Internal Education Resources
Super Weekly Challenge
To help staff and families stay in touch and support children’s learning, take advantage of resources like the Super Weekly Challenge developed by our own staff. With these activities, parents and teachers can document children’s continued learning and stay connected.
Spring Into Fun
Spring into fun with a week’s worth of great activities for families. These are a fun way to get moving and help them continue to learn during this time.
Fruity Weekly Challenge
Games, conversation, read-alouds, and recipes. The Fruity Daily Challenge has something for everyone. And who doesn’t love The Very Hungry Caterpillar? What a great way to celebrate all the great things about fruit!
External Education Resources (listings are for informational purposes and are not reflective of formal endorsement)
Alabama Public Library System – A list of vendors providing Alabamians temporary access to several different online resources
All Digital School – 2000+ educational resources for all school levels (k-12) (NEW!)
American Academy of Pediatrics: Critical Updates on COVID-19 – Information for Families. HealthyChildren.org offers collection of articles in response to the pandemic in both English and Spanish. Specific articles include:
- Tips for Coping with a New Baby During COVID-19
- Getting Children Outside While Social Distancing (here in Spanish)
- Simple Ways to Entertain & Boost Your Baby’s Development at Home
- Positive Parenting & COVID-19: 10 Tips to Help Keep the Calm at Home (here in Spanish)
- Social Distancing: Why Keeping Your Distance Helps Keep Others Safe (here in Spanish)
- Working and Learning from Home During the COVID-19 Outbreak (here in Spanish)
- Ask the Pediatrician: Are there shortages of infant formula due to COVID-19? (here in Spanish)
- Co-Parenting Through COVID-19: Putting Your Children First
- COVID-19: Information for Families of Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs
- Teens & COVID-19: Challenges and Opportunities During the Outbreak (here in Spanish)
- Caring for Children in Foster Care During COVID-19
Amazing Educational Resources – Education Companies Offering Free Subscriptions due to School Closings
Conscious Discipline – COVID-19: Five Helpful Responses for Families
COVID-19 Fact Sheet for Grandfamilies and Multigenerational Families – ENGLISH
Hoja informativa de COVID-19 para familias lideradas por abuelos y otros parientes
(“grandfamilies”) y familias multigeneracionales – ESPAÑOL
Creative Curriculum – Healthy at Home: A Toolkit for Supporting Families Affected by COVID-19
ECLKC – Fun and Learning for Parents and Children
ECLKC – Managing Infectious Disease
HOMER – Research-based learning products for children ages 2 to 8 (App also available for mobile devices)
NASP – Talking to Children About COVID-19 (Coronavirus): A Parent Resource
NHSA Resources for Learning at Home (New!)
NHSA (National Head Start Association) Resources for Parents
NHSA COVID-19 Policy Resources for Parents and Caregivers
PBS – How to Talk to Your Kids About Coronavirus
PBS -Preschool Learning at Home
Yale School of Medicine Child Study Center Scholastic Collaboration (NEW!)
Gallery: At-Home Activities
Teachers and families are working together to keep their children on schedule and in a routine. Through messaging apps, email, and other technology, teachers and families are staying in contact with one another and making the most of social distancing.
Cotaco At-home Activities Week 1
Families share work of their littles with teachers through messaging apps.
Cotaco At-home Activities Week 1
Creativity takes no break for enrolled children.
Cotaco At-home Activities Week 1
Families are helping keep their children’s schedules and routines by keeping them engaged at home.
Rylan Makes a Handprint Flower
Cotaco Head Start students stay engaged at home with activities provided by teaching staff.
Kimber Traces Letters
Cotaco Head Start students stay engaged at home with activities provided by teaching staff.
Abby Makes Patterns
Cotaco Head Start students stay engaged at home with activities provided by teaching staff.
UAH Birthday Surprise
A UAH students misses his birthday at school but his teachers surprise him at home.
Haleyville At Home 2
Haleyville At Home 1
Haleyville At Home 3
Braden and Mason playing with dad
abby working with dad
Home School
Gallery: Family Care Packages
Classroom staff have been working to prepare care packages of water bottles, food, and basic necessities that will go out beginning the week of March 16 to households with enrolled infants/toddlers/preschoolers.
Russellville Care Packages
Russellville staff put together family care packages for distribution during the COVID-19 shutdown.
Moulton Care Packages
Moulton staff shop for family care package items that will be distributed during the COVID-19 shutdown.
Limestone Co Care Packages
Limestone County staff pick up items for family care packages during the COVID-19 shutdown.
Hamilton Care Packages
Family care packages are ready for distribution during the COVID-19 shutdown.
Decatur City Care Packages
Decatur City is full of activity as staff prepare family care packages to distribute during the COVID-19 shutdown.
Albertville Care Packages
Albertville staff line up for prepping family care packages for COVID-19 shutdown.
Vivian Conatser-Turner Care Packages
Staff shop for family care packages during the COVID-19 shutdown.
