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Help Your Child Handle a Virtual Learning Meltdown

If you parent or care for school-aged children, you probably know the virtual learning meltdown well by now. Here are a few ideas to help you and your child get through it.

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Growing as a Reader

Talk with, listen to, read to, and write with your kids. The resources in this collection are designed to help kids grow into curious readers and lifelong learners.

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How to Raise A Self-Confident Girl

Self-confident girls grow up to be amazing women! Here are five ways to nurture self-confidence. Parents, how do you encourage your daughters?

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How to Raise Kids Who Can Speak Up

While some kids are more naturally assertive than others, assertiveness skills can be taught.

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Help Your Child Overcome Self- Doubt

It’s okay to question our abilities at times; it’s what we do to overcome that feeling that’s important.

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How to Teach Children About Cultural Awareness and Diversity

When kids have questions about people who look different than they do, how do you respond? 

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15 Children’s Books to Celebrate Women’s History Month

In honor of Women’s History Month, here are 15 such books about impactful and inspirational historic and modern-day women who have made an important mark on the world.

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Best Children’s Books for Celebrating Spring

Bunnies, flowers, and books! Celebrate the arrival of spring — and Read Across America Day — with these great reads from PBS KIDS.

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Diverse Children’s Books About Strong Girls

Here are a few titles featuring a variety of diverse girls that encourage young readers to investigate the world, find their voice, take action and follow their dreams.

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6 Ways to Explore Nature with Preschoolers

Getting outside with preschoolers and exploring nature is a perfect way to learn about science. Here are 6 ways from Elinor Wonders Why to explore nature with your preschooler.

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Solve an A-mazie-ng Letter Maze

Looking for a way to help your child learn their letters? Create a letter maze! In this maze, your child will practice letter recognition to solve the maze from start to finish.

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Discover Animals and Their Habitats Through Books

If your child loves Wild Kratts, here are some books that will spark their curiosity and teach them more about animals and their habitats!

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Help Kids Develop a Healthy Body Image

By laying a strong foundation of healthy attitudes, we can prepare our kids to enter adolescence, when body image issues skyrocket.

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3 Words that Reframe “How Was Your Day?”

Every day has ups and downs. By sharing our yay, oops, and blah moments, we normalize the fact that nearly every day contains all three feelings.

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5 Ways to Help Your Child Think Like a Scientist

Young kids love to experiment, explore, and figure out how the world works – and that is the heart of thinking like a scientist!

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Treating Others Fairly

It's important for kids to learn about race and racism through honest conversations with the trusted grown-ups in their lives. 

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Why and How to Talk to Your Child About Racism

Conversations about racism will look different to each family, but it’s important to talk to children about race and racism. Here are some tips.

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3 Ideas to Support Your Family’s Anti-Racism Journey

Anti-racism is the practice of working to eliminate the unfair treatment of people based on the color of their skin. Some things to do to begin your family's anti-racism journey.

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Interactive PBS KIDS Schedule

Find learning games and activities matched to your favorite PBS KIDS shows.

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At-Home Learning

At-Home Learning continues with our back-to-school edition to support families and educators with new digital resources and hands-on activities aligned to our PBS KIDS broadcast.

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Daily Activities Calendar

Find fun, daily activities and crafts to do with your children using items in your home and a few basic supplies.

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Women’s History Month

March is Women's History Month, a month where we learn about and celebrate the women who have changed the world and the women in our lives.

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MARTHA SPEAKS Reading Buddies Program

Explore the "Martha Speaks" Reading Buddies collection and inspire a love of words, books, and reading in your students today and year-round.

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Play and Learn at Home With PBS KIDS

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Get Smart with the Arts

Arts activities not only help children learn, they also provide wonderful opportunities to build self-confidence and self-expression.

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Raising the Next Frida Kahlo or Pablo Picasso

From scribbles to stick figures, watching little artists learn new skills is exciting!

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Exploring New Cultures With Your Child in Let’s Go Luna!

Understanding that each of us comes from a unique cultural background is the first step toward learning to respect each other’s differences.

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It Takes Two: The Roots of Language Learning

How do parents help their babies learn to communicate? Here’s some guidance based on recent research that provides parents a roadmap for building their babies' language skills.

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What’s So Terrible About Two

Two-year-olds have a serious reputation for being The Worst. But are they really any worse than kids of other ages?

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Parenting Without Power Struggles

Power struggles are natural for young children and their parents. Here are six ways to help avoid them and enforce limits.

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Chore Ideas for Kids Ages 2 to 8

Everyone benefits when kids engage in household chores! Here are some tips for tackling chores with kids. 

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Making Mistakes is Part of Learning

Making mistakes is part of learning. Here are four reasons why making mistakes is actually good for your child.

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Helping Kids Express Anger Without Hitting or Biting

A big part of parenting is helping our kids understand their emotions and then respond in a way that does not hurt themselves or others.

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Ice Science Experiment

This cool science experiment shows how different variables impact how quickly ice melts.

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Nature Observation Bingo

"Listen, see and follow your curiosity" in this outdoor bingo game.

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Sink or Float: The Ice Block Science Experiment

Get your child thinking about why some things float and some sink with this easy activity that freezes toys into an ice block. 

