Engaging School Going Children During COVID-19 Lockdown

Abstract

Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is current crisis in more than 200 countries in the world. The virus originated in bats and was transmitted to humans in December 2019 via still unknown intermediate animals in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. In India, Corona virus confirmed cases are 101,139, recovered cases are 39,174, deaths 3,163 and active cases are 58,802 on the date of 19 May 2020. “In India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared phase wise complete lockdown for corona virus pandemics to save India and every Indian.” In this lockdown period, children are getting bored, separation from playgroups and friends and their daily routine of playing is creating a lot of anxiety for children, they are losing their attachments. Children’s social life and learning have been affected. Due to the corona virus (COVID-19) pandemic, closure of schools has affected the education of more than 1.5 billion children and young people worldwide. It should be well-known that school closures are liable to broaden the learning gap between the lower-income and higher-income families among children. So we need to engage the children in purposive and creative activity and give them some leaning task related to their studies. This short communication concludes with the key learning for the parents of children on how to engage school going children during covid-19 lockdown.

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Children as innovators: harnessing the creative expertise of children to address practical and psychosocial challenges of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic – COVISION study protocol

“…The world had to again revert to the need for non-pharmaceutical interventions, in the initial absence of a vaccine, to limit the spread of COVID-19. Guidance and rapidly undertaken/delivered research studies on these restrictions have occurred, for example, on self-isolation ( Arden et al , 2020 ; Smith et al , 2020 ), working from home ( Hadi et al , 2021 ; Kinman et al , 2020 ; Toniolo-Barrios & Pitt, 2021 ; Vyas & Butakhieo, 2021 ), school closures which affected over 1.5 billion (85%) of school children worldwide, liable to increase educational inequalities ( Grewenig et al , 2020 ; Kasturkar & Gawai, 2020 ; UNESCO, 2021 ); quarantine periods with the psychological impact and perception on quality of life ( Brooks et al , 2020 ; Lardone et al , 2020 ), and social distancing experienced barriers and facilitators for adult ( Coroiu et al , 2020 ) and young people ( Public Health Agency Behaviour Change Group, 2020 ). The restrictions (although needed) and their consequential impact, have had a profound effect on all aspects of society, including physical and mental health, and many of the direct and indirect consequences are still not fully known ( Holmes et al , 2020 ).…”

Children as innovators: harnessing the creative expertise of children to address practical and psychosocial challenges of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic – COVISION study protocol

“…The world had to again revert to the need for non-pharmaceutical interventions, in the initial absence of a vaccine, to limit the spread of COVID-19. Guidance and rapidly undertaken/delivered research studies on these restrictions have occurred, for example, on self-isolation (Arden et al, 2020;Smith et al, 2020), working from home (Hadi et al, 2021;Kinman et al, 2020;Toniolo-Barrios & Pitt, 2021;Vyas & Butakhieo, 2021), school closures which affected over 1.5 billion (85%) of school children worldwide, liable to increase educational inequalities (Grewenig et al, 2020;Kasturkar & Gawai, 2020;UNESCO, 2021); quarantine periods with the psychological impact and perception on quality of life (Brooks et al, 2020;Lardone et al, 2020), and social distancing experienced barriers and facilitators for adult (Coroiu et al, 2020) and young people (Public Health Agency Behaviour Change Group, 2020). The restrictions (although needed) and their consequential impact, have had a profound effect on all aspects of society, including physical and mental health, and many of the direct and indirect consequences are still not fully known (Holmes et al, 2020).…”