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ECC at Home
ECC Resources for Days at Home
For days off and days at home, we've compiled a helpful list of videos, links and activities for you and your preschooler.
Sample Daily Schedule
Videos
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Daniel Tiger Goes Into Quarantine For Season 5 of ‘Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood’
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VBSECC Channel on YouTube
Visit our very own VBS ECC video channel on YouTube! Watch ECC online all in one place! -
Rock Zen Roll Yoga
Stay healthy and calm with Cheryl and Rachel of Rock Zen Roll Yoga on YouTube. Namaste!
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Jason Mesches Music
Party with Jason's Power Hour LIVE! on YouTube mornings at 10:00am.
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Story Time with PJ Library
PJ Library Story Time new content on Facebook every weekday at 8:00am and 10:00am. Live content, stories, songs, projects and more from the PJ Library in Los Angeles team.
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Stories with ECC Staff and Clergy
- "I Wonder" Abby Mars
- "Dragons Love Tacos" Renee Kalmanson
- "The Book with No Pictures"Claire Berger
- "Going on a Bear Hunt" Molly Mills
- "I am Human" Daniella Latini
- "Where the Wild Things Are" Suzana Tsimerman
- "Be Kind" Nina Gerszt
- "Silly Little Goose" Sam Miller
- "Curious George" Ezra Fields-Meyer
- Claire's Cooking Club | Claire Berger
- Feinstein Fairytales | Rabbi Ed Feinstein
- "Sheldon the Shabbos Dog" Rabbi Ed Feinstein
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Activity Resources
- Jewish Ed Project ECC and Family Engagement Resources Pinterest page
- KIDVILLE: A virtual community of curated videos, resources, projects and live streaming
- Common Sense Media: Resources for Families During the Coronavirus Pandemic
- Google Children's Center Resource Guide
- The Stay at Home Survival Guide: Preschool Activities
- Fun Things to do with Preschoolers
- Kids Sensory Play Ideas
- Mindfulness Activities
- Mindfulness Apps for Kids
- Meditation Apps for Kids
- Printable Scavenger Hunt Activity
- 100 things to do while stuck inside due to a pandemic
- Mad Science at-home experiments
- Kinedu: An early childhood development app with over 1,800 easy-to-follow video activities for ages 0-4 that provides creative, science-based at-home activities for parents to engage with their children.
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KODO: Kodo has opened up FREE Virtual Learning courses using the codes below.
Infant and Toddler Engineering Code: freeitvl32
Demystifying Engineering in Early Childhood Code: freedevl32
Introduction to Physics with Children Code: freephysics32
Enhancing the Environment to Foster Engineering Code: freeenvironment32Nurturing Computational Thinking in Early Childhood Code: freencvl32
Uncovering STEM through Play Code: freestem32
Learning Approaches to Foster Engineering Code: freelavl32
Investigation Based Teaching Practices Code: freeibtp
STEM to STEAM: Adding the Arts Code: freesteamvl32
Adult Child Interactions to Foster Engineering Code: freeacvl32
Recommended Instagram Accounts to Follow
- @dr.organicmommy
- @janetlansbury (parenting advice)
- @hand_in_hand_parenting (parenting advice)
- @sweetmommyhood (activities)
- @play_at_home_mummy (activities)
- @playful_wren (activities)
- @perfectpreschoolplans
Corona-Related Questions
- A good way to explain quarantine and Corona Virus to young children
- What are the rules for playdates during the Corona Virus crisis?
- A Corona Virus Guide for Parents
- BJE Family Resources
- Sanity Saving Ideas for Parents with Kids Off School
- The Secret to Keeping Your Kids Happy, Busy and Learning if Their School Closes Due to Coronavirus Keeping Children Engaged at Home: Having kids at home and away from school is a new dynamic for households and many parents/caregivers are wondering how to keep young ones engaged and learning. Susie Allison wrote an excellent article for Time Magazine detailing the importance of setting a routine and offers some excellent at-home activities.
Talking to Young Children About Race
- Best moments from CNN and Sesame Street's town hall on racism for kids and parents:
CNN partnered with "Sesame Street" for a special town hall about racism, giving both kids and parents an opportunity to explore the current moment the nation is living through and to understand how these issues affect people.
Wed, March 5 2025
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