The Learning Team
Tips to keep in mind as your child sets out on their learning adventure.
As you send your child off to school, it’s comforting to know you’re not alone on this learning journey—you’re on a team with their teacher. They will try to give your child the best possible experiences for learning and growing, and by staying involved in their learning experience, you’re helping them feel supported on this new adventure.
Here are some things to keep in mind as you form the learning team:
- You and your child’s teacher have the same goal: to provide safe spaces, with lots of love and care, where your child can explore and learn.
- Your approach to achieving these goals may be different from their teacher’s, since school and home are different! Reassure your child that those differences are okay: “You do things differently at school than you do at home. You’re going to learn a lot in both places!”
- Sharing your child’s home routines, language, and culture with their teacher can help the teacher interpret their behavior, and help them adjust to school. Ask the teacher about ways you can help them get used to the classroom.
Sesame Street App
Download the free, official Sesame Street app to watch videos and play fun, educational games in a kid-safe, ad-free environment!
Nature Is Everywhere
Nature is all around us — even on a city block — and it’s for everyone to notice, discover, observe, wonder about, and enjoy.
Outdoor Play in Every Way
Engaging with nature is an opportunity for wonder, hands-on discovery, and creativity — all building blocks for healthy development and future learning.
Another Monster at the End of this Book
This is an animated storybook app, which will humorously help teach your child early reading and logic skills.
Adult Teamwork in Children's Tough Moments
When it comes to supporting little ones with big feelings, providers and caregivers work better together!
Pop and Play with Elmo!
Wanna mix play and learning? Have your child read Pop and Play with Elmo! to explore counting and colors.
Potty Time with Elmo
Elmo reads this animated storybook in an app filled with games, songs, stickers and potty progress chart that all help ease your child through toilet training.