NEW: Helping Youth Respond to Toxic Stress & Trauma
Here are some resources for families that may be struggling during this time:
- Information on the coronavirus outbreak
- The virus outbreak may mean you’re home in unhealthy or abusive relationships. Help is available.
- 211 connects people to all kinds of services
- With kids at home, and many asked to work from home: access to wifi/internet services
- Explaining the coronavirus to children
- Searchable health resources
STRONG (healthy and active)
- Find food banks here or call the FoodSource Hotline
- Worcester Public School Mobile Meal Schedule
- Yoga for kids
- 25 Ways to Stay Active Indoors
- New live workouts and games every day
- Games to try at home -- and live recess videos
- Free Daily Workouts for Kids
SMART (academic success)
- Free education subscriptions for kids at home to keep them learning!
- Podcasts for tweens and teens
- Podcasts for kids
- Cuentos en español
- Khan Academy has lessons on all levels of math, computer programming, and science subjects.
- Scratch: learn programming to write and animate your own stories
- Code Monster: learn coding basics
- Scholastic Learn from Home Projects
- Keep screen-time educational: best apps for learning
- 100 Activities to do during school closures
- 1 p.m. Lunch Time Doodles with Mo Willems (author of Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus and Elephant and Piggie
- Storytime from Space
- Prompts to write your own stories
- DIY Musical Instruments
- Virtual Tour of the Ecotarium
- Audiobooks for free (multilingual!)
BOLD (life skills and resiliency)
- How to talk to teens about the novel coronavirus
- How to talk to children about the novel coronavirus
- Libro De Actividades: Achù!
- Meditation videos
- How to stay mentally healthy during the coronavirus outbreak
- Financial Literacy Games
- Behavioral Health Tools
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Resources for Supporting Children’s Emotional Well-being during the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Resources for Financial Literacy for Teens (courtesy of the Women's Initiative of the United Way of Central Mass)
