Wear a mask! Wash your hands! Keep your distance! While schools in the Lamont and Weedpatch communities are in distance learning, please remember that this a time to keep your children home or with close contacts! We all need to do our part to prevent the spread of this illness so that our health care system can continue to provide help to all people and our most vulnerable community members can still receive medical care that they need.
Below are links to resources that have been provided to us to share with the community about Coronovirus and resources available during this time. Please check back often! We will place links to available community resources on this page as we become aware of them.
INFORMATION
FAMILY SUPPORT RESOURCES
Sack meals (breakfast and lunch for ALL children ages 1-18):
Daily free supper and snack (for ALL children grades T-K to 12 in the Lamont and Weedpatch communities) from Boys and Girls Clubs of Kern County:
Basic Needs:
Kern County Department of Human Services - Lamont office will be open 7:30am to 1:00pm, or call 661-631-6000. Applications for benefits can be made online at www.c4yourself.com, applications for food assistance can be made by calling 661-631-6062 and applications for Medi-Cal can be made by calling 1-800-300-1506.
Mental Health Crisis Hotline (available 24/7)- Call 1-800-991-5272
Warmline (Peer to peer support calls available for parents with young children) - 661-323-3531 Unemployment- Click here to file a claim online
Legal issues: Greater Bakersfield Legal Assistance (by phone only)- (661) 325-5943
Financial issues: Self Help Federal Credit Union
Boys and Girls Club of Lamont will have extended hours from 7am to 6pm
Kern County Library branches are closed, but the e-library is always open!
PRESCHOOL/SCHOOL READINESS
The following websites offer interactive activities that you can do at home to help your preschooler continue their academic growth:
PBS Kids: https://pbskids.org/
Kids National Geographic: https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/
ABC Mouse (use code SCHOOL2568): https://www.abcmouse.com/redeem
Prodigy Game: https://play.prodigygame.com/
Khan Academy: https://www.khanacademy.org/signup
Squiggle Park (reading program): https://www.squigglepark.com/
Mystery Doug (science program): https://mysteryscience.com/school-closure-planning
NUTRITION AND HEALTHY LIVING RESOURCES
Due to social distancing and school closures, you may be spending a lot more time at home. Keeping kids active and nourished at home is especially important right now, so we hope you will find these resources helpful to stay healthy!
ONLINE RESOURCE TO HELP YOUR FAMILY COPE WITH THIS EMERGENCY
How to prepare for extended school closings—and not lose your mind Making the Most of COVID-19 School Closures Advice for parents to help children cope with the crisis How to talk to kids about the coronavirus Helping Children Cope with Emergencies- https://www.cdc.gov/childrenindisasters/helping-children-cope.html
Parent/Caregiver Guide to Helping Families Cope with COVID-19-
Just for Kids: A Comic Exploring the New Coronavirus- https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/02/28/809580453/just-for-kids-a-comic-exploring-the-new-coronavirus
Talking to Teens & Tweens about Coronavirus-
#COVIBOOK-
ONLINE RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS WHILE THEY ARE OUT OF SCHOOL
Teach.com resources: https://teach.com/resources/digital-home-schooling-resources/ NASA STEM Engagement- https://www.nasa.gov/stem
American Museum of Natural History- https://www.amnh.org/explore/ology
Exploratorium- https://www.exploratorium.edu/
Smithsonian museum online for kids- https://www.si.edu/kids
PBS learning media- https://ca.pbslearningmedia.org/
Learning Heroes- https://bealearninghero.org/
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