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What is Coronavirus?

From Meet the Helpers

What is Coronavirus?
1 minPre-KK1st2ndHealth
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Summary

“What is Coronavirus?” is part of WUCF's *Meet the Helpers*, made for ages 3–8 with early-childhood and crisis-communication specialists. A short, concrete healthy-habit segment. A epidemiologist tracks how sickness spreads and figures out how to stop it. Real people, real workplaces, no cartoons — short enough for a morning meeting or a transition.

Viewer safety

All ages
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Discussion questions

Discussion

Small habits — clean hands, staying home when you're sick — are how a whole community stays healthy.

  1. What is the healthy habit in this video?
  2. When during the day would you use it?
  3. How does doing it help the people around you, not just you?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: epidemiologist, germs, spread, healthy, track.

Try it: Make a small sign for the classroom that reminds everyone to do this habit.