Resources for Children & Families

To support you and your family, we have created a number of helpful resources and guides – from talking to children about coronavirus to activities for you and your family to do at home.

Supporting your family’s health and wellbeing 

• Talking to children about Coronavirus: a resource for families
• Healthy hand washing: a resource for children on when to wash your hands
• Healthy hand washing: a resource for children on how to wash your hands
• The Hand Washing Song: created by our friends at Boogie Mites.
• Keeping healthy activities for children from our Health and Safety Superhero, Candy Floss
• Home safety: a guide for parents
• Home safety: preventing burns and scalds
• Home safety: internet safety
• Home safety: preventing accidents
• Managing life during COVID-19: Strategies for parents, caregivers and responders

Activities for children to do at home

If you and your family are at home, we’re pleased to share a variety of fun and easy activities for you and your children to do together.

• Play and Learning at Home cards - Over 3s*. If you would like to print the cards at home, please select ‘portrait’ and print two cards per page.
• Play and Learning at Home cards - Under 3s. If you would like to print the cards at home, please select ‘portrait’ and print two cards per page.
• Indoor activities for children of all ages
• Recommended external resources for children of all ages
• How to create a home routine for young children.

Additional resources for parents

We have many resources for parents to help you manage this unique work-life challenge.

• Top tips on working from home
• Top tips on working from home with children
• Supporting the elderly in self-isolation
• Work and Family Webinars, designed to help you navigate the impact of coronavirus
• 11 tips and ideas for keeping positive in isolation
• How to support your colleagues working from home