Teacher’s tips

Level of education: Elementary School - Early Childhood Education

Age: 05 to 08 years

The social distance caused by the effects of the coronavirus (Covid-19) presented many unprecedented challenges for parents, students and teachers, who had their routines modified and had to go through a series of adaptations. Didactic games and interactive activities stood out during this period, allowing to reconcile learning with homeschooling. The activity presented here can be complemented with the game “Coronavirus Prevention” that works on the same theme.

Learner outcomes

Learn about coronavirus prevention methods; Understand the means of contagion of the coronavirus; Understand the importance of vaccination, recognizing its benefits in the short, medium and long term; Realize the importance of the scientist and the development of science for the promotion of public health; Understand the severity that the emergence of new epidemics can bring to current populations; Stimulate the development of language, auditory discrimination and visual perception; Participate in different moments of reading; Develop attentive listening to understand texts; Develop the habit of reading; Develop and improve oral and written language; Read different types of stories, independently or with help;

Teachers’ goals

Expand students' knowledge about methods of preventing the coronavirus; Show students that the appearance of epidemics already occurred in past centuries and how their spread became increasingly greater; Offer the game as a didactic resource to fix the content worked on in remote teaching; Promote debates on collective thinking and the importance of its actions in the fight against the coronavirus; Reading development; Expand the class's repertoire of words; Offer a playful and pleasurable proposal that allows the student to associate letters with their spelling; Work with students motor skills and concentration skills;

Suggestions of approaches for the teacher

(Suggestion 1) Word cloud: ask students to write words that characterize their life in this pandemic period: feelings, sensations...

(Suggestion 1.1) Word cloud: ask students to write words related to the coronavirus (pandemic, death, hospitals, vaccines... etc)

(Suggestion 2) Create a folder explaining step by step to protect yourself against the Coronavirus.

(Suggestion 3) Ask the students to record a video with the help of their parents on the importance of washing their hands correctly.

(Suggestion 4) Promote a moment of conversation and ask questions about the new Coronavirus;

• What are viruses?

• What do they cause?

• Where did the coronavirus come from?

• Is this the first time a pandemic has happened?

• Can I catch someone else's virus?

• What are the symptoms of the Coronavirus?

• Why shouldn't we leave the house at this time?

• Can I become an alligator if I take the vaccine?

• Why is vaccination so important?

(Suggestion 5) Production of texts: ask students to produce texts on the subject;

More about it

Tips to develop the subject in remote teaching and get better student engagement:

• Choose topics of interest to students, which somehow relate to past subjects;

• Establish objectives to be achieved taking into account details such as methodology, didactic resources and different ways of assessing student learning;

• Prevention: always have an ace up your sleeve in case there is a problem with a digital resource;

• Use all possible technological resources. The current use of technology is here to stay, so it's best to plan how to make the most of what this resource offers;

• Promote the integration of different types of media to convey knowledge and information to students;

• Promoting a collaborative construction of knowledge, taking the opportunity to involve parents and guardians in the learning process;

• Use and abuse creativity; search, save ideas from the internet, assemble a folder or create a notebook with ideas;

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