COVID-19 pandemic.Limiting person-to-person contact is key to reducing spread of the virus. Yet healthy socialization and development still must be fostered among school-age children.
How to keep young ones from touching surfaces and not their face is a difficult task, indeed — which is why hugs and handshakes will be discouraged for now.
To ensure that social connections and well-being are maintained, other types of behaviors will be encouraged instead.In the coming school year, you’ll see changes such as classroom desks spaced farther apart and all facing forward rather than clustered.
This is meant to reduce proximity to anyone coughing or sneezing. Group restroom breaks after lunch or recess, for example, may be eliminated and replaced.