Caring For Each Other Resources
Your friends on Ahlan Simsim are here to support you during the COVID-19 health crisis. We know that these are stressful times, and families everywhere are creating a new sense of normalcy. So our website is filled with content you can use to spark playful learning, offer children comfort, and focus a bit on yourself, too. The resources below can help your family play, learn, and breathe deeply together—and we'll keep adding more in days and weeks to come, including new messages from your Ahlan Simsim pals. Stay tuned for more! #CaringForEachOther
Storybooks
Kindness
Kindness Saves the Day
Big Feelings
Elmo's Big Feelings
Using your imagination
Let's Play
Understanding germs/virus
Staying Healthy
Kindness Saves the Day
Kindness Saves the Day
Topic: Social Emotional Learning
Detailed Goal: Kindness
Audience: Children 3-8
Did you know that we all have a special superpower? We all have the power to be kind! Being kind to one another helps make the world a better place. Read this book with your child(ren) to find out how the Sesame friends use their superpowers. How do you use your kindness superpower?
Elmo's Big Feelings
Elmo's Big Feelings
Topic: Social Emotional Learning
Detailed Goal: Big Feelings
Audience: Children 3-8
Children can experience big feelings in uncertain times, when their routines change, or when things don’t go as planned. Read this storybook with your child(ren) to find out how Elmo coped with the big feelings he experienced after his plans changed.
Let's Play
Let's Play
Topic: Learning Through Play
Detailed Goal: Using your imagination
Audience: Children 3-8
Play can help develop your child’s vocabulary, build their muscle coordination, and can even decrease stress levels for you and your child! All you need to play is your imagination. Read this storybook to see how the Sesame Street friends use their imagination.
Staying Healthy
Staying Healthy
Topic: Environment and Health
Detailed Goal: Understanding germs/virus
Audience: Children 3-8
Safe and proper hygiene practices are critical to staying healthy. This storybook introduces your child to the concept of germs, mask hygiene, and the importance of handwashing.
Caregiver Resources
Taking care of oneself
Caring For Our Children
Virus facts, explaining to kids
Talking to Children About COVID-19
Taking care of oneself
We Are Safe and Together
Virus facts, explaining to kids
What is COVID-19?
Handwashing
Soap and Water are your friends - Bar of Soap
Caring For Our Children
Caring For Our Children
Topic: Environment and Health
Detailed Goal: Taking care of oneself
Audience: Children 3-8
Uncertainty can be stressful for both caregivers and their children. This infographic provides caregivers with tips on how to facilitate calm and positive interactions and conversations with their children.
Talking to Children About COVID-19
Talking to Children About COVID-19
Topic: Environment and Health
Detailed Goal: Virus facts, explaining to kids
Audience: Children 3-8
Talking to children about COVID-19 can be tricky. This infographic provides caregivers with simple language and tips to share with their children to help them stay healthy and feel safe.
We Are Safe and Together
We Are Safe and Together
Topic: Environment and Health
Detailed Goal: Taking care of oneself
Audience: Children 3-8
Taking care of ourselves is taking care of our families. This infographic provides tips on how you can take care of everyone in your family, including you!
What is COVID-19?
What is COVID-19?
Topic: Caregiver Resources
Detailed Goal: Virus facts, explaining to kids
Audience: Children 3-8
Helpful tips for caregivers to talk with children about the COVID-19 virus. These tips will help them feel safe and protected during this time.
Soap and Water are your friends - Bar of Soap
Soap and Water are your friends - Bar of Soap
Topic: Caregiver Resources
Detailed Goal: Handwashing
Audience: Children 3-8
Helpful tips for caregivers to talk to children about one of the best ways to prevent the spread of COVID-19 through proper hand-washing. Infographic shows how to properly and efficiently wash your hands with your little ones, make a game out of it, or sing favorite song!
