Addressing the 2020 return to school -- in person, online, or a hybrid mix -- this post emphasizes open communication with kids about masks, distancing, and hand hygiene to ease anxiety about the pandemic.
It references Mayo Clinic guidance on mask types and effective use, stressing the importance of washing or sanitizing hands both before and after putting on or removing a mask.
It reminds readers that masks don't replace distancing, and suggests a hands-on way to teach kids what six feet looks like: measuring a familiar item, like a backpack, and figuring out how many backpack-lengths add up to six feet.
It stresses keeping hands and surfaces clean, including stocking classrooms with hand sanitizer and sanitizing wipes, and clarifies that the practice itself uses FDA-approved, ADA-recommended hospital-grade sanitizer rather than homemade wipes.
For home and school use, it shares a DIY surface-wipe recipe: cut a roll of paper towels in half with a serrated knife (VIVA brand is noted as cutting cleanly), place the half-roll in an airtight container, add 2 cups water, 1 cup rubbing alcohol (at least 70% concentration), 1 tablespoon dish soap, and optionally a few drops of essential oil, let the roll soak and flip it to saturate both ends, then remove the cardboard core so sheets can be pulled from the center.