We will be regularly adding to our online resource library to support children’s ongoing learning.
Free, Open-Access Web Resources
The resources listed below are free, open-access web resources. Families are encouraged to access these resources to support learning outside of the classroom environment.
Simply Kinder has put together a list of virtual field trips that are available online. Check it out in this article!
Storyline Online is offering free read-alouds of children’s books. You can access their library of titles here.
This website was put together by one of our speech pathologists in the Ed Center. It includes a number of free educational resources and materials to use for speech at home.
Check out these video tutorials from our occupational therapy department. They show how to work on simple fine motor tasks with common household items.
The Creative Curriculum has a number of resources available on their website, including a Healthy at Home toolkit for families to use. You can access it here.
BrainPOP (upper elementary) and BrainPOP Jr. are websites used in our classrooms that have short, informational videos about topics related to reading, writing, math, science, social studies, and much more.
Technology Resource Bulletin: Many of our students favorite online resources are found on YouTube. This Technology Resource Bulletin contains links to Barefoot Books and other useful videos commonly used in our classrooms, along with instructions on how to make watching them educational.
Positive Behavior Supports are strategies we use in our classrooms to prevent, manage, and improve challenging behaviors. This PowerPoint presentation contains information about challenging behaviors, reinforcement, and strategies parents can use to help improve behavior.
GoNoodle contains many movements and mindfulness videos that our students use during classroom time.
This pamphlet from the Department of Education offers guidance on Early Childhood Instructional Resources that can be utilized during this time of distance learning. It offers activity ideas in the areas of play, language, art, science, math, reading, and much more.
Starfall is a website that focus on ABCs and 123s for our younger learners.
Kids Activities Blog has compiled a list of all the authors and illustrators who are doing online story times, listed by day and time they will be occurring.
This article explains how to create a safe, sensory friendly backyard landscape for a child with special needs.
This article from Very Well Health explains some causes for anxiety in children with autism and techniques to help and assist them when they experience interfering behaviors.
The Department of Health is offering parents a chance to give their input in regards to how New York State can best support families with children who have physical, medical, emotional, or learning needs. Click here for information regarding this opportunity.
This list of technology resources focuses on helping students remain calm and identifying their emotions through meditation and other methods.
Brandow Law is offering a free hands-on workshop designed to assist parents and prospective guardians in completing the New York State Surrogate’s Court 17-A guardianship petition, line-by-line.
The Food Education Fund has created a space to share resources and information about available food sources for families in New York City, including free school meals at local schools, regardless of if the child attends the school.
Long Island Cares distributes food through a network of member agencies in Nassau and Suffolk Counties. This link to their food locator shows locations of local food pantries. They also offer a Children’s Mobile Breakfast Food Truck on weekends.
Island Harvest offers a numbers of food pantries across Long Island. You can locate by entering your ZIP code into their pantry locator found here.
