RESOURCES
We understand that during this time, parents, friends and neighbors are in a position to support early childhood. Here are some resources to support your early learning journey.
- R&R Network COVID-19 Parent Survey - Released September 2020
- Learning About the Coronavirus: Resources for Children and Families
- Coronavirus Information
- Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo County (CAPSLO)
- The Link Family Resource Center
- Bilingual COVID-19 Information
- New SLO County COVID-19 Resource List
- Emergency Child Care Referrals
- COVID-19 Financial Relief Options Chart (as of May 14, 2020)
- Opciones de ayuda financiera del condado de SLO Covid-19 (desde el 8 de Abril del 2020)
- List of All SLO County School Meal Programs
- Local Health Access Information
- SLO County Eviction Suspension Order
- First 5 San Luis Obispo County
- Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo County
- Actualizacion COVID-19 Condado de SLO
- Forms Available for Essential Workers and At-Risk Populations To Apply for Emergency Childcare Services
- WIC Eligibility Assessment
- Census 2020 - Be Counted
- Pandemic Unemployment Assistance
- Small Business Administration (SBA) Loans Immediately Available to Child Care Providers
- Stronger Together: A Guidebook for the Safe Reopening of California's Public Schools
- 60 Digital Resources for Mental Health
- A Guide to Sleeping with Coronavirus Anxiety
- Are your kids too young to talk about race?
- Anti-Racism for Kids 101: Starting to Talk About Race
- How Can We Broach Hard Conversations With Kids, From Race To COVID-19?
- Teaching Tolerance
- 31 Children's books to support conversations on race, racism and resistance
- The National Association for the Education of Young Children Anti-Bias Resources
- American Psychological Association: Talking to kids about discrimination
- Embrace Race: 8 Tips for Talking to your Child and Racial Injustice
- Advancing Equity in Early Childhood Education Position Statement (includes links to additional resources)
- The Center of Excellence for Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation
- Teaching Tolerance Classroom Resources
- Children's Responses to Crises and Tragic Events
- Building Resilience to Cope with Stress and Trauma
- Child Mind Institute: Racism and Violence
- How to Talk to Kids About Race and Racism
Resources for Maker Ideas
Virtual Field Trips - Excursiones Virtuales
- Instructables
- Left Brain - Craft Brain
- Spark! Lab
- Frugal Fun for Boys & Girls
- Sylvia’s Super- Awesome Maker Show
- 3 Free Weeks of Maker Stations to keep your children creating at home! Each challenge includes simple instructions using materials around the house, QR code video resources, and a student recording sheet
- A collection of hundreds of free K-12 STEM resources, from standalone models and simulations to short activities and week long sequences of curriculum materials
- Babble Dabble Do
- Backpack Science-Hands on science videos
Virtual Field Trips - Excursiones Virtuales
- National Park Tours online
- California Academy of the Sciences Lesson Plans Preschool-12
- www.mysterydoug.com
- Kids National Geographic
- www.swithceroozoo.com
- Cincinnati Zoo to You Program
- Science Virtual Field Trips
- NASA site
- Monterey Bay Aquarium Live stream
- Great STEM resources (77 Simple STEM activities for families, STEM movies and more!!)
- The San Diego Zoo has a website just for kids with amazing videos, activities, and games. Enjoy the tour!
- This Canadian site FarmFood 360 offers 11 Virtual Tours of farms from minks, pigs, and cows, to apples and eggs
- Play games and learn all about animals
- Alaskan Wildlife cams
- Amphibian unit studies
- No need to travel to one of the Smithsonian’s zoos or museums — this website brings your child everything from live video of the National Zoo to the Smithsonian Learning Lab right to their screen
- Just explore, have fun, and learn some science along the way
- Guide to gardening for kids
- This educational website hosted by the Smithsonian Museum takes a deep dive into ocean life
- Reading Rockets: Activities on Bugs, Birds and Animals
- Reading Rocket- Activities on Detectives and Explorers
- Reading Rocket-Activities on Dinosaurs
- Reading Rocket-Nature and Our Green World
- Reading Rocket-Stars, Planets and the Night Sky
- Reading Rocket-Weather
- Reading Rocket DYI Science Camps-Space Rangers, River Rangers