Coronavirus
When a health emergency brings change and uncertainty to a child’s life, there are things we can do to face each day with optimism and hope.
Raising Awareness on the Importance of Washing Your Hands
Elmo knows that washing hands can help keep us healthy. Practicing healthy habits like handwashing and coughing into the bend in our arm can help us stay safe, especially during a health emergency.
Coronavirus Subtopics
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For Frontline Families
How can we help essential workers and their families cope and thrive?
Learning and Working from Home
How to make the most of “inside days” when you’re working from home with kids.
Talking About Covid-19
Answer your child’s questions and concerns about COVID-19.
Back to School means saying goodbye to family but also saying hello to new and old friends. Here are some ways to make the transition smoother.
Handling Everyday Goodbyes
There are playful and meaningful ways to make morning drop-offs and other separations a little easier.
Mae’s Minute: Goodbyes
Grown-ups, watch this video to learn tips for making goodbyes a bit easier.
Elmo’s World News: Goodbyes
Grown-ups, watch this video to learn tips for making goodbyes a bit easier.
Craft + Connect: Make a Mood Monster
This craft can help children name and talk about their feelings.
New Friendships: We’ve Been Waiting
A year is a long time in a child’s life. Children need the support of the adults in their lives to help ease them back into familiar routines—and into friendships that have been restricted over the past year.
New Friendships
Children need the support of the adults in their lives to help ease them back into familiar routines.
Friends: Old, New, and Kind of Oldish-Newish
A year is a long time in a child’s life. Children need the support of the adults in their lives to help ease them back into familiar routines—and into friendships that have been restricted over the past year.
Taking care of our minds and bodies is not only good for our own well-being, but can also help us be more kind, patient, and playful toward the people we love, too.
Managing Screen Time
Screen-time can help families learn and connect, and taking screen-time breaks can, too.
Elmo’s World News: Screen Time Play, Real Time Play
Screen-time can help families learn and connect, and taking screen-time breaks can, too.
Garden Senses
Screen-time can help families learn and connect, and taking screen-time breaks can, too.
Mindful Moments
We can do things every day to keep our minds and bodies healthy.
Elmo’s World News: The Feel-Good All Stars
Here are activities to help families find ways to help them feel calmer, happy, and healthy.
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Las nuevas amistades: Hemos estado a la espera
Un año es mucho tiempo en la vida de un niño. Los niños necesitan la ayuda de los padres y cuidadores para retomar las rutinas y las amistades que se aislaron durante la pandemia.
Nuevas amistades
Un año es un largo periodo en la vida de un niño. Los niños necesitan el apoyo de los adultos en su vida para facilitar el regreso a rutinas familiares y amistades que han sido restringidas, o que incluso han existido solo en forma virtual durante el año pasado.
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Helping Children Through Grief Related To COVID-19
There are ways to help families talk about death, express their feelings, and grieve together.
Hooper’s Store Reopens
As communities open up, together we can adjust to a new way of doing things—while keeping everyone safe.
When Children Miss Their Friends
There are ways to stay connected with people we love…safely.
Elmo Gets the Covid-19 Vaccine
Elmo and Louie share their experience with the COVID-19 vaccine.
Elmo’s Bravery Bandage
A coloring page to help celebrate a child’s bravery when getting a shot.
Good Questions (and Answers) About Covid-19 Vaccines
Common questions children ask about vaccines, and possible answers.
Questions for My Doctor
A place for parents and children to list questions for their doctor.
You Can Do It! Poster
A poster for providers to display to encourage families to get their young children vaccinated.
Big Bird Gets the Covid-19 Vaccine
Big Bird and Granny Bird share their experience with the Covid-19 vaccine.
Discover more resources for parents, caregivers, and providers.
Health and Hygiene
Practice healthy routines and good hygiene habits to help the whole family stay well.
School Readiness
Simple ways to lay the foundation for learning.
Social Emotional Skills
Help kids build skills to develop healthy relationships, respect differences, and build the social behaviors and confidence they need.
