Debate rages over whether kids should wear masks at school
Now we turn to a new front in the debate over masks in schools. Some states, like California, are currently giving out respirator-style masks to children.
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Family Math Activity: Craft Shiny Robots and Spaceships
Esta actividad está disponible en español. Spatial relations are the words we use to describe where something is in physical space or in relation to another thing. They’re also known as location and position words and are part of the math skill known as spatial sense.
Ever feel like screaming into the void? This is how mothers of young kids are navigating Omicron in the US
On a freezing cold night, a group of women slowly starts to gather in a mostly empty car park north of Boston. All of them are mums who, like so many others, have spent the past two years trying to manage the stress, fear and frustrations of trying to raise kids during a pandemic.
How learning happens in the brains of sleeping babies
Neuroscientists have long known that shut-eye helps consolidate memories in adults. Napping may play an equally crucial role in infants and young children.
Old Firehouse School Chat : COVID and Preschoolers with Dr. Monica Gandhi on Apple Podcasts
If you have children under the age of 5, January 2022 may have been one of the most stressful months since the beginning of the pandemic. The Omicron variant shuttered classrooms and left families and educators with questions about vaccines, masking, and the safety of being at school.
D.C. will send $10,000 checks to child care workers
Child care workers in Washington, D.C. will receive checks for at least $10,000, after the city's council approved a measure to redirect tax revenues from the city's wealthiest residents to the child care workers, the Washington Post reports.
Sen. Joe Manchin says Build Back Better bill is ‘dead’
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Joe Manchin declared Tuesday that President Joe Biden’s vast social and environment bill is “dead,” using his strongest language to date to underscore that any revival of Democrats’ top domestic priorities would have to arise from fresh negotiations.
COVID-19 vaccine for young kids could be ready this month
The last age group of the population unable to get a Covid-19 vaccine may soon be able to do so — and much earlier than anticipated.
For child care programs, masking helped minimize closures, study shows
A new Yale study found that child care programs in the United States that practiced child masking early in the COVID-19 pandemic (May-June 2020) experienced a 13% reduction in program closure within the following year, and continued child masking throughout the one-year study period was associated w
What are the best masks for children to wear at school during the omicron surge? | Quick Guide
As the more highly transmissible omicron variant continues to be the country’s dominant Covid strain, health experts are recommending adults and children upgrade from cloth or surgical masks to higher quality masks such as KN95s or KF94s.