How do you keep your kids occupied while teaching them about COVID-19 without scaring them? It’s a tricky question, and one that’s made an author out of Vancouver mother of two Amanda Marshall.
Marshall has written a free children’s book called Rock Monsters, aimed at helping to explain the recent big changes in the world to kids, while creating an activity for them.
The story describes a kaleidoscope of different-coloured “rock monsters,” each of whom represents a different message during COVID-19. “Different monsters have different meanings.
Green monsters remind us to keep our bodies healthy and strong,” she explained. “Red monsters remind us to wash our hands.” Other monsters help kids remember to stay positive, to think of health-care