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Walton Family Foundation

A suite of resources to support young children, families, and educators.

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In the fall of 2020, the transition to back to school was made even more difficult because of new policies, such as wearing masks, and maintaining distance from peers and staff.

Many children and educators would embark on a year of virtual learning. So much was still unknown. Together with Walton Family Foundation, Sesame Workshop created a suite of resources to support young children, families, and educators with the social-emotional skills they’d need to stay positive and resilient in this time of transition.

New animations, articles for grown-ups, printable activities, social media assets, and webinars for providers focus on core resilience skills, such as flexible thinking, self-control, confidence, persistence, and staying positive. The animations and activities are available in English and Spanish, and are part of Sesame Workshop’s Caring for Each Other initiative, which was created in response to the uncertainty facing families during the COVID-19 pandemic and has reached families in over 90 countries and nearly 40 languages.

Sesame Street: Caring for Each Other

Abby talking to a friend in a mask.

New Friendships

Children need the support of the adults in their lives to help ease them back into familiar routines.

School Readiness
Ages 1–6
Julia and her family wearing masks.

A Trip to the Park

Sesame Street’s Julia and her family try to go to the park.

Building Flexibility
Ages 1–6
Karli making bracelets.

People Who Care for Me

In this video Karli is making a craft project that celebrate everyone that’s helped her through tough times. 

Social and Emotional Skills
Ages 1–6
A parent reading to a child.

Building Self-Confidence

Self-confidence is the steppingstone to mastering new things; by believing in themselves, children will find it easier to believe in their ability to succeed.

Parenting
Ages 1–6
A parent and child smiling giving the thumbs up.

Staying Positive

Focusing on the positive helps make negative moments seem more manageable.

Social and Emotional Skills
Ages 1–6
Two boys touching elbows while wearing masks.

New Friendships: We’ve Been Waiting

A year is a long time in a child’s life. Children need the support of the adults in their lives to help ease them back into familiar routines—and into friendships that have been restricted over the past year.

School Readiness
Ages 1–6
Friends: Old, New, and Kind of Oldish-Newish printable.

Friends: Old, New, and Kind of Oldish-Newish

A year is a long time in a child’s life. Children need the support of the adults in their lives to help ease them back into familiar routines—and into friendships that have been restricted over the past year.

School Readiness
Ages 1–6
A Change of Plans coloring page.

A Change of Plans

A printable to help kids adjust to change of plans. 

Learning Through Routines
Ages 1–6
Parent playing with their toddler.

We Are Flexible

Flexible thinking helps children adapt to changes and reframe challenges as opportunities.

Building Flexibility
Ages 1–6
Elmo on the laptop.

Whole Body Listening

In this video, Elmo and his classmates are having trouble concentrating because they have the wiggles! 

Social and Emotional Skills
Ages 1–6
Using My Senses printable.

Using My Senses

Do this activity together with children and remind them that this is a strategy they can use anytime they need to calm down.

Calming Strategies
Ages 1–6
A child covering their mouth.

We Have Self Control

An article that offers strategies to help your child regulate their actions and thoughts.

Social and Emotional Skills
Ages 1–6
A child with their eyes closed and smiling.

Exercising Your Gratitude Muscle

Easy strategies that help children focus on reasons to be grateful can really help them get through challenging times.

Social and Emotional Skills
Ages 1–6
Abby Cadabby and her mom Maggie Cadabby.

Gratitude

Abby’s mom helps her use her senses to remember the things she’s thankful for.

Social and Emotional Skills
Ages 1–6
A Gratitude Scavenger Hunt

A Gratitude Scavenger Hunt

A fun and easy game that reminds kids (and grown-ups!) that there are lots of things to be thankful for.

Social and Emotional Skills
Ages 1–6
''People who care about me

A Caring Person

There are people that care about you in your life.

Social and Emotional Skills
Ages 1–6
Parent giving his child a piggy back ride.

Caring and Being Cared For

In tough times—and in all times—there are people who can help us handle big feelings, by talking with us, by listening to us, and by caring.

Coronavirus
Ages 1–6
Elmo and his dad Louie at the kitchen table.

Building Confidence with Elmo and Louie

Self-confidence is the steppingstone to mastering new things; by believing in themselves, children will find it easier to believe in their ability to succeed.

Parenting
Ages 1–6
I Can Calendar.

I Can Calendar

Self-confidence is the steppingstone to mastering new things; by believing in themselves, children will find it easier to believe in their ability to succeed.

Parenting
Ages 1–6
Abby and her mom Maggie Cadabby at the dinner table.

Smiles and Frowns

Focusing on the positive helps make negative moments seem more manageable.

Resilience
Ages 1–6
Sharing Smiles and Frowns coloring page.

Sharing Smiles and Frowns

Focusing on the positive helps make negative moments seem more manageable.

Social and Emotional Skills
Ages 1–6
Rosita at a picnic with a family.

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