Garden City B Care Packages
Garden City Head Start staff prepare family care packages for distribution during the COVID-19 shutdown. (NOTE: pre-school closing date)
Cotaco Care Packages
Cotaco staff prepare family care packages for the COVID-19 shutdown. (NOTE: pre-school closing date)
VCT Care Packages
Staff member Cindy Nuss makes up care packages for enrolled families at Vivian Conatser-Turner Early Learning Center
Arab Blountsville Locust Fork Care Packages 2
Staff get family care packages together for COVID-19 shutdown in Arab, Blountsville, and Locust Fork.
Arab Blountsville Locust Fork Care Packages 3
Staff are priority one in Arab, Blountsville, and Locust Fork as staff prepare family care packages to distribute during the COVID-19 shurdown.
Arab Blountsville Locust Fork Care Packages 4
Family care packages are ready to distribute in Arab, Blountsville, and Locust Fork during the COVID-19 shutdown.
Arab Blountsville Locust Fork Care Packages
Care package ingredients for COVID-19 shutdown.
West Decatur Care Packages
West Decatur’s Mrs. Johnson assembles family care packages for distribution during the COVID-19 shutdown.
UAH Care Packages
UAH staff prepared family care packages for families with enrolled infants, toddlers, and preschoolers.
Danville Care Packages 3
Danville staff prepare family care packages for delivery during the COVID-19 shutdown.
Scottsboro Care Packages 2
Care packages assembled by Scottsboro staff for distribution to families during the COVID-19 shutdown.
Sheffield Care Packages 1
Sheffield staff prepare family care packages for the COVID-19 shutdown.
Crossville Care Packages 1
DeKalb Co Vicki Loading Water
DeKalb County staff prepare care packages for families affected by COVID-19 shutdown. (NOTE: pre-school closing date)
DeKalb Co-Jessica & Theresa
DeKalb County staff prepare care packages for families affected by COVID-19 shutdown. (NOTE: pre-school closing date)
Fort Payne Care Packages 2
Fyffe Care Packages 1
Hazlewood Care Packages
Knowledge Care Packages 4
Knowledge Care Packages 5
Knowledge staff deliver care packages to enrolled families to prepare for the COVID-19 school shutdowns.
Knowledge Care Packages 6
Lacey’s Spring Care Packages 1
Leon Sheffield Care Packages 1
Leon Sheffield Care Packages 2
Ratchford A Care Packages
Ratchford Care Packages 2
DeKalb Co – Leigh & Jessica
DeKalb County staff prepare care packages for families affected by COVID-19 shutdown. (NOTE: pre-school closing date)
DeKalb Co Loading Water – Jessica P.
Fort Payne Care Packages 1
East Acres Care Packages 1
East Acres Care Packages 3
Russellille Hooper Care Package Delivery
Russellville staff make care package deliveries to enrolled families in preparation for COVID-19 school shutdowns.
Russellville Abernathy Care Package Delivery
Russellville staff deliver care packages to enrolled families in preparation for COVID-19 school shutdowns.
UAH Care Packages 2
UAH staff deliver necessities to the doors of enrolled families.
Scottsboro Care Packages 4
Scottsboro staff work together to get care packages ready for delivery.
Garden City Care Packages 1
Garden City Pre-K teacher Courtney Glenon drops off at-home activities with care packages to an enrolled family. (NOTE: pre-school closing date)
Garden City Care Packages 2
Garden City Pre-K staff make care package deliveries to families affected by COVID-19. (NOTE: pre-school closing date)
Hazlewood Care Packages 8
Hazlewood staff practice social distancing when delivering care packages.
Hazlewood Care Packages 6
Hazlewood staff practice social distancing when delivering care packages.
Hazlewood Care Packages 4
Hazlewood staff deliver care packages to families affected by COVID-19 in preparation for school shutdowns.
Susan Moore Care Packages 1
Susan Moore staff deliver care packages to enrolled families in preparation for COVID-19 school shutdowns.
Susan Moore Care Packages 2
Russellville Care Packages 5
Russellville Care Packages 4
VCT Care Packages 11
Vivian Conatser-Turner family care packages ready for delivery before the statewide school shutdown
VCT Care Packages 9
Vivian Conatser-Turner staff prepare family care packages before the statewide school shutdown
VCT Staff Care Package Shopping
Vivian Conatser-Turner staff shop for family care packages before the statewide school shutdown
Limestone Care Packages WK2 1
Preparations underway for the safe delivery of family care packages.
Care Package Delivery
Families received materials for their children as they prepared for schools to closed and their children to learn from home.
Care Package Delivery
Families received materials for their children as they prepared for schools to closed and their children to learn from home.
Care Package Delivery
Families received materials for their children as they prepared for schools to closed and their children to learn from home.
Care Package Delivery
Families received materials for their children as they prepared for schools to closed and their children to learn from home.
Gill 6
Families received materials for their children as they prepared for schools to closed and their children to learn from home.
Care Package Delivery
Families received materials for their children as they prepared for schools to closed and their children to learn from home.