Helping You Keep Young Children Learning — At Home and in Child Care
Getting (Back) On Schedule During COVID-19
Staying at home in your pajamas once seemed like a luxury — now, not so much. Families are trying to figure out how to share time and space, while maintaining everyone’s sanity.
Routines are a great way to create predictability in these uncertain times. Click here to learn about creating schedules for your children based on their age — and tips for how to stick to those schedules.
Curated Learning Resources
Bonding & Learning for Infants, Toddlers, & Twos
- Infants (birth to 12 months)
- Toddlers (ages 12-24 months)
- Twos (ages 24-36 months)
- Raise A Reader (birth to 3)
- Browse all resources from Zero To Three
- Make the Most of Playtime (birth to 3)
Play & Active Learning for Preschoolers
Activities and play-based lessons by theme:
Reading & Math
- Bedtime Math (ages 3 to 9) and Mini Math (ages 4 and 5) help kids access a fun story that can be used as a routine at bedtime, bathtime, or anytime.
Listen to authors read their books live. (Toddler, Pre-K, and school-age)
Khan Academy Kids offers a free app to get young children excited about learning. (Pre-K to 2nd grade)
Check out Read Charlotte’s Home Reading Helper for children and families. (Pre-K to 3rd grade)
Scholastic is offering day-by-day projects to keep kids reading, thinking, and growing. (Pre-K to 5th grade)
- The Charlotte Mecklenburg Library offers video Storytime for children via their digital branch. You can also sign up for a library card for instant access to digital books and TumbleBooks, a collection of animated, talking picture books. (Pre-K to 5th grade)
United for Literacy's digital books provide audio narrations in more than 40 languages, spoken by native speakers. (Pre-K to 5th grade)
ABCya offers 400 free educational games that will keep kids engaged and having fun. (Pre-K to 5th grade)
Listen to astronauts read children's books in Story Time From Space. (School-age)
Start With A Book compiled a list of cooking-related books for budding chefs. (School-age)
Science & Discovery
- PBS Kids offers an app that focuses on building science inquiry skills and learning core science concepts. (Pre-K to 2nd grade)
- Learn all about animals from National Geographic Kids. (Pre-K and school-age)
- Check out games, activities, and videos from the National Ocean Service. (School-age)
- Join the fun with Disney's "Imagineering in a Box." (School-age)
Arts & History
- Tune in every day at 1 p.m. for Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems. (Pre-K and school-age)
- Learn something new from Google Arts & Culture (Preschool and school-age)
- Watch and listen to performances from the Chamber Music Society. (Preschool and school-age)
- Take a tour of the Guggenheim Museum. (Preschool and school-age)
- Watch extraordinary performances from the Kennedy Center's stages and beyond. (Preschool and school-age)
- Take an interactive tour of Ellis Island. (School-age)
Travel the World
- Here are 20 virtual field trips to take with your child. Check out these virtual field trips from Discovery Education too. (Pre-K and school-age)
- Take a tour of Buckingham Palace. (Pre-K and school-age)
- View panoramic images of cities across the world. (Pre-K and school-age)
- Go on a safari with live webcams from Africa. (Pre-K and school-age)
- Take an expedition to the Pyramids of Egypt. (Pre-K and school-age)
Parent Resources
Family & Home
- Read "Why Is My School Closed?" with your children, and use this printable book to let little ones illustrate their own story.
- Tips to practice mindfulness for parents of young children
- Take a look at these social distance support groups from Mind, Body, Baby.
- The CDC shares tips for talking to your children about coronavirus. The Mayo Clinic also has advice on helping kids cope with COVID-19.
- Read about working and learning from home during a pandemic.
- Learn about how to care for your family in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak.
- Scholastic offers resources for teaching children of all ages at home.
Taking Care of You
- Mental Health America offers a Self-Help Tool, as well as information regarding Coronavirus and Mental Health.
- Read some Poetry for Tumultuous Times
- Rita Wilson and Tom Hanks share their Quarantunes Spotify playlist
- Resources for the exhausted and overwhelmed
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