Activities for Kids
Safe coughing and sneezing
How to Cough and Sneeze Safely
Handwashing
We Can Wash Our Hands
Handwashing
Washing Your Hands Maze
How to Cough and Sneeze Safely
How to Cough and Sneeze Safely
Topic: Environment and Health
Detailed Goal: Safe coughing and sneezing
Audience: Children 3-8
Practicing safe sneezing and coughing can help prevent the spread of germs. In this sheet, Grover teaches your child the three steps to safe sneezing and coughing.
We Can Wash Our Hands
We Can Wash Our Hands
Topic: Environment and Health
Detailed Goal: Handwashing
Audience: Children 3-8
Washing our hands properly helps us stay healthy. In this sheet, Raya helps your child understand how to properly was their hands.
Washing Your Hands Maze
Washing Your Hands Maze
Topic: Environment and Health
Detailed Goal: Handwashing
Audience: Children 3-8
Washing our hands throughout the day keep germs away. Invite your child to use their finger to trace Cookie Monster’s journey through this maze, and make sure he washes his hands along the way.
Videos
Daily Routine
Daily Routine
Feelings
Change those feelings
Safe adults
Need a bit of help
Kindness / Gratitude
Spread some kindness
Hopefulness
We love a parade
Establishing rules and remaining calm
Mae's Minute: Keeping Control
Talking about feelings with trusted adults
Mae's Minute: Circle of Saftey
Helping to identify and manage a child’s stress
Mae's Minute: Child Stress
Importance of self care
Mae's Minute: Self Care
Understanding germs/virs and Safe couging and sneezing
How to Sneeze with Elmo, Raya, and Tala
Safe coughing and sneezing
The Sneeze Song
Mask hygiene
Elmo Learns About Washing Masks
Handwashing
Staying Healthy with Elmo, Raya, and Tala
Importance of playing
Mae's Minute: Play is Powerful
Staying inside
Elmo's World News Special Report: Pretend Play
Exercising inside
Elmo's World News Special Report: Freeze Dance
Using imagination to play
Elmo's World News Special Report: Imagination
Recognizing and identifying shapes
Elmo's World News Special Report: Finding Shapes
Utilizing items around the house to play
Pop-Up Playtime with Raya and Grover: All Kinds of Play
Using “I wonder” questions when playing
Pop-Up Playtime with Raya and Grover: Wonder
Using creativity to make puppets, a world, and a story
Pop-Up Playtime with Raya and Grover: How to Make Your Own Story
Virus facts, explaining to kids
Mae's Minute: Talking to kids about Coronavirus
Safe coughing/sneezing
Elmo's World News Special Report: Cover Your Cough and Sneeze Dance
Understanding germs/virus
Pop-Up Playtime with Raya and Grover: Virus Facts
Health promotion
Pop-Up Playtime with Raya and Grover: Vaccines
Social distancing rationale/practice
Pop-Up Playtime with Raya and Grover: Social Distancing
Handwashing
Wash Hands Now (Levantine)
Handwashing
Washy Wash (Levantine)
Handwashing
Care for Yourself, Care for Others (Levantine)
Safe coughing and sneezing
Learn to Cough & Sneeze with Grover (Levantine)
Daily Routine
Daily Routine
Topic: Caring for yourself and others
Detailed Goal: Daily Routine
Audience: Children 3-8
Grover notices his Grandmonster is getting tired of being inside and brings the entertainment to her using creativity and some recyclables.
Change those feelings
Change those feelings
Topic: Caring for yourself and others
Detailed Goal: Feelings
Audience: Children 3-8
Cookie Monster has some big feelings after the cookies he baked disappear but his friend Raya helps to make him feel better.
Need a bit of help
Need a bit of help
Topic: Caring for yourself and others
Detailed Goal: Safe adults
Audience: Children 3-8
Elmo gets help from his parents, Mae and Louie, to create an instrument out of recyclable materials, after Cookie Monster provides some musical inspiration.