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What Makes the Sea Rise

Try this experiment with your child to investigate how melting glaciers can cause the sea level to rise and change the Earth's landscape.

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Learn at Home with PBS KIDS

The 2020-2021 school year is going to look different for families across the country. PBS KIDS is here to help no matter what learning situation your family is facing this year.

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Play and Learn Science App

Play with shadows, control the weather and roll and slide objects down a ramp, all in the free PBS KIDS Play & Learn Science App!

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Applying Interactive Reading in Everyday Life

Research has shown that interactive reading can increase a kid’s IQ by six points or more. It is a wonderful and free way to make a real difference in a child’s life.

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Books to Excite Your Child’s Mathematical Imagination

Here are a few picture books that skillfully weave in mathematical concepts and increase their comfort level with math.

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Children’s Books About Peace

Even the best of friends sometimes have problems they must work out. Try "Dog and Bear: Two's Company" and other bedtime stories to share this lesson with little ones!

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11 Picture Books to Celebrate Diversity

This picture book celebrates diversity by showing how children in one classroom all grow and learn from each other’s traditions.

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Spiced Oatmeal Muffins

It seems like everyone loves oatmeal muffins! This hearty and healthy snack will power your child’s daily adventures.

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Healthier Homemade Oreos

Learn how to make a healthier version of homemade Oreos using buckwheat flour and blended cashews.

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14 Low-Stress Tips for Virtual Learning Routines

Virtual learning can be frustrating for children and grown-ups. Here are one mom’s ideas for adding routine and making the most of this new learning environment.

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Helping Children Learn What’s Real on the Internet

The internet is complicated with lots of information out there. So what can you do to help find what’s true online? Here are 10 tips to help you and your child search together.

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Benefits of Teaching Children to See Race

To teach our children to be “colorblind” eliminates the beautiful diversity of our communities.

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3 Ideas to Support Your Family’s Anti-Racism Journey

Anti-racism is the practice of working to eliminate the unfair treatment of people based on the color of their skin. Some things to do to begin your family's anti-racism journey.

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Why and How to Talk to Your Child About Racism

Conversations about racism will look different to each family, but it’s important to talk to children about race and racism. Here are some tips.

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What’s Race? Having the Conversation with Young Children

Families should be talking more about race so that we can understand it. Dr. Aisha White explains what race is, and how grown-ups can talk about it with young children.

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How to Talk Honestly with Children About Racism

Talking with young children about race and racism is tough and important. Here are ideas to help you prepare for conversations, ask questions, and model anti-racist behavior.

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How to Use Children’s Books to Talk About Race and Racism

Here are seven ways Dr. White recommends using picture books (with questions and conversation starters!) to talk about race and racism.

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Using Media to Talk with Children About Race

Parents can create opportunities to talk about race through regular media use. Here are a few ways to make everyday media moments more meaningful.

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Arthur on Racism: Talk, Listen and Act

In this short, Arthur, Buster, and Mrs. MacGrady talk about ways we can all fight racism and stand up for what’s right.

MEET THE HELPERS

MEET THE HELPERS is a public media initiative designed to introduce children to community helpers and practice emergency preparedness.

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Preschool Learning at Home

Preschoolers learn best through exploring, using all of their senses to understand their world. Here are some resources to support your child's early learning.

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You, Me & Community – Together We Are the Key

PBS KIDS “You Me Community” music videos will help children explore the helpers that make up a community, and how to say thank-you to others.

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Thank You Neighbors Playlist

Learn about the people that make your community special! This PBS KIDS playlist is packed with songs and stories from your favorite TV shows

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How You and Your Kids Can Destress During Coronavirus

Feeling stressed, scared or anxious about the COVID-19 pandemic? Breathe. Use this and other strategies to help children – and yourself – navigate these feelings.

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PBS KIDS Healthy Habits Playlist

When Daniel is sick, he imagines that he is a germ-fighting superhero that can make all the germs go away!

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Germs Germs Go Away

"Germs, Germs Go Away. Don't come back any day" Use these tips from Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood to keep germs away by washing hands and coughing into your elbow.

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How to Talk to Your Kids About Corona Virus

With Coronavirus being a concern for grownups, kids might also be worrying. Here is how to talk about COVID-19 with your young children & ways to practice healthy habits.

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PBS KIDS Role Models

These PBS KIDS role models prove that you can be anything. Check out these inspiring videos featuring a doctor, astronomer, paleontologist, engineer, and two musicians.

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How to Choose & Use Apps for Your Child’s Learning

Keep in mind: apps don’t equal learning – they are potential tools for learning.

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Sign Up for the PBS KIDS Daily Newsletter

As schools across the country are closed due to COVID-19, PBS KIDS is here to help. New weekday newsletter offers activities & tips to help kids play & learn at home.

PBS KIDS Apps and More

Mini games that parents can play with their kids that teach reading and math concepts.

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Explore the Outdoors with PLUM LANDING

Play! Explore! Create! Share! Discover the wonders of our amazing planet with PLUM LANDING!

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Exploring new ways to keep kids learning. Anytime. Anywhere.