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Helping

Kids will learn ways they can be kind, fair, and helpful to their neighbors, their community, and the larger world we share.

You can access Big Heart activities with your Noggin subscription.

You can access Big Heart activities with your Noggin subscription.

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Kids learn these
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Helping Others

The Big Heart Kids are coming together to help each other, and their community!

  • Celebrates individual differences
  • Celebrates different cultures
  • Celebrates cultural identity
  • Celebrates individual differences
  • Celebrates different cultures
  • Celebrates cultural identity

Print this color-in storybook. While reading the lyrics and coloring in the pictures, ask kids to describe ways they are similar to and different from their family and friends.

Tales from the Playground: Katheryn's Lunar New Year Celebration

Things go badly for Katheryn on a special day – her parents’ Lunar New Year celebration. But luckily, in “Tales from the Playground: Katheryn’s Lunar New Year” friends helping a friend also helps the community!

  • Celebrates individual differences
  • Celebrates different cultures
  • Celebrates cultural identity
  • Demonstrates awareness of self
  • Celebrates individual differences
  • Celebrates different cultures
  • Celebrates cultural identity
  • Demonstrates awareness of self

Watch the Big Heart Awesome Show together and talk with your child about how much fun it is to have friends who are both similar to and different from you. Encourage them to share some of the ways they are similar to and different from the kids in the video and why it might be fun to be friends with them!

The Noggins at Play: Helping

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  • Celebrates individual differences
  • Celebrates different cultures
  • Celebrates cultural identity
  • Celebrates individual differences
  • Celebrates different cultures
  • Celebrates cultural identity

Santiago loves carving wooden figurines with his Abuelo, his grandfather; Dora loves cooking with her Abuela, her grandma. Encourage your child to draw a picture of something they love to do with a person they care about!

  • Celebrates individual differences
  • Celebrates different cultures
  • Celebrates cultural identity
  • Develops positive interactions with others

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  • Celebrates individual differences
  • Celebrates different cultures
  • Celebrates cultural identity
  • Demonstrates awareness of self
  • Develops positive interactions with others
  • Celebrates cultural identity

Ask your child to name one of their communities. It can be their school classroom, playgroup, sports class, or neighborhood. Then think together of ways they can help celebrate that community. Your child can create cards for the other members, host an outdoor soccer game, or help organize a fun group outing!

  • Celebrates individual differences
  • Celebrates different cultures
  • Celebrates cultural identity
  • Develops positive interactions with others
  • Resolves conflicts

The Noggins work really hard to clean up together – which is a great way to help their community and the environment! Encourage your child to create a litter squad with friends! Just like the Noggins, they can work together to help clean up their school playground or neighborhood park.

Family Activities and Parent Resources

We’ve collaborated with our friends at Sparkler Learning to build family activities and other parent and educator resources.

Family Activities & Resources

We’ve collaborated with our friends at Sparkler Learning to build family activities and other parent and educator resources.

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Big Heart Book List

Grow your child’s appreciation of diversity with recommended books by First Book and School Library Journal.

Little Kids, Big Hearts Podcast

Listen to the Little Kids, Big Hearts podcast with your child (Episode 2: “What Makes You Special?”) to explore identity, similarities, and differences with your big-hearted kid!

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