From Lei-Anne Ellis: B-3 Update July 1, 2020
Published on Jul 1, 2020 12:20
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July 1, 2020
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For Directors
Directors Alerts
- Click here to register for StrongStart’s Professional Learning Community webinar, Deciding to Reopen: Understanding the New EEC Health and Safety Requirements. Sessions are on July 7th, 8th, and 9th from 12:30-2PM.
- EEC released an Updated FAQ on June 28th.
- FDA Advisory listing names of 9 Eskbiochem hand sanitizers not to use is now available.
- EEC Regional Town Hall for this region will be held July 2nd at 11AM. EEC says it will provide the level of specificity you need to plan your reopening process. (Meeting ID is 989 1727 3252 and password is 686419)
- Click here for English and here for Spanish language version of EEC’s video, Child and Youth Serving Programs Reopen Approach. Videos provide step-by-step instructions for completing a Reopening Plan.
- EEC’s Reopening Plan requires programs to provide contact information for their local Board of Health. This information is:
– Address: 19 Windsor St., Cambridge, MA 02139
– Phone: 617.665.3826
– Email: [email protected].
- Administrators and directors are required to take the Guidance for Reopening Child Care training module.
- Click here to view Employee Management and Safety Issues recorded webinar sponsored by Goodwin’s Neighborhood Business Initiative, Children’s Investment Fund, Clifton Larson Allen LLP, Strategies for Children, and Eastern Bank.
- Free COVID-19 testing continues in Somerville. Testing is available weekdays from 9AM to 4PM by appointment only (617.665.2928).
- This powerful EdWeek article, An Essay for Teachers Who Understand that Racism Is Real, explains what abolitionists want – not reform nor reinventing, but removing oppression by its roots.
- The CDC Foundation’s 1 ½ hour recorded webinar, Evolving Your COVID-19 Strategy, offers an organized way to make decisions for situations not covered in EEC’s minimum guidance. Child care specific examples are used to show how a simple decision-making worksheet can be used to mitigate the risk of spreading COVID-19. The Executive Summary: Child Care Strategy contains the worksheet used in the video.
- This week’s Cambridge Directors Support Zoom meeting, led by Bess Emanuel and Polly Smith, is cancelled due to the July 4th holiday. Next meeting will be Friday, July 10th at 10AM.
Funding
- EEC will be providing grants to support the initial months of reopening for programs that have current subsidy agreements and enrolled children. Grants will be offered on a per-classroom basis for Group and School Age programs. Information will be posted on this page (under Reopening Grants) as grants become available.
- A survey from the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) shows that only 11% of our nation’s child care providers will not survive the pandemic without government support. Click here to express your support of the Child Care Is Essential Act that would create a $50 B child care stabilization fund within the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CBDG) program.
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For Teachers
Curriculum Support & Professional Development
- Reopening: Lessons for the Field, a follow-up to the 3-part Back to the Future will allow educators to talk with and learn from each other about their reopening experience. This will be offered twice in July and at two different times to accommodate working schedules:
– July 9th from 12:30-2PM and again from 3:30-5PM
– July 23rd from 12:30-2PM and again from 3:30-5PM
Registration details will be sent to all 168 educators who attended one or all of the previous sessions.
- This link takes teachers to a list of games that help children develop self-regulation skills while being socially distanced from others!
- Think about putting up Feeling Faces chart too.
For Families
Activities for Families
- Young children sometimes have a hard time naming their emotions. By playing the Name that Emotion Game with Murray, children can learn how to connect how they feel to naming their emotional state.
- When children return to school, they will Be Seeing Other People Wearing Masks. This social story helps children understand what a mask hides. Another story, Wearing a Mask to School, is a nice way to introduce the idea that some older preschool children may be wearing masks, just like teachers.
Resources for Families
- Share this flyer about Cambridge’s Summer Food Program with your parents. The food program provides free and nutritionally balanced breakfasts and lunches to anyone under the age of 18.
- Families can also use their SNAP card to purchase health items from participating farmers markets. Some Cambridge farmers markets match dollars spent. Click here for more info.
- CDC's very short video, COVID-19: Managing Anxiety and Stress, offers many ways to reduce stress in adults and children.
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Birth to 3rd Grade Partnership
135 Berkshire Street, Cambridge, MA 02141
www.cpsd.us • 617.349.6554
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