Spread some kindness
Spread some kindness
Topic: Caring for yourself and others
Detailed Goal: Kindness / Gratitude
Audience: Children 3-8
Basma and Jad show their gratitude after receiving a musical present from Elmo.
We love a parade
We love a parade
Topic: Caring for yourself and others
Detailed Goal: Hopefulness
Audience: Children 3-8
All of Grover’s friends make Grandmonster feel happy by putting on their masks and having an outdoor parade.
Mae's Minute: Keeping Control
Mae's Minute: Keeping Control
Topic: Caring for yourself and others
Detailed Goal: Establishing rules and remaining calm
Audience: Children 3-8
Mae takes a minute to help caregivers create a calm environment for children by setting rules and taking deep breaths.
Mae's Minute: Circle of Saftey
Mae's Minute: Circle of Saftey
Topic: Caring for yourself and others
Detailed Goal: Talking about feelings with trusted adults
Audience: Children 3-8
Mae takes a minute to encourage caregivers to provide their child with adults, other than themselves, to talk about what’s bothering them.
Mae's Minute: Child Stress
Mae's Minute: Child Stress
Topic: Caring for yourself and others
Detailed Goal: Helping to identify and manage a child’s stress
Audience: Children 3-8
Mae takes a minute to talk to caregivers about identifying when a child is feeling stressed and how to manage it.
Mae's Minute: Self Care
Mae's Minute: Self Care
Topic: Caring for yourself and others
Detailed Goal: Importance of self care
Audience: Children 3-8
Mae takes a minute from her break to encourage caregivers to find time for themselves during their busy day.
How to Sneeze with Elmo, Raya, and Tala
How to Sneeze with Elmo, Raya, and Tala
Topic: Environment and Health
Detailed Goal: Understanding germs/virs and Safe couging and sneezing
Audience: Children 3-8
Germs can spread many ways, one way is through sneezing. Join Elmo, Raya, and Tala to learn more about how we can reduce the spread of germs through proper sneezing etiquette.
The Sneeze Song
The Sneeze Song
Topic: Environment and Health
Detailed Goal: Safe coughing and sneezing
Audience: Children 3-8
Proper sneezing etiquette is important in reducing the spread of germs. Listen to the narrated storybook to learn more about how to cover your sneeze.
Elmo Learns About Washing Masks
Elmo Learns About Washing Masks
Topic: Environment and Health
Detailed Goal: Mask hygiene
Audience: Children 3-8
Listen to the storybook with your child to learn about the importance of washing your mask.
Staying Healthy with Elmo, Raya, and Tala
Staying Healthy with Elmo, Raya, and Tala
Topic: Environment and Health
Detailed Goal: Handwashing
Audience: Children 3-8
Washing our hands with soap and water for twenty seconds is one way to fight germs. Listen to the narrated storybook to learn the Healthy Hands Song to help you scrub your hands for 20 seconds.
Mae's Minute: Play is Powerful
Mae's Minute: Play is Powerful
Topic: Learning at home through play
Detailed Goal: Importance of playing
Audience: Children 3-8
Mae explains in a minute how playing can help with a child’s development and create a bond with their caregiver.
Elmo's World News Special Report: Pretend Play
Elmo's World News Special Report: Pretend Play
Topic: Learning at home through play
Detailed Goal: Staying inside
Audience: Children 3-8
Elmo delivers a special news report with his friends about how playing pretend inside can be a safer option than playing outside.
Elmo's World News Special Report: Freeze Dance
Elmo's World News Special Report: Freeze Dance
Topic: Learning at home through play
Detailed Goal: Exercising inside
Audience: Children 3-8
Elmo delivers a special news report with his friends about how playing freeze dance is a fun way to get exercise.
Elmo's World News Special Report: Imagination
Elmo's World News Special Report: Imagination
Topic: Learning at home through play
Detailed Goal: Using imagination to play
Audience: Children 3-8
Elmo delivers a special news report on how children are using their imaginations to play indoors.
