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Grief During Holidays: How Parents Can Help Children

Loss can feel very tough during the holiday season. As we enter the winter months, here is some wisdom for families experiencing grief, particularly around the loss of a loved one.

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Adapting Holiday Traditions During Coronavirus

With COVID-19, many families won’t celebrate the holidays in the same way. Here’s one mom’s idea for adapting traditions and adding in some kindness to the holidays this year.

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Practicing Gratitude and Honoring the Real Story

This thanksgiving, help your child build critical thinking skills and give them a true understanding of all there is to be thankful for.

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Finding Gratitude During Difficult Times

How can parents encourage gratitude during times of stress or crisis? Here are some meaningful ways you can help your kids count their blessings during the holiday season.

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Raising Grateful Kids: Giving Thanks is Good for the Soul

From modeling gratitude to sharing "good things" each day, these ideas for expressing thanks can help your family remember all of the goodness that fills your lives.

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For Greater Happiness Teach Gratitude

How can we as parents fit more opportunities to express gratitude into our already packed schedules? Try a few of these strategies.

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Thanksgiving | All About Holidays

Thanksgiving is a day for us to remember what we're thankful for. Uncover the history behind this holiday!

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Simple Family Friendly Thanksgiving Traditions

Thanksgiving offers the perfect opportunity to take a moment and be grateful. Learn how these families made special traditions of their own.

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Thankful Tree

Celebrate the beauty of autumn while illustrating all of the wonderful things your family is grateful for this Thanksgiving!

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Picture Books to Help You Slow Down and Say Thanks

Gratitude is good for the soul. This Thanksgiving, pick up one of these books to read aloud with your children and spark conversations about what makes them feel grateful.

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Books to Inspire Gratitude

What does it mean to be thankful? Explore book recommendations from PBS KIDS that can help educate your kids on the importance of gratitude.

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Native American Stories

The stories of Indigenous people are rich and varied. Celebrate Native American Heritage Month by reading these diverse experiences & histories with your kids.

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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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Native American Heritage Month

November is Native American Heritage Month, which honors Indigenous people living in the U.S. before the arrival of Europeans. Learn more about the origins of this observance.

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Amazing Effects of Gratitude

Taking time to be grateful is good for your body and mind!

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Play and Learn at Home With PBS KIDS

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Why Children Still Need to Read and Draw Maps

In a GPS world, do kids really need to learn how to read a map? Absolutely! Map reading helps to build children's spatial reasoning skills and make sense of our world.

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Managing Emotions as Parents

Holding it together during high-stress moments is one of most important skills we can develop as parents. Here are some ideas to help you take a moment to stay calm and collected.

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Getting Along: How Arthur Can Help Your Child Manage Friends

Watching Arthur can teach kids a lot about friendship. Here are some tips to help your children navigate their relationships with friends.

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How to be Kind When You Feel So Mad

With young children, one of the most essential ways to incorporate radical kindness into our interactions is to embrace the power of the pause.

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Helping Our Children Love their Differences

We can make having those tough conversations about what makes us different easier by teaching our children empathy, understanding, and kindness.

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Play Pretend: How to Include Others

Playing make-believe is one way for kids to work through tricky social scenarios. Here's how to use pretend play to help your child practice ways to include others.

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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 Engineering App

With the new PBS KIDS Play and Learn Engineering app, kids can design machines, build towers with robots and problem-solve through an obstacle course while exploring STEM concepts.

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Read-Along with PBS KIDS

Along with story-time of a beloved book, each PBS KIDS Read-Along is designed to encourage engagement among families with activity ideas and questions that spark conversation.

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Thanksgiving Turkey Craft

Make this Thanksgiving turkey craft with your kids and help them understand the meaning of gratitude via art.

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DIY: Gobbler Glove

Turn an ordinary glove into a gobbling turkey this Thanksgiving and put on a pre-dinner puppet show!

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10 Favorite Side Dishes for Thanksgiving

A round up of 10 favorite side dishes to serve for Thanksgiving and the holidays.

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How to Roast the Perfect Thanksgiving Turkey

This year, roast your Thanksgiving turkey in confidence. Just follow these simple tips and the recipe below. Enjoy!

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Turkey Finger Puppet

Create fun turkey finger puppets to entertain your Thanksgiving guests!

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Paint A Thanksgiving Turkey with Tissue Paper

This Thanksgiving craft becomes a hands-on science experiment using non-colorfast tissue paper and a little water to make a colorful turkey.

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Make A Mosaic

Mosaics are beautiful pictures made from colorful tiles of different shapes and sizes. Help your child make an inspiring mosaic that they can share with family and friends.

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Make A Galloping Unicorn

Encourage your child to use their imagination to create a unicorn using recycled materials.

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Understanding Your Child’s Temperament

A child’s behavior and approach to the world are shaped by his experiences and especially by his interactions with you.

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Digital Literacy: Raising Tech & Media Savvy Kids

Want your children to grow up to be tech-savvy — while avoiding the risks that inappropriate content might bring?

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Grandparents Who Care

Many of us are "sharing the care" with grandparents. Learn how we can support them while they provide unconditional love to our kids.

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How Media Can Build Empathy in Young Children

Kids who practice empathy are able to recognize what other people are thinking or feeling, then respond with care and compassion.

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How to Help Your Quiet Child Speak Up

Many children struggle to assert their thoughts and feelings. Try these strategies to help your little one learn to stand up to negative behavior.

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How to Help Kids Who Are Too Hard on Themselves

One bad experience doesn’t equate being the worst at something -- but it can be hard for kids. Here are some reasons children might talk themselves down & tips for how to help.

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Classic Pumpkin Pie

This classic pumpkin pie recipe is dense, perfectly spiced, not overly sweet and is the only pie you need Thanksgiving Day.

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Bacon Apple Stuffins Recipe

Stuffing baked in muffin tins make the perfect side dish to your holiday meal.

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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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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.