Throughout this time of COVID-19 social distancing, we will be providing families with helpful tips, at-home activity ideas, and resources via our website and Facebook page. With safety precautions in place, our staff is hard at work to provide online assistance for the children and families of Harnett County.
Be safe, stay healthy, & continue washing those hands!
COVID-19 Information
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
CDC on Twitter
CDC Facebook Page
NC Department of Health and Human Services
NCDHHS on Twitter
NCDHHS Facebook Page
NC Department of Public Safety
NCDPS on Twitter
NCDPS on Facebook
Essential Work Emergency Child Care and Financial Aid for Child Care
Children's Covid-19 Diary
Comic Exploring The New Coronavirus
Guide To Keeping Your Child Safe and Reassured As Coronavirus Spreads
Help Kids Understand COVID-19 Without Fear
How to Talk to Children About the Coronavirus
How to Talk to Your Kids About Coronavirus
No Corona Virus Break Playdates
Social Distancing: This is Not a Snow Day
Talking to Children About Coronavirus
CHILDREN'S YOGA & MOVEMENT ACTIVITIES
8 Excersies To Do With Your Toddler
11 Crossing the Midline Exercises for Kids
20 Online
Bari Koral – Yoga, Music & Mindfulness
Be Active Kids
Being Active With Your Child
Best Yoga Poses for Babies & Toddlers
Cosmic Kids Yoga
Debbie Doo - Get Up & Move
Go Noodle - Get Moving!
Jack Hartman - Kids Music Channel
Healthy Habits for Harnett
KIDZ Bop Dance Along Videos
Kids’ Yoga Stories
MoveToLearnMS
Pancake Manor
Pink Oatmeal
The Kiboomers - Kids Dance Song Playlist
The Learning Station
Yoga Games for Kids
CREATIVE ARTS / CRAFTS
12 Art Projects for Toddlers
20 Preschool Art Projects
33 Nature Art Ideas for Kids
50 Easy Crafts for 2 Year Olds
Art Hub for Kids
Ben Clanton
Children's Art Display Ideas
Create Inkblot Creatures With Watercolor Paints
Creative Art Ideas for Preschoolers
How To Use Fruits & Veggies to Make Stamps
Jarrett J. Krosoczka—author & illustrator
LUNCH DOODLES with Mo Willems
Painting Activities for Babies
EARLY CHILDHOOD LITERACY
Growing Book by Book
Harper Kids
KidLit TV
Little, Brown Young Readers
NCSSM Reads
PBS Kids
Pete the Cat Storytime
Read Brightly
Sesame Street Books on Google Play
Scholastic
Start a Family Dinner Book Club
Storytime From Space
Storyline Online
Tiger Tales Tuesday
EARLY LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
National Geographic Kids
NC Pre-K
PBS Kids
Sesame Street
UNC-TV At-Home Learning
MUSIC ACTIVITIES
Emily Arrow - Singalong
Jbrary - Songs and Rhymes
Pinkfong - Songs
Spotify Children's Music Playlist
YouTube Children's Music Playlist
NUTRITIONAL RESOURCES & FREE MEALS
Harnett County Schools is proud to announce that Child Nutrition will continue to provide breakfast and lunch meals three days a week throughout the summer. Meals can be picked up on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 11:00a-1:00p at Angier Elementary, Harnett Primary, Lillington Shawtown, Overhills Elementary, and Johnsonville Elementary.
Baptist Grove Church Food Pantry Contact:  Donald Watkins, 919.753.3972
Church Alive Church Contact: Scooter or Jeni Glenn, 919.577.6328 / Tuesday-Friday, 8-4
Mill Creek Trailer Park Ministry Contact: Marth Evans, 919.508.7065
The Gathering Place Community Church Contact: Joe Monk, 919.291.9913
Brick & Mortar Restaurant 8 N Broad St E, Angier / 919-639-9700 Offering free lunches to children under 10, Monday- Friday
County Seat 1 W Front St, Lillington 910-514-9670 Free kids meals, ages 12 & under, for lunch 11-1 daily with no other purchases necessary 3/16/20-3/20/20. 
Daddy D's BBQ in Fuquay will feed students 1st-8th grade who are on free/reduced lunch one time a day each day.
Sheetz Kidz Meal Bagz -providing free food to help children and families in need as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
PARENT RESOURCES
How-to: 5 Steps for Brain-Building Serve and Return
Resources On Feeling Safe During a Traumatic Experience
SCREEN-FREE ACTIVITIES
SELF-REGULATION ACTIVITIES
STEM ACTIVITIES
10 Fun Science Activities For Preschoolers
10 STEM Activities for Preschoolers and Toddlers
Cheerio Towers – Engineering Preschool Activities
Engineering For Preschoolers
How To Put Together Inexpensive STEM Ideas
Ice Cream Math Activity
Preschool Science Experiment Surprise Color Fizz!
STEM Activities for Preschoolers
Two Preschool Math Activities with Duplo Legos
VIRTUAL TOURS
Boston's Children Museum
Carolina Tiger Rescue
Cincinnati Zoo
Coral Reefs of Palau: Nature’s Amazing Underwater Cities
Deserts & Grasslands of Africa
Discovery Education Field Trips
Disney World Virtual Rides
Georgia Aquarium Ocean Voyager Webcam
Great Wall of China
Louvre Online Tour
Mars Virtual Walk
Monterey Bay Aquarium
Kansas City Zoo Underwater Penguin Cam
One Globe Kids
San Diego Zoo
Seattle Aquarium
Virtual Farm Tours
Yellowstone National Park Virtual Field Trip