Free Guide For Helping Children Through Tough Times

Sesame Street has developed a free guide that emphasizes the critical role of creating a safe and comforting environment for children in challenging circumstances.  In this guide you’ll find activities to do with children, ways to comfort and reassure them, strategies for making the most of your time together, and important tips on taking care of yourself. You can help children move, make music, and keep learning.

About Let's Help - A Guide For Grown-Ups Helping Children Through The Toughest Times 

The guide offers practical tools, including engaging activities (movement, music, and learning), ways to comfort and reassure children, strategies for optimizing time together, and self-care tips for caregivers to ensure their well-being while supporting children. It encourages proactive and compassionate efforts to aid children in difficult times. It highlights how play is a natural and essential activity that fosters overall wellness and helps children cope.

You can print the entire guide or just pages with activities you want to try or with the information you need. Most activities require no supplies at all, and you can use them in any way that suits your needs.

To download the guide for FREE: Let’s Help: A Guide for Grown-Ups Helping Children Through the Toughest Times