{"id":37222,"date":"2020-07-13T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-13T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging2.threadalaska.org\/thread-blog\/physical-distancing-and-summer-play-3\/"},"modified":"2020-07-13T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-13T16:00:00","slug":"physical-distancing-and-summer-play-3","status":"publish","type":"thread-blog","link":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/thread-blog\/physical-distancing-and-summer-play-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Physical Distancing and Summer Play"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"blog_content\">\n<p>As an early childhood educator working during COVID-19 in Alaska, you may be looking for new ways to keep children engaged in safe, summer play while following<br \/>\n    state and local physical distancing guidelines.\n    <\/p>\n<p>Many early childhood education programs around the country have developed their own creative methods to follow guidelines while enjoying the summer<br \/>\n        months. To help with social distancing at YMCA sites in Arizona, children were taught to make \u201cairplane arms\u201d when standing in line. They also<br \/>\n        grouped \u201cpods\u201d of no more than nine children with each adult and developed handwashing activities to ensure kids found some fun in the confusion<br \/>\n        of COVID-19. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2020\/06\/24\/882316641\/what-parents-can-learn-from-child-care-centers-that-stayed-open-during-lockdowns\">Read more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/community\/schools-childcare\/guidance-for-childcare.html\">guidance and suggestions<\/a>        for early educators can help you manage physical distancing with children, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If possible, classes should include the same group each day, and the same child care providers should remain with the same group each day.<\/li>\n<li>Create a separate classroom for the children of healthcare workers and other first responders.<\/li>\n<li>Cancel or postpone special events such as festivals, holiday events, and special performances.<\/li>\n<li>Keep nap time safe by ensuring children\u2019s naptime mats (or cribs) are spaced out as much as possible, ideally 6 feet apart.<\/li>\n<li>Stagger arrival and drop off times and\/or have child care providers come outside the facility to pick up the children as they arrive. Your plan<br \/>\n            for curb side drop off and pick up should limit direct contact between parents and staff members and adhere to social distancing recommendations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Upcoming Training Opportunity<\/strong>\n    <\/p>\n<p>Join <strong>thread<\/strong> for a discussion this week on how you can create and setup activities, games and learning environments supporting physical<br \/>\n        distancing in your early childhood education program.<\/p>\n<p>Fun in the Sun<br \/>\n        <br \/>Wednesday, July 15<br \/>\n        <br \/>6:30 to 8:30 pm (Zoom Meeting)<br \/>\n        <br \/>FREE!<\/p>\n<p>You can also stay up-to-date on resources for COVID-19 safety protocols in and outside of the classroom on <strong>thread<\/strong>\u2019s COVID-19 <a href=\"\/thread\/COVID19-educator-resource-center\">Early Childhood Education Resource Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","news_tags":[],"event_category":[],"news_categories":[],"class_list":["post-37222","thread-blog","type-thread-blog","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Physical Distancing and Summer Play - Thread<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/thread-blog\/physical-distancing-and-summer-play-3\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Physical Distancing and Summer Play - Thread\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"As an early childhood educator working during COVID-19 in Alaska, you may be looking for new ways to keep children engaged in safe, summer play while following state and local... 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