Elmo's World News Special Report: Finding Shapes
Elmo's World News Special Report: Finding Shapes
Topic: Learning at home through play
Detailed Goal: Recognizing and identifying shapes
Audience: Children 3-8
Elmo delivers a special news report about finding shapes in everyday objects around the house.
Pop-Up Playtime with Raya and Grover: All Kinds of Play
Pop-Up Playtime with Raya and Grover: All Kinds of Play
Topic: Learning at home through play
Detailed Goal: Utilizing items around the house to play
Audience: Children 3-8
Raya and Grover put on a pop-up playdate using their imaginations and items found around the house.
Pop-Up Playtime with Raya and Grover: Wonder
Pop-Up Playtime with Raya and Grover: Wonder
Topic: Learning at home through play
Detailed Goal: Using “I wonder” questions when playing
Audience: Children 3-8
Raya and Grover perform another pop-up playdate on how to use “I wonder” questions when feeling bored inside.
Pop-Up Playtime with Raya and Grover: How to Make Your Own Story
Pop-Up Playtime with Raya and Grover: How to Make Your Own Story
Topic: Learning at home through play
Detailed Goal: Using creativity to make puppets, a world, and a story
Audience: Children 3-8
Raya and Grover make their very own Pop-Up Playtime stories at home by crafting puppets, a world, and a story.
Mae's Minute: Talking to kids about Coronavirus
Mae's Minute: Talking to kids about Coronavirus
Topic: Environment and Health
Detailed Goal: Virus facts, explaining to kids
Audience: Children 3-8
Mae takes a minute to help caregivers talk to their kids about the coronavirus.
Elmo's World News Special Report: Cover Your Cough and Sneeze Dance
Elmo's World News Special Report: Cover Your Cough and Sneeze Dance
Topic: Environment and Health
Detailed Goal: Safe coughing/sneezing
Audience: Children 3-8
Elmo delivers a special news report about how kids are staying healthy at home by coughing and sneezing safely.
Pop-Up Playtime with Raya and Grover: Virus Facts
Pop-Up Playtime with Raya and Grover: Virus Facts
Topic: Environment and Health
Detailed Goal: Understanding germs/virus
Audience: Children 3-8
Raya and Grover put on their own pop-up puppet show to explain what Coronavirus is and how germs can spread.
Pop-Up Playtime with Raya and Grover: Vaccines
Pop-Up Playtime with Raya and Grover: Vaccines
Topic: Environment and Health
Detailed Goal: Health promotion
Audience: Children 3-8
Raya and Grover perform another pop-up playdate to explain what a vaccine is and how it can help you fight germs.
Pop-Up Playtime with Raya and Grover: Social Distancing
Pop-Up Playtime with Raya and Grover: Social Distancing
Topic: Environment and Health
Detailed Goal: Social distancing rationale/practice
Audience: Children 3-8
Raya and Grover put on their pop-up playdate to explain how staying apart can help keep others healthy.
Wash Hands Now (Levantine)
Wash Hands Now (Levantine)
Topic: Videos
Detailed Goal: Handwashing
Audience: Children 3-8
Chicken reminds Cookie, Elmo, Abby and Louie about the importance of washing their hands.
Washy Wash (Levantine)
Washy Wash (Levantine)
Topic: Videos
Detailed Goal: Handwashing
Audience: Children 3-8
Elmo hums a song with the Chickens to wash his hands. Wash along!
Care for Yourself, Care for Others (Levantine)
Care for Yourself, Care for Others (Levantine)
Topic: Videos
Detailed Goal: Handwashing
Audience: Children 3-8
Elmo, Raya, Cookie and Chamki friends practice washing their hands effectively!
Learn to Cough & Sneeze with Grover (Levantine)
Learn to Cough & Sneeze with Grover (Levantine)
Topic: Videos
Detailed Goal: Safe coughing and sneezing
Audience: Children 3-8
Gargur learns how to cover his mouth when he coughs and sneezes.