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Our Resource Library contains materials and assistance for early childhood educators and those they serve. Explore our selection of podcasts, tip sheets, websites, documents, and self-study courses.
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KIDS, SLEEP AND COVID-19 | Research shows that quality sleep is essential when it comes to health for both children and adults. Ensuring that your child gets an adequate amount of quality sleep can help boost their immune system and keep families healthy. This is a high priority during COVID-19, but also vital for health year-round. | Website |
"Just Breathe" Helps Kids Deal with Emotions | "Just Breathe" is a short film that can be used to help children deal with emotions. Emotional responses are hard to navigate at any age. Figuring out how and what you are physically feeling is particularly challenging when you're feeling things like rage, sadness, disgust, and confusion for the first time. Sometimes, though, the best thing to do is just breathe. | Website |
10 Accessible and Sensory-Friendly Halloween Ideas for Kids who are Blind or Visually Impaired | Although originally designed for children with visual impairments, this resource offers activities that all children would find enjoyable! | Website |
10 Alternatives to Restraining a Child with Special Needs | The purpose of restraining is to keep something from continuing to take place, and is often a last resort. Here are 10 different strategies that parents and caregivers can try to minimize and avoid physical restraining their children, that may help prevent the need for it at all | Website |
10 Books That Empower Kids to Stand Up and Speak Out | Books can be great resources for change-minded kids, helping them think about why and how they can be a force for good in a complicated world and have an impact, large or small. Here are some great books for readers of all ages. | Website |
10 Halloween Safety Tips for Children with Special Needs | Check out these safety tips from the National Lekotek Center for all children to ensure a safe and enjoyable Halloween! | Document |
10 Safety Coloring Signs for Kids | We've put together 10 fun coloring pages to increase kids' awareness around the house and on the street. The safety signs feature a friendly penguin and include fun facts to help them remember each sign. Whether you decide to hang them up in your home or enjoy them as a coloring activity, these safety signs will teach your kids valuable safety rules. | Website |
10 Summer Safety Tips | June, July, and August are more dangerous for children than other months. Here at Child Trends, our summer safety tips are based on -- what else? -- Data! | Website |
100 Calm Down Strategies | It's unlikely someone can be calmed down by being told to CALM DOWN. In fact, just the opposite usually happens. So what can you do when a child is nervously waiting for someone to arrive, refusing to go to the dentist or running in circles out of excitement? Click the link below to access a toolkit of calm down tools and strategies that you can access before, during, and after a crisis. | Website |
100 Tricks To Help You De-Stress | Here's a set of 100 expert and research-backed ways to relax, whether you have five minutes, five hours, or five weeks. | Website |
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