Helping Kids Understand Coronavirus

• NAMI - Talking to Children About COVID-19 (Coronavirus): A Parent Resource
  
  
• KeshetChicago - Coronavirus Social Story 
  
  
• Age-Appropriate Resources
  
  
  • Zero To Three
    • Talking to young children about Coronavirus
    • Why are people covering their faces?
      
      
  • Kindergarten to Fourth Grade - Child Mind Institute Talking to Kids About the Coronavirus - provides tips, videos and related reading links to help younger students understand the coronavirus.
    
    
  • Fifth Grade - Have your student read the USA Today article Coronavirus is scary, but the flu is deadlier, more widespread and make notes on what they read, and write down what connections to questions or ideas they already had, new ideas, or new questions.

Other resources

• Click here to find community resources provided by Dakota County.