Resources for Families
Parents, we know you are on triple duty—working, parenting and teaching from home—all while striving to keep your household healthy, fed and mentally balanced. Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered with these resources for you and your kids!
Apply for Meal Benefits Each School Year from the Kent School District
Breakfast and lunch are available at no cost or at a reduced price for qualifying students. Families
MUST
reapply each school year. Students who were on the program in the previous school year must submit an application within 30 days of the start of the new school year to avoid a gap in benefits.
Community Resources
There are many resources available to our community. Please follow the link for General Assistance, Rent Assistance, Food Assistance and more.
Tips for Parenting During the Coronavirus Crisis
- Action for Healthy Kids – COVID-19 and At Home Resources
- Talking to Kids about Coronavirus – Child Mind Institute
- FAQ Regarding COVID-19 – National PTA
- How to Talk to Your Child about the Coronavirus – Kids Health
- Parent/Caregiver Guide to Helping Families Cope with the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) – National Child Traumatic Stress Network
Learning From Home
- Mad Libs Learning Fun
- Stay Home Mad Libs
- Grade 1 Reading
- Grade 2 Reading
- Learning Together at Home (en español), Colorín Colorado
- Learning Language Every Day: Activities for Families (en español), WIDA
- Fun Math at Home, Bedtime Math
- Teach Your Kids How to be Internet Awesome, Google
- Learn Computer Science at Home, Code.org
- Learn from Anywhere, Office Depot
- Wide Open School, CommonSense Media
- A Parent’s Guide to Virtual Learning, National Center for Learning Disabilities
- Resources for Out-of-School Time, National Center for Families Learning
- Your Home School Coach, Springboard Collaborative
- How to Home-School During the Coronavirus (Free Resources), The Today Show
- Get Your Family into the Reading Habit, Our Children Magazine
- Make Learning Fun and Easy (Home Activity Guide), National Inventors Hall of Fame
- “Quarantined” Mom: Day 4, Learning Heroes
- Don’t Have the Internet? Get Two Months FREE Service, Access from AT&T
- Free Online Events and Activities for Kids at Home, Common Sense Media
- Apps for Students with Special Needs, Edutopia
Resources for Educators
Teachers and Administrators, we sincerely appreciate all that you do. We are here to support you, the “T” in PTA, as you adapt to these extraordinary circumstances. These resources are available from the National PTA website.
Tips for Teaching From Home
- Supporting English Learners' Social-Emotional Learning in a Virtual Classroom, TESOL
- An Educator’s Guide to Virtual Learning: 4 Actions to Support Students With Disabilities and Their Families, NCLD
- Best practices for Remote Learning, GoGuardian
- 4 Tips for Teachers Shifting to Teaching Online, Edutopia
- 10 Strategies for Online Learning, The International Society for Technology in Education
Tools for Teaching From Home
- 30 Educational Netflix Shows, We are Teachers
- Webinar: Teaching Online During COVID-19, Council for Exceptional Children
- Teach from Home Step-by-Step Setup, Google & UNESCO
- Top Tools by Grade and Subject for Learning During School Closures, CommonSense Media
- Free Online Arts Curriculum for Students in Grades K-5, ArtsEd Washington
- The Real-Time Curriculum Project, The Real-Time Curriculum Project
- Coronavirus: Multilingual Resources for Schools, Colorín Colorado
