Kindergarten Health: Prevention and Control of Disease - Coronavirus / Covid-19 Facts

This resource, Kindergarten Health: Prevention and Control of Disease - Coronavirus / Covid-19 Facts, is a great tool to teach about the epic coronavirus that plagued the world in 2020. This unit is suited for first graders in a simple, yet accurate manner to increase understanding of this disease on what is the disease, how it started, how it spread throughout the world, and how society responded to this disease in keeping people safe. There are colored pages and pages in black and white. There are also opportunities for children to read some of the words, learn new vocabulary words, trace sentences, and they will even draw their own "novel" virus. Furthermore, students will gain a better understanding of how they can protect themselves, their families, and friends from other diseases that may affect them in the future. Last, there is a mask that students can decorate to show off their creativity.

Topics that are covered for students to complete include the following:

• *What is Covid-19?

• *How did Covid-19 start?

• *How does it spread?

• *What can you do to be safe?

Answers are included on some worksheets and some activities are differentiated for all young learners.

A total of 12 worksheets are included in this packet.

There are seven units that cover all the health requirements for Kindergarten. Here are the links to other health units:

Kindergarten Health: Unit 1 Personal Health

Kindergarten Health: Unit 2 Growth and Development

Kindergarten Health: Unit 3 Nutrition and Physical Activity

Kindergarten Health: Unit 4 Substance Use and Abuse

Kindergarten Health: Unit 5 Injury / Violence Prevention Control and Safety

Kindergarten Health: Unit 6 Prevention / Control of Disease

Kindergarten Health: Unit 7 Enviromental Consumer Health

You can also teach your students about keeping yourself safe by studying about the Coronavirus, where and when it started and facts that plagued our world with this virus.

Kindergarten Health: Covid 19 / Coronavirus Facts

This unit meets Common Core Standards.