
Hand-washing is one of the simplest and best ways of preventing the spread of illness, including the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19).
Here’s how:
Wet hands with warm water.
Put soap on hands.
Rub hands together for 20 seconds. Rub between the fingers, under the fingernails, and on both sides of the hands.
Rinse hands under clean, running water.
Let hands air dry or dry them with a paper towel.
If you’re away from home and you don’t have any soap and water, your child can use hand sanitiser instead.
Your child should wash hands:
after coughing, sneezing or blowing his nose
after using the toilet
before preparing and eating food
after being in public places like on public transport
after being around someone who’s unwell.
It’s important to be a hand-washing and personal hygiene role model. Your child is more likely to have good hygiene if she sees you leading by.
Children in our care still need us to be present and responsive to meet their needs. They need connection and a secure trusting relationship. Distancing ourselves from children may have a negative impact on their wellbeing. So we use the term physical distancing rather than social distancing. Little children who are in an uncertain time sometimes need a hug and we are still hugging children that need it.
To help mitigate the risk of spreading COVID-19 Kensington Montessori is implementing the following:
Open up our indoor outdoor spaces to enable greater distancing in children's play - 10.25m per child.
We can embrace flexible meal times - allowing for less children at a table.
We are not changing our Montessori environment which known for its calmness which is due to our prepared environment, consistent routines and dedication to concentrating on the child.We are diligently implementing our already existing well developed health and hygiene policies and procedures like hand washing practices and have been in place for hygiene and as part of our grace and courtesy lessons.
Another aspect of Montessori classroom is that children work at a table or a floor mat. In the current situation the children have their own allocated table that they keep for their own use as they wish during the day. Our tables have been separated for the time being to add a little extra distance. This is also the table they eat their lunch at and then it is cleaned
Create small interest areas - limiting the number of children in each space. This way children don’t tend to have physical contact but rather creative and academic collaboration. Montessori children tend to concentrate on a task of their choice so we don't have to artificially keep children apart - it comes to them quite naturally when they are in learning mode.
Stay calm and be kind together we will get through this.
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