Parent Resources

• Video created to explain coronavirus to kids: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPsY-jLqaXM&feature=youtu.be

Activities for Families and Students During School Closure:

• Journaling prompts for middle schoolers: https://www.journalbuddies.com/journal_prompts__journal_topics/writing-prompts-for-middle-school-kids/
• Free coloring pages: https://coloringhome.com/teenage-coloring-pages-free-printable
• Baking recipes: https://www.foodnetwork.com/topics/easy-baking

Ideas for Activities that Do Not Involve a Screen

1. Play board games as a family
2. Go for a walk outside
3. Go for a bike ride
4. Bake/cook for fun
5. Read a book
6. Write in a journal
7. Make a card or write a letter and mail it to a friend or family member
8. Make something out of all those Amazon boxes
9. Create experiments with supplies found around the house
10. Get a start on early spring yard work (if weather permits)
11. Practice an instrument
12. Create art

Articles about managing stress and coping with anxiety:

• Five ways to help teens deal with coronavirus anxiety: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/11/well/family/coronavirus-teenagers-anxiety.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimeswell&fbclid=IwAR3pxh-faP-VgxUS_p2kWfX9fVzEQfKM4yZj8VNFF7w1BQgGRjE277YgNiA
• CDC article about stress and coping: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prepare/managing-stress-anxiety.html?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fcoronavirus%2F2019-ncov%2Fabout%2Fcoping.html
• CDC article about helping children cope with emergency situations: https://www.cdc.gov/childrenindisasters/helping-children-cope.html
• Ways to avoid passing anxiety on to your kids: https://childmind.org/article/how-to-avoid-passing-anxiety-on-to-your-kids/
• Further ways to support kids during this COVID-19 Crisis: https://childmind.org/article/supporting-kids-during-the-covid-19-crisis/
• LA County Public Health Department tips about coping with stress during infectious disease outbreaks: http://www.publichealth.lacounty.gov/media/Coronavirus/CommunicableDisease-StrategiesForCoping.pdf
• Tips to manage your own stress during infectious disease outbreaks: https://store.samhsa.gov/system/files/sma14-4885.pdf
• Ways to take care of your mental health in the face of uncertainty: https://afsp.org/taking-care-of-your-mental-health-in-the-face-of-uncertainty/
• What to do and what not to do when your child is anxious: https://childmind.org/article/what-to-do-and-not-do-when-children-are-anxious/