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Tips for Families: Coronavirus

The following resources offer tips for families including age-appropriate responses to common questions, a guide to self-care, and activities for young children experiencing social distancing.

Teaching Our World: The Coronavirus

Scholastic Classroom Magazines heard that many of your students are worried about the new coronavirus. They’ve created this collection to help you ease their fears and empower them with age-appropriate information. These teaching resources were carefully prepared by grade-level to help your students understand what is being done to keep them safe and how to prevent germs from spreading.

Tangible Support for Immigrant Communities During COVID-19

Immigrants Rising is committed to serving undocumented communities during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. They put together a list of resources to help undocumented immigrants navigate the crisis.

Talking to Kids About the Coronavirus

News of the coronavirus COVID-19 is everywhere, from the front page of all the papers to the playground at school. Many parents are wondering how to bring up the epidemic in a way that will be reassuring and not make kids more worried than they already may be. Here is some advice from the experts at the Child Mind Institute.

Roots & Shoots

Roots & Shoots was founded by the principles of Dr. Jane Goodall and the organization hopes to inspire young people to identify problems in their communities and take action. Roots and Shoots hosts an interactive website that provides resources, service projects, and youth-led campaigns.

Resources for Emotional Support and Well-being
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This page lists the phone numbers of all the organizations you can call for support during the COVID-19 pandemic. There are hotlines for youth and teens, veterans, first responders and law enforcement, older Californians, deaf and hard of hearing individuals, services for substance use disorders, LGBTQ individuals, suicide hotlines, and more.

National Center of Safe Supportive Learning Environments (NCSSLE)

NCSSLE has provided a number of in-depth guides and training products to help build and promote a safe and supportive learning environment.

Manage Stress for Health
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Widespread stress and anxiety regarding COVID-19, compounded by the economic distress due to lost wages, employment and financial assets; mass school closures; and necessary physical distancing measures can result in an increase of stress-related health conditions. The California Surgeon General has a simple guide with things you can do every day, at home, to help support your mental and physical health, utilizing six key strategies.

Lysol® Minilabs Science Kits

The GIANT Room in collaboration with Lysol® has created a free digital-resource series of Minilab Science Kits accessible to educators, co-designed by teachers, families, and students. The HERE for Healthy Schools program is intended to promote healthy learning about microbes and germs to reduce school absenteeism.

Activities are designed for children in grades 1 and 2.

Just For Kids: A Comic Exploring The New Coronavirus

Kids, this comic is for you. It’s based on a radio story that NPR education reporter Cory Turner did. He asked some experts what kids might want to know about the new coronavirus discovered in China.

Get Financial Help

Resources for Californians who have been financially affected by COVID-19.

Georgia Statewide Afterschool Network (GSAN) Summer Activity Guide

The GSAN Summer Activity Guide is a suite of fun and engaging activities and challenges designed specifically for this atypical summer.