Explaining COVID-19

Explaining Covid 19

For our youngest learners, explaining what a virus is and how it works can be a very confusing matter. What they hear and their thought processes can sometimes lead to worry.

Please use the following resources to help explain our current climate with children if you feel that it is appropriate to do so:

• https://www.elsa-support.co.uk/coronavirus-story-for-children/

• https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/02/28/809580453/just-for-kids-a-comic-exploring-the-new-coronavirus?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=this downloadable comic&utm_campaign=Weekly-03-03-20&t=1583271654945

• https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/51342366

• https://www.brainpop.com/health/diseasesinjuriesandconditions/coronavirus/

• https://littlepuddins.ie/coronavirus-social-story/

• https://campaignresources.phe.gov.uk/schools