Back-to-School Safety Tips: Prepare for Safe Reopening

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Parents always seek ways to protect their kids. While families have conversations about all sorts of dangers, it’s important to include safety at school. 

We cannot get adjusted to this “New Normal” as there is shutting down of educational institutions to prevent this virus from spreading. Even the lockdown restrictions have been lifted, but there are still dilemmas about whether to send their kids to school.  

As a parent, one of the difficulties you’ve been controlling is how to allow your kid to be safe during the COVID-19 pandemic. But the government, along with school management showing concern amidst this unpredictable situation.

Here are some practical tips that Academy Corpus Christi has provided to help parents prepare for a safe reopening after COVID-19.

Return to school safely – Tips for your kids as easy as ABC 

Do chores more healthily  

We all agree that now many changes we need to adapt related to self-care. Things are not the same as before. Preschool Corpus Christi knows its duty to protect the concern of parents and ensure a safe working environment. Teachers, staff members need to work with flexible teaching methods and develop innovation without compromising on the child’s wellbeing. 

Teach children how to wear a mask 

Children learn fast by visualizing their caregivers. The best way to teach a child is to wear your mask out in public and don’t complain. Instead, give your child a mask at home and allow them to practice wearing it at home. For example, watching your kid’s favorite cartoon television show. 

It takes time for your kids to get used to wearing a mask for an extended period. Explain the importance in an age-appropriate manner and let them know that they stop the spread of germs when they wear masks. 

Reinforce the everyday precautions 

Parents spent the whole summer making their kids understand and learn about the daily precautions they need to take to prevent getting ill. But apart from all your efforts, you might catch your kids standing way close to other people, leaving their masks at home, or forgetting to wash their hands after touching common surfaces. 

Now, you need to make your mindset ready to send your kids back into the school, so you need to hold up daily precautions they need to keep in mind:

  • Even if your kid is vaccinated, social distancing is still essential. Covid-19 spreads from person to person and mainly who come into close contact with one another. Vaccines provide your kids protection against severe illness, not 100% prevent you from infection. Also, an individual can be asymptomatic but still contagious.  

  • The infectious droplets that might be released while talking or coughing, especially in crowds, then wearing a mask, helps you stay safe. It is even more challenging if a person doesn’t know they are sick.

  • When you wash your hands regularly, it limits the risk of getting sick as it will not spread if you touch your eyes, nose, or mouth. 

In the news, the Delta variant spread much easier and faster than the version of the virus we have come across. So now, it’s time to recommit these essential safety measures for you and your kids. Daycare schools also arrange small group activities for the child’s development and learning to live in this situation.

Don’t forget about Traffic safety

Your child is heading back to a private school in Corpus Christi; it’s essential not to let your protection down and to continue following traffic laws. 

  • Use crosswalks or sidewalks and follow all traffic signals. 

  • Avoid blind spots, and walk at least ten feet in front of the bus while getting on and off. 

  • Never talk to strangers. 

  • Avoid distracted bike riding or walking. 

  • Never let your kid play behind a parked vehicle in the driveway or the street. 

Set up a healthy routine 

Kindergarten children learn by watching, so it’s essential for families as well as for schools to maintain a healthy routine to keep them mentally and physically well. 

  • Keep the bedtime and wake-up time the same.

  • Keep the mealtime the same.

  • Set up recess time or free playtime.

  • Maintain a nutritious and healthy diet. 

  • Restrict television news stories.

  • Monitor your child’s mental health and wellbeing.

  • Engage them in exercise and physical fitness

Maintain a clean habitat at home and in your vehicle

Nowadays, it’s essential to keep your house and car clean and organized. Stock it up with hand sanitizer, gloves, disinfecting wipes, and masks that make pick up and drop off manageable for child care providers. Choose spots in your home for storing supplies, clean and dirty masks, backpacks, and clothing. Then, get your child ready by singing their favorite songs, putting on masks, and getting sanitized.

Always choose kindness

The COVID pandemic is an unusual time in our history. However, we know that we are doing our best, and it’s fine to have it all together at a time. It’s the only time to be extra kind to others and show empathy for our children, child care providers, and parents and families. 

Wrapping up:

Employees are the soul and kids are the heart of our Academy Corpus Christi. They complete the family and look forward to the day that we all can stay together again. Following these tips will help you be assured that your child is as safe as possible. Our academy is taking all the steps to reduce the risk of illness. Look nowhere; it’s right here to take away all your worries about your child’s development.