Parent & Caregiver Guides

Watch this video about using Family Link with a school account on a Chromebook. Learn about safety and accessibility features.

Use these age-based tips and questions to have conversations as a family about disturbing events.

This free program includes nine weeks of daily literacy practice to help kids in grades 1 to 3 catch up or stay on track.

Dramatic, disturbing news events can leave parents speechless. These age-based tips on how to talk to kids about the news -- and listen, too -- can help.

In a world where even little kids learn about horrific subjects, it's important for parents to put things in perspective, field questions, and search for answers together

Cut out the cards and drop them into a jar. Try one, two, or 10 to keep the family thinking and creating while school's out!

Use this flowchart to find the best way to support a healthy and age appropriate use of YouTube with young kids.

A positive growth mindset can make kids more resilient when it comes to learning. With this tool, you can learn more about it.

This guide explains the benefits of digital learning and helps parents and caregivers understand best practices for distance learning.

Learn how slowing down and taking some time to focus on mindfulness can help you and your family enjoy this holiday season.

Discover which character strengths your kid displays most often and how to help them develop them further.

Practicing gratitude is key for happiness and resilience. Use these tips to teach your kids about this important character strength.

Use this flowchart to find the best way to support a healthy and age appropriate use of YouTube with young kids.

This guide explains the benefits of digital learning and helps parents and caregivers understand best practices for distance learning.

Are you wondering why your child is struggling? Use this step-by-step tool to help you figure out whether the struggles you’re seeing might be signs of a learning or thinking difference.

Five steps to help your child stay on track, no matter where learning takes place.

Three simple steps to help you partner with your child's teacher.

Help keep kids focused, interested, and balanced while learning from home.

Set expectations for device care, online behavior, learning responsibilities, and more with this customizable agreement in English and Spanish.

Discuss expectations for online communication, safety, device use, and more with your tween or teen using this customizable agreement in English and Spanish.

Set kids up for success by doing a trial run, testing your equipment, and reviewing appropriate behavior for online lessons.

These few simple practices can help your family find a healthy balance with media and tech, even during distance learning.

Even though media and tech are essential for distance learning, families can find balance by following a few simple practices.

More time online might expose kids to more mean online behavior. Help kids dodge the drama and stand up for others with these key tips.

Use these worksheet packets for kids in grades K–5 to get them up to speed with essential math skills.

These plans have daily math activities, along with digitally accessible and downloadable resources.

Look for opportunities to practice basic math concepts every day with young kids.

Practice math by incorporating these ideas into your daily routine.

Check out the games and choose one that provides practice on a familiar or new concept.

Read this series of articles to understand how you can support kids' math, science, and reading skills.

Learn easy tips to incorporate basic math activities for young kids.

Innovative online math curriculum offers live whole- and small-group instruction along with adaptive independent practice.

Access over 1,000 free video lessons to enhance your math instruction or tailor the learning to kids' needs.

Guide kids through the transition from foundational concepts to deeper math skills with engaging activities that build their math fluency and confidence.

Jump into early math with tools to help kids learn counting, estimation, rounding, representing data, and measurement skills.

Prepare students for learning beyond high school with advanced algebra, calculus, test practice, and lots of real-life problem-solving.

This free program includes nine weeks of daily literacy practice to help kids in grades 1 to 3 catch up or stay on track.

Find advice, recommendations, videos, and more for teachers and families of English-language learners.

Choose a book, read it yourself, or listen and follow along to fiction and nonfiction.

Read this series of articles to understand how you can support kids' math, science, and reading skills.

Read these tips to support specific reading skills at home.

Playful literacy activity ideas for young kids you can add to your everyday routine. Available in English and Spanish.

Use your daily routine as an opportunity for vocabulary building with these tips.

Choose your grade level (2–9) and then an interactive lesson to build vocabulary and reading comprehension.

Browse high-interest articles on everything from current events to science—each available in five Lexile levels ranging from grade 3 to 12.

Focus on essential early literacy skills like sight words, word families, and letter-sound recognition.

These engaging experiences will delight kids and encourage them to explore words and build literacy.

Get kids engaged with words and give them the supports to understand definitions, uses, and meanings.

Use these age-based tips and questions to have conversations as a family about disturbing events.

Dramatic, disturbing news events can leave parents speechless. These age-based tips on how to talk to kids about the news -- and listen, too -- can help.

In a world where even little kids learn about horrific subjects, it's important for parents to put things in perspective, field questions, and search for answers together

Cut out the cards and drop them into a jar. Try one, two, or 10 to keep the family thinking and creating while school's out!

A positive growth mindset can make kids more resilient when it comes to learning. With this tool, you can learn more about it.

Learn how slowing down and taking some time to focus on mindfulness can help you and your family enjoy this holiday season.

Discover which character strengths your kid displays most often and how to help them develop them further.

Practicing gratitude is key for happiness and resilience. Use these tips to teach your kids about this important character strength.

Watch Common Sense for a discussion about how you, media, and tech companies can help give all voters, and especially young voters, the resources and tools necessary to separate fact from fiction and make sense of election news and social media coverage this election season and beyond.

Watch this important conversation with Common Sense, social justice experts, school administrators, and educators.

Common Sense and the Children’s Media Association discuss the importance of inclusive representation in media.

Request tips on media balance and selected content from Wide Open School to be sent directly to your phone. Just text the word "kids" to 21555.

Watch this video about using Family Link with a school account on a Chromebook. Learn about safety and accessibility features.

There are no silly questions when it comes to the technology your kid will be learning on.

Learn more about this popular classroom management tool so you can best support your kid's online learning.

What is Zoombombing? Is Zoom safe for kids? Get answers to your most pressing questions about this popular video-conferencing tool.

Watch this video to learn how to use this translation app.

If your kid's teacher is using Seesaw Class to share assignments, check out these tips on how to use the app from your mobile device.

Watch this video to learn about the tool many educators use to communicate with families and students.

If your kid's teacher is using Microsoft Teams for distance learning, follow these steps to use the app from your mobile device or desktop computer.

From parental controls to consequences for misuse, here's everything you need to know about using your kid's school computer for distance learning.

If your kid's teacher is using Schoology to run classroom activities, check out these tips on how to use the app.

Watch this video to understand the basics of Zoom.