Why are we stuck inside?
Most kids can already respond “Caronavirus!” (If not you need to tell your children about it)
Today we spoke about what the Caronavirus can do if it gets into your body. ( You could get sick and die.- Israel et. al. 2020)
We spoke about how people can share the Caronavirus.

If they cough on their hands, they put food and spit and GERMS in their hands. When they touch things (We used the guitar), the germs go onto that thing. When someone else touches that thing (The guitar) the germs climb onto their hands!

OH NO! THIS PERSON GAVE GERMS TO THAT PERSON!!!!!!

It’s even worse if someone coughs and they don’t cover their mouth because the germs can travel through the air to all sorts of places, including you!

We spoke about how the germs enter your body through your eyes, nose, mouth and ear

and concluded that this is why we are staying inside.

“We are staying inside so we do not give germs to people and we do not get germs from people.”

Finally we revisited the fact that washing your hands with soap can kill the caronavirus on your hands.

 

Please parents go over this conversation with your kids a couple times from different angles, especially if you missed today’s class.

Here is the craft for today:

This picture is just a guide, be creative. Use play-dough, slime, flour dough or paper to make a model of a virus.

Below is more detailed but simple image (That I drew just for you guys <3) of a virus for your information, parents. Feel free to share it with your kids though.

The spikey bits poking out are proteins. These are like a virus’ finger prints. It is how our body figures out which virus is which.

 

The lipid coating protects the virus like our skin protects us.

Soap destroys this coating.(More effectively than hand sanitizer)

With that membrane destroyed, the virus has nothing protecting it and it dies.

 

The RNA is a set of instructions that allow the virus to replicate or ‘copy’ itself. (Using our bodies! 0.0)

 

Once you think your children understand the concept of staying inside so as to not share germs, tell them that we call this “Social Distancing”.
You should now feel free to use this term with them in conversation. Don’t feel bad about having to remind them what it means.

Thanks! See you guys tomorrow unless you’re a Zenith Preschool student, then i’ll see you at 2pm.