Coronavirus
Coronavirus has drastically changed our world from 2020. We can engage with children to help them understand how COVID is spread and then how to prevent it.
We like our messages to be really short so that children can memorise them easily and share them too. It can be fun for children to ‘collect messages’ memorising one a day until they have a full set – rather like a ‘health times table’.
All our health messages are meant as a starting point and should to be adapted, translated and illustrated (if possible). They are also starting points for chatting with friends and family. For example one child could say to his older sibling, “Please can you listen to this message and tell me what you think…”
If you are feeling afraid, do not listen to the news.
Read our Top Messages on Coronavirus for children to learn and share to the right. Use the links below to browse our FREE resources to help children learn more, share their knowledge and become agents of change.
14 Messages on
Coronavirus
- Coronavirus has many names: Coronavirus, Covid and Covid-19.
- A virus is a harmful germ which is so small we cannot see it. When a virus is inside a body it makes more copies of itself and this makes us cough, feel tired and have fever.
- Coronavirus spreads easily from one person to another via droplets through the air when an infected person talks, sings, coughs or sneezes.
- Coronavirus affects everyone differently. Some feel fine, some feel a little bit ill, others feel very ill and have to go to hospital and some get so ill that they die.
- Coronavirus moves into someone’s body through the T zone (eyes, mouth, nose) so we should try not to touch our faces.
- Coronavirus has infected people all over the world and although vaccines and anti-viral treatments can help minimise the effects of Coronavirus there is currently no cure.
- Some people have Coronavirus without knowing or feeling ill, but they can spread it to others.
- Children and young people do not seem to get ill as easily as adults BUT they can spread the virus to adults.
- People who are elderly, chronically ill or have a weakened immune system are particularly vulnerable to Coronavirus.
- We should use rapid lateral flow (LFT) tests when we feel unwell or before we visit someone vulnerable to ensure that we do not spread the virus.
- When we return home from being out we should wash our hands properly and clean anything that was touched by others.
- If someone in your home falls ill, everyone in the house should avoid mixing with others until they’re better. This is called self-isolation.
- To stop droplets spreading we catch a cough or sneeze in our elbow or a tissue (which we then throw away) then wash our hands.
- If someone is unwell, they should wear a face masks or covering to help reduce droplets spreading to others.
Children can learn, collect & share these messages!
While teaching these messages, encourage children to…
MAKE their own Coronavirus Messages using their own words in their own language!
LEARN these messages so they never forget them!
ADD these messages to their collection!
SHARE these messages with other children and their families!
If your class or group is struggling to stay connected and engaged, we have loads of ideas for ideas to help them! Have a look at Closing Games & Activities.
Download these free materials now to help children learn and share these essential health messages. See our free resource section for more!
