In addition to the wealth of resources found on Parent Education webpages, including resource packets, videos, articles, etc., below are a collection of online tools and home based ideas for families while schools are closed. If you have an idea to add to this page, please email ssdpeda@ssdmo.org
For Special School District of St. Louis County specific resources and updates related to COVID-19, please visit the SSD public website or visit Return to School Guidance
Please note that the compilation of resources below are based on suggestions from various organizations and do not constitute an endorsement from SSD. Please make sure to check any site or resource before sharing with your student.
2019 Novel Coronavirus Outbreak (COVID-19) Washington’s Department of Health offers information in 15 languages
Adrian-Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors Developed by parent leaders, access videos, materials, resources and more in Spanish.
Biblioteca Virtual Infantil offers e-books in Spanish.
BrainPop en Español The curriculum is comprised of short, animated movies as well as games, quizzes and interactive features in Spanish. Users practice the four principle language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing.
Chalk Academy offers links to free children’s books read in a variety of languages including Spanish, Vietnamese, Korean, Chinese, Arabic, French, German and many other languages.
Colorín Colorado offers resources for families that can be used for distance learning with English learners. They also appear to be growing their collecting of resources in response to the COVID-19 school closures, so more resources for distance learning may be available in the future.
Coronavirus: ELL and Multilingual Resources for Schools Colorin Colorado
Coronavirus Education Materials in Indigenous Languages, Dialects, and Spanish Rural Women's Health Project
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Multilingual Resources Amani Family Resources
Covibook: Supporting and Reassuring Children Around the World. Multiple languages. Mind Heart.
COVID-19 Health Literacy Project Resources in 35 different languages. Health Literacy Project
En Camino. A a comprehensive toolkit of educational resources that support Spanish-speaking families' aspirations for education and educational attainment and help create strong transition partnerships between programs and post-secondary educational institutions.
Hesperian Health Guides developed multilingual resources/fact sheets that are clearly written Coronavirus Fact Sheets. This fact sheet is available in 13 languages: English, Spanish, French, Chinese, Urdu, Bangla, Filipino, Vietnamese, Bahasa Indonesia, Farsi, Sindhi, Telugu, and Hindi on Hesperian Health Guides website. Fact sheets in Shona, Portuguese, Arabic, and Chichewa are on the way
How to Talking to Kids About the Coronavirus - Spanish - Child Mind Institute
Khan Academy En Español offers Khan Academy’s repository of video resources in Spanish.
Nasa Ciencias en Español offers solar system exploration (visuals, videos, graphics, simple text) in Spanish.
New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services resources in eight languages (including a video in American Sign Language)
NUMEROS IMPORTANTES PARA LOS SECTORES DE MISSOURI/ILLINOIS 211
Paco el Chato - PK-12 textbooks in many content areas in Spanish
PBS Learning Media: Recursos de PreK–12 para Cierres de Emergencia offers resources by grade level, pre-kindergarten through grade 12, in Spanish. Resources cover a variety of subject areas in Spanish and would be appropriate for multilingual programs.
A Round-Up of Multilingual Resources on COVID-19 Switchboard
Second Language Teaching and Research Center at the University of Utah (L2TReC) Resources in Mutliple language to support of all grades and languages continue their language learning during COVID-19 school closures
Tween Tribune Español is a collection of nonfiction articles and current events in Spanish for kids in grades K–12.
Spanish Children’s Stories - Spanish Experiment
STLJuntos Spanish language website with COVID-19 resources.
Talking to Children About COVID-19 (Coronavirus): A Parent Resource (Available in English, Spanish, Amharic, Chinese, and Korean) NASP
What to Know About Coronavirus
Spanish Translation: Lo que hay que saber sobre el coronavirus