ECC Resources for Days at Home
For days off and days at home, we've compiled a helpful list of videos, links and activities for you and your preschooler.
Sample Daily Schedule
Videos
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Daniel Tiger Goes Into Quarantine For Season 5 of ‘Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood’
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VBSECC Channel on YouTube
Visit our very own VBS ECC video channel on YouTube! Watch ECC online all in one place!
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Rock Zen Roll Yoga
Stay healthy and calm with Cheryl and Rachel of Rock Zen Roll Yoga on YouTube. Namaste!
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Jason Mesches Music
Party with Jason's Power Hour LIVE! on YouTube mornings at 10:00am.
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Story Time with PJ Library
PJ Library Story Time new content on Facebook every weekday at 8:00am and 10:00am. Live content, stories, songs, projects and more from the PJ Library in Los Angeles team.
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Stories with ECC Staff and Clergy- "I Wonder" Abby Mars
- "Dragons Love Tacos" Renee Kalmanson
- "The Book with No Pictures"Claire Berger
- "Going on a Bear Hunt" Molly Mills
- "I am Human" Daniella Latini
- "Where the Wild Things Are" Suzana Tsimerman
- "Be Kind" Nina Gerszt
- "Silly Little Goose" Sam Miller
- "Curious George" Ezra Fields-Meyer
- Claire's Cooking Club | Claire Berger
- Feinstein Fairytales | Rabbi Ed Feinstein
- "Sheldon the Shabbos Dog" Rabbi Ed Feinstein
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VBS @ Home
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Activity Resources
- Jewish Ed Project ECC and Family Engagement Resources Pinterest page
- KIDVILLE: A virtual community of curated videos, resources, projects and live streaming
- Common Sense Media: Resources for Families During the Coronavirus Pandemic
- Google Children's Center Resource Guide
- The Stay at Home Survival Guide: Preschool Activities
- Fun Things to do with Preschoolers
- Kids Sensory Play Ideas
- Mindfulness Activities
- Mindfulness Apps for Kids
- Meditation Apps for Kids
- Printable Scavenger Hunt Activity
- 100 things to do while stuck inside due to a pandemic
- Mad Science at-home experiments
- Kinedu: An early childhood development app with over 1,800 easy-to-follow video activities for ages 0-4 that provides creative, science-based at-home activities for parents to engage with their children.
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KODO: Kodo has opened up FREE Virtual Learning courses using the codes below.
Infant and Toddler Engineering Code: freeitvl32
Demystifying Engineering in Early Childhood Code: freedevl32
Introduction to Physics with Children Code: freephysics32
Enhancing the Environment to Foster Engineering Code: freeenvironment32Nurturing Computational Thinking in Early Childhood Code: freencvl32
Uncovering STEM through Play Code: freestem32
Learning Approaches to Foster Engineering Code: freelavl32
Investigation Based Teaching Practices Code: freeibtp
STEM to STEAM: Adding the Arts Code: freesteamvl32
Adult Child Interactions to Foster Engineering Code: freeacvl32
Recommended Instagram Accounts to Follow
- @dr.organicmommy
- @janetlansbury (parenting advice)
- @hand_in_hand_parenting (parenting advice)
- @sweetmommyhood (activities)
- @play_at_home_mummy (activities)
- @playful_wren (activities)
- @perfectpreschoolplans
Corona-Related Questions
- A good way to explain quarantine and Corona Virus to young children
- What are the rules for playdates during the Corona Virus crisis?
- A Corona Virus Guide for Parents
- BJE Family Resources
- Sanity Saving Ideas for Parents with Kids Off School
- The Secret to Keeping Your Kids Happy, Busy and Learning if Their School Closes Due to Coronavirus Keeping Children Engaged at Home: Having kids at home and away from school is a new dynamic for households and many parents/caregivers are wondering how to keep young ones engaged and learning. Susie Allison wrote an excellent article for Time Magazine detailing the importance of setting a routine and offers some excellent at-home activities.
Talking to Young Children About Race
- Best moments from CNN and Sesame Street's town hall on racism for kids and parents:
CNN partnered with "Sesame Street" for a special town hall about racism, giving both kids and parents an opportunity to explore the current moment the nation is living through and to understand how these issues affect people.
