Best of 2021

By Sam Piha

Temescal Associates and The How Kids Learn Foundation have created a large number of resources over the years. They are catalogued here. Below we have listed several of our favorites from 2021. 

Blogs

• Voices From The Field: Lessons And Take-Aways From 2020

• Policy Recommendations to Promote Youth Employment in Afterschool Programs

• Chess, Youth and Afterschool

Blog Interviews

• Understanding Gender Identity: An Interview with a Child Development Specialist

• Dr. Deborah Lowe Vandell and the Longitudinal 26- Year Afterschool Study

• A Summer Youth and Community Engagement Model: Play Captains

Guest Blogs

• Exploring Girls' Engagement in STEM Activities

• Defining Dominant Culture in Your Organization: Name it to Tame it

• How Do I Use Kidpower If I am Distance Learning?

Most Viewed Blogs

• Pre-COVID Resources Taking on a New Value

• The History of Black History Month

• The Impact of COVID-19 on Families

Papers

• Engaging Youth as Workers in Afterschool Programs

• Youth Civic Engagement And Activism In Expanded Learning Programs

• Afterschool as a Teacher Pathway

Speaker’s Forums/ Webinars 

• Helping Youth Thrive When They Return to Afterschool Programs Post COVID

• COVID-19 and Young People's Mental Health: How Afterschool Can Help

• Engaging Youth as Workers in Afterschool

Projects

• My Pal, Luke: This project is designed to promote social- emotional learning through his words and questions, including a check-in with kids. Luke also reads his favorite books and educates kids on how to make sense of current events and the COVID-19 pandemic. It can be easily embedded in distance learning efforts or used with in- person programming. To watch episodes of My Pal, Luke, click here.