Kitah Alef Keeps Germs at Bay

We are so happy to be back at school for camp! Due to the current need to minimize germ spread, we make sure to incorporate extra sanitary practices into our daily routine. 

When we and the children enter school in the morning, the first thing we do is we get our temperature checked to make sure we don't have fever.

We know how important it is these days to wash our hands! Until we get to the sink, we each receive a squirt of hand sanitizer for a quick clean.

We wash our hands many times a day - when we transition from outside to inside or vice versa, after diaper changes and before meals. There's a song we like to sing while washing our hands to make sure we scrub for long enough and remember to get the soap to all parts of the hands. It goes like this:

Tune of: "Row, Row, Row Your Boat"

Wash, wash, wash your hands,

Play the washing game,

Rub and scrub and rub and scrub 

'Til germs go down the drain. x2

Tune of: "Where is Thumbkin"

Over, under, over, under, 

In between, in between,

Rub your hands together, 

Rub your hands together,

Now they're clean. Now they're clean!

We're also practicing catching our coughs and sneezes with our elbows.

In the classroom our table materials are organized onto trays to designate each child's spot. 

To help the children feel more comfortable around adults wearing masks, we had an activity of decorating masks for our baby dolls! 

We colored the masks with markers, and we were finished, we brought them to circle time to sing with our babies and help keep them safe. When children go through the motions of caring for their babies, the mirror neurons in their brains tell them they're safe as well.

Implementing these practices at school and extending them to home-school transitions is the best way we can prevent the spread of germs and keep everyone as safe as possible. 

Here's to a fun and safe summer!