Growing Great Kids

Books & More

• Susan Salidor: Songs of Comfort Live Facebook Events weekly
• Coronavirus Is A Big Word narrated by JCC Chicago Early Childhood educator BrookeLynne Garbaty Smith
  Created by Abbi Kruse, published by Conscious Discipline

Stories

• Go To Sleep Gecko! performed by Miss Carol, JCC Chicago Early Childhood Drama Specialist
• The Three Butterfly Friends performed by Miss Carol, JCC Chicago Early Childhood Drama Specialist
• Mother, Mother performed by Miss Carol, JCC Chicago Early Childhood Drama Specialist
• Whose Butt? read by Margie Pines from Ta’am Teva, JCC Chicago Early Childhood enrichment partner; written & photographed by Stan Tekiela and published by Adventure Publications
• The Squeaky Door performed by Miss Carol, JCC Chicago Early Childhood Drama Specialist
• The Very Hungry Caterpillar performed by Miss Carol, JCC Chicago Early Childhood Drama Specialist 
• The Singing Chick performed by Miss Carol, JCC Chicago Early Childhood Drama Specialist 
• PJ Library Storytime (Posted daily at 10am/12p/3p)
• The Seder Plate & 5 Little Matzahs written and performed by Miss Carol, JCC Chicago Early Childhood Drama Specialist
• Sun Rain & The Hunt For Spring performed by Miss Carol, JCC Chicago Early Childhood Drama Specialist 
• Two Little Ducklings performed by Miss Carol, JCC Chicago Early Childhood Drama Specialist 
• Herm the Germ and Supersuds performed by Miss Carol, JCC Chicago Early Childhood Drama Specialist 
• “Dog Breath” read by JCC Chicago Early Childhood educator, Mrs. Rosenblat 
  Written & illustrated by Dav Pilkey; published by Scholastic, Inc.
• “Don’t Blink” bedtime story read by JCC Chicago Early Childhood educator, Mrs. Cohen
  Written by Amy Krouse Rosenthal, illustrated by David Roberts; published by Random House Books for Young Readers
• Videos of stories for kids, From PJ Library
• “The Monster at the End of This Book: Starring Lovable, Furry Old Grover” with JCC Chicago Early Childhood educator Ms. Shari
  Written by Jon Stone, illustrated by Michael Smollin; published by Little Golden Books
• Eric Carle reads “The Very Hungry Caterpillar”
• “Bark, George” read by JCC Chicago Early Childhood educator, Mrs. Solomon
  Written & illustrated by Jules Pfeiffer; published by HarperCollins Publishers
• “It Looked Like Spilt Milk” read by JCC Chicago Early Childhood educator, Mrs. Mutchnik
  Written & illustrated by Charles G. Shaw; published by HarperCollins Publishers 
• “Fancy Nancy” read by J at School staff member, Timothy Avant
  Written by Jane O’Conor, illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser; published by HarperCollins Publishers 

More

• Nature Detective: Episode 1; created by Margie Pines from Ta’am Teva ; JCC Chicago Early Childhood enrichment partner
• Nature Detective: Episode 2; created by Margie Pines from Ta’am Teva ; JCC Chicago Early Childhood enrichment partner

Pre-K

• Create Your Own 3-D Optical Illusion with Sharee Patt, Asst. Director of the Jacob Duman Early Childhood Center at the Lake County JCC
• Create Your Own Pulleys with Lisa Spewak, Director of the Jacob Duman Early Childhood Center at the Lake County JCC
• Flower Pound with Margie from Ta’am Teva; JCC Chicago Early Childhood enrichment partner.
• 5 Census activities to do with your children at home (PDF)
• Outdoor Scavenger Hunt by JCC Chicago Mom, MIriam Aronin (PDF)
• Brookfield Zoo “Bring The Zoo To You” LIVE every weekday at 11:00am
• Popcorn and the Pirates | A Cosmic Kids Yoga Adventure!
• Cincinnati Zoo Virtual Tours
• Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems daily on YouTube at 12:00pm (videos are also recorded)
• 20 days of FREE remote learning for Pre-K from Scholastic
• Cool Art projects at ArtBarBlog–check out marshmallow painting!
• Ice Play from Workspace For Children
• Nature Sounds Bingo with Margie Pines from Ta’am Teva; JCC Chicago Early Childhood enrichment partner
  

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K-5

• Topics for Discussion Activity with J at School!
• Create animals using paper towels and toilet paper rolls with J at School
• Let’s play “I Spy” with Ms. Krystal, Mr. Lucas, and Mr. Tim from J at School 
• How to Talk to Kids about Coronavirus (PDF)
• Gratitude Scavenger Hunt for the family from Let’sGetTogether.com
• Make your favorite song lyrics into hand washing posters, not just for kids!
• Create and film your own original 7-Sentence stories from Dream Big Performing Arts Workshop (PDF)
• Live activities and science experiments inspired by kids’ favorite books from The Laboratory Collective
  LIVE every weekday from 10:30-11:00am
• Learn new recipes and master cooking techniques (iCook)

“Practical Parenting Q&A Series Rewind”

Hosted by Rachel Schwartz & Jen Streicher; LCSWs, JCC Chicago Early Childhood Social Services