The Centre for the Study of Resilience is proud to share various Covid-19 resources with professionals and families. In trying times, such as the present world-wide pandemic- we believe knowledge is power and that through the sharing of resources the health and well-being of children, parents and caregivers can be promoted.

André Viviers (Education Manager: Early Childhood Development) from the United Nations Children’s Fund, made available a resource pack to support parents or caregivers of young children (birth to 5). The resource pack includes the following:

• A daily routine to play, learn and grow AND plan your day with routines and special time
• Shapes around us AND let's look at circles and shapes that are round
• Have fun! Move and play today!
• Have fun! Learn about healthy habits
• Have fun! Learn about positions
• Healthy food is fun and it helps us learn
• Learning about healthy habits is fun
• Fun with leaves
• Fun with counting
• Let’s play with shapes
• Let's play and sort
• Make your own Tippy Tap
• Listen, touch, smell, watch and taste is learning

​Apart from the above resource packs, André Viviers shared an educational game which is conceptualised and developed as part of ECD Let’s play, learn and grow together. The basis of this game is to try to find behaviours that are protective as well as risky during the time of COVID-19.

• The game is not competitive (about winning or losing). It is educational with regards to understanding, talking, asking questions, and having fun while taking part.
• The conversation about the things people do that can make them sick and the things they can do to protect themselves is very important. 
• The game gives parents a chance to talk about the virus and to help children learn about the right things to do to keep healthy and safe. 
• This game can be played by one player or as a group. It is better if parents or other adults play this with children to talk about all the things they find.
• There is a message for the parents on the back page as well as more details about the game.

UNICEF furthermore provided a Covid-19 Coronavirus Explained to Parents of Young Children document in three languages, English, Sesotho and Afrikaans. We are also excited to announce that this resource has been made available in South African sign language, to view, please click here.

A big thank you to the Wits Centre for Deaf Studies for translating it into South African Sign Language for both Deaf and hearing parents of young deaf children- using SA Deaf role models for deaf culturally authentic ways of communicating. You are also encouraged to visit Wits Centre for Deaf Studies website for more resources.

You may find the OneHealth themed paper by George Luedekke entitled "The World at Risk: Covid-19, Global Sustainability and 1 HOPE" of interest.

David Osher, American Institutes for Research Vice President and Institute Fellow, shared the following resource with you "Building Positive Conditions for Learning at Home: Strategies and Resources for Families and Caregivers" Within this resources emphasis is placed on four related concepts that are essential to consider in building positive conditions for learning at home:  (1) adult readiness to support their child’s learning;  (2) emotional safety;  (3) supportive spaces;  (4) engagement in learning.