Helendale School District
15350 Riverview Road • P.O. Box 249 • Helendale, CA 92342
Phone (760) 952-1180 • Fax (760) 952-1178
Resources & Information for Distance Learning 2020
Educational Resources
Get Audible FREE for your Kids!
During this time of shelter-in-place it’s important and challenging to make sure your kids are able to learn and be entertained, despite school closures. To address this, Audible is currently offering its service for FREE to school age kids. Visit stories.audible.com to find hundreds of titles for kids 0-18.
School Closures and Special Education
Do you have questions about maintaining your child’s need for special education during school closures? Learn more here: https://u.org/2QNaow9,
Get up and Get Moving!
Who says you can’t still have recess while learning from home? Go Noodle engages kids with movement and mindfulness through fun dance and activity videos for your kids to follow along with. Visit https://www.gonoodle.com/ to learn more.
Hear a Story Read by Your Favorite Celebrity!
Storyline Online features celebrities reading favorite children’s books. Stories can easily be accessed through Vimeo or YouTube, and are free. Each story comes with an online activity guide for parents that describes the themes of the book and offers age-appropriate discussion questions. Get started: https://www.storylineonline.net/.
Mindfulness for Children and Families
This is a stressful time for parents and children alike, and many families are turning to exercise and yoga to cope. The Cosmic Kids Yoga channel on Youtube offers yoga and meditation classes for children ages 3+. Each class incorporates a kid-friendly theme- yoga can be done on the farm, under the sea, while going on a bear hunt, or with Moana. Get zen today: https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga.
Don’t Forget to Have Fun!
It’s important for kids to keep up with their education during school closures, but it’s also important for them to have fun! Being stuck at home doesn’t have to boring with these exciting hands-on activities that are sure to be fun for the whole family!
Get started: https://kidsactivitiesblog.com/.
https://www.capsbc.org/food-pantries
https://www.capsbc.org/food-bank
Senior Nutrition providers that are providing to-go meals:
http://hss.sbcounty.gov/daas/DOCS/COVID-19_DAAS.pdf (see pp. 2-3)
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No Kid Hungry Emergency Relief Grants Available. No Kid Hungry is offering real time funding and assistance for schools and community organizations that are finding new, innovative ways to make sure kids have access to the meals they need as schools close due to coronavirus. No Kid Hungry is providing emergency grants to support these local efforts like home delivered meals, grab and go meals programs, school and community pantries, backpack programs, and other steps to help reach children and families who lose access to meals. We’re providing $1 million in emergency grants immediately. If your organization needs funding to support these efforts, please submit your interest in receiving emergency grant funds: https://www.nokidhungry.org/coronavirus-grant-request. If you know of an organization or district who plans on applying they will need to email Daisy Munguia at [email protected] directly.
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Family Resources