Musical Doodling, featuring Yo-Yo Ma and Mo Willems
Cellist Yo-Yo Ma and author and illustrator Mo Willems offer a series of playful experiments that show how art and music inspire each other. Watch, listen or even join in from home with paper and doodling implements! 16 episodes of lunch doodles with Willems in his home studio are also available.
Kennedy Center Education Artist-in-Residence at Home
Bing Nursery School Performance Series concerts
Music with Bing's music and movement specialist Mara Beckerman
Enjoy songs and fun movement activities with Mara Beckerman
Videos: Storyline Online
Celebrated actors read children’s books alongside creatively produced illustrations
Screen Actors Guild Foundation
Children can stream a collection of stories, including titles across eight different languages. All stories are free to stream for as long as schools are closed
Podcast: Julie's Library
Join icon Julie Andrews for story time! Julie and her daughter children's author, Emma Walton Hamilton, read their favorite children's books on this podcast
Created and produced by parents of young children, WBUR’s Circle Round adapts carefully selected folktales from around the world into sound- and music-rich radio plays for children ages 4 to 10
Podcast: Little Stories for Tiny People
The podcast features original audio stories that will delight young children. Each story is lovingly written and performed with attention to the whimsical senses of humor children often possess
Tinker Lab
Ideas for art and science projects
The Artful Parent
Creative art-making activities with children
Activities: Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, Play
Early Math Learning at Home
Stanford’s Development and Research in Early Math Education (DREME) Network offers free, research-based activities and tips to help parents and caregivers support their young children’s early math learning
Storybook Guides
Picture books can be an opportunity to develop children’s math and reading skills at the same time. Many storybooks have pictures and storylines that feature important math concepts
At-Home Early Math Learning Kits for Families
Fun, easy activities to support learning at home
Family Math Activities
Fun family math activities from the Erikson Institute’s Early Math Collaborative
The Serious Business of Play
The COVID-19 pandemic is an opportunity to encourage unstructured play and promote children’s healthy development, psychologists say
100 Ways to Play
Boston Children’s Museum
Play Helps
Minnesota Children’s Museum
10 Nature Activities to Help Your Family Get Through the Coronavirus Pandemic
Audubon for Kids
Explore and feel connected to the natural world through activities and DIY projects
Bay Nature
Bay Nature connects the people of the San Francisco Area to its natural world
At Home with Makerspaces
Foster children’s creativity and hands-on learning by bringing the fun of makerspace to your own home! See suggestions of everyday and unexpected household materials to get started.
National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
Bringing Bay Areay Discovery Museum to You
Playful activities relating to three areas of early childhood development: Talk & Play, Science & Math, or Body & Brain
Children's Discovery Museum: At-Home Activities
Science Experiments for Children
CuriOdyssey, Science Playground & Zoo
The Tinkering Studio at Exploratorium
Beyond the Chalkboard
Boston Children’s Museum
Online Child Development Research
Stanford scientists are offering fun, interactive games for children aged 2 to 10 with researchers via video chat (Zoom). Children can participate and help science in the comfort of their own home!
Virtual tours to museums and national parks
Google Arts & Culture
Wide Open School
A set of free online resources to support families and educators who are transitioning to remote learning as a result of the coronavirus
10 Prop Box Ideas: Mini Learning Centers at Home
National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
A parent’s guide to surviving COVID-19: 8 strategies to keep children healthy and happy
By Kathy Hirsh-Pasek and Roberta Michnick Golinkoff
Brookings Institution
Boredom is OK! Here are 13 Ways to Help Your Kids Embrace It
Chicago Parent
Well-Being
COVID-19: Teachers, Families, and the Futures
Stanford Graduate School of Education
A Guide to COVID-19 and Early Childhood Development
Center on the Developing Child, Harvard University
The Greater Good Science Center
UC Berkeley
Supporting Families During COVID-19
Child Mind Institute
Tips for Families: Coronavirus
ZERO to THREE
Support for Helpers During Coronavirus
The Fred Rogers Center
How to Work and Teach—at the Same Time
Tips for parents trapped by the coronavirus
Stanford Magazine
Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Resources During COVID-19
Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL)
Care for Caregivers: Tips for Families and Educators
National Association of School Psychologists (NASP)
My Kid’s School Is Closed, So Now What?
Confident Parents Confident Kids
Parents, relax about kids’ academics during COVID-19 crisis, Stanford educator says
The Mercury News
Media/Podcasts/Webinars
Resources for Families During the Coronavirus Pandemic
Common Sense Media
Webinar: Learning at Home with Toddlers and Preschoolers
Virtual Q&A with Stanford scholars Deborah Stipek and Renee Scott
Podcast: Are the Kids All Right? Helping the Youngest Cope During the Pandemic
Stanford Graduate School of Education associate professor Jelena Obradovic shares strategies for supporting young children's emotional health
The Brain Architect Podcast: COVID-19 Special Edition: A Different World
Dr. Jack Shonkoff discusses how to support healthy child development during a pandemic, including the importance of caring for caregivers
Video: Daily Parenting Tip on Supporting Families During COVID-19
Clinical psychologists from the Child Mind Institute provide daily tips for parents
Webinars: COVID-19 and Your Family
Common Sense Media speaks with leading developmental, wellness, and educational experts about how COVID-19 and shelter-in-place orders are affecting families—and what we can all do to manage it to during this unprecedented time
Video: Parenting During the Coronavirus: Talking to Children About Re-Opening
Psychologist from the Child Mind Institute answers parents' questions about children's worries for re-opening
Webinars: National Association for the Education of Young Children Virtual Institute
Starting June 1, NAEYC will offer six weeks of newly recorded presentations to support professional development. The Virtual Institute is free and open to anyone who is interested in some of the latest research and best practices in early childhood education
Children's Health Council Resource Library
Children's Health Councill's upcoming free classes for parents
Talking to Children about COVID-19
Podcast: Sesame Street's Grover on Coping During Coronavirus: Just For Kids
Video: Audrey Duck Tells Dr. Susan Linn "I'm Tired of the Virus!"
How to Talk to Kids About COVID-19
Stanford Children’s Health
How to Talk to Your Kids About Coronavirus
PBS KIDS for parents
How You and Your Kids Can De-Stress During Coronavirus
PBS KIDS for parents
Information About COVID-19
COVID-EXPLAINED
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COVID-Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Coronavirus (COVID-19) in California
California Coronavirus Response
Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Santa Clara County Public Health Information