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At Thetford Elementary School, "kindergarten teachers Sue Rogers and Bette Nuñez have used the surrounding forest as a learning environment for many years. In their outdoor classroom, children make fires; build structures; identify insects, animals and plants; and engage in play-based learning. The teachers report that the children love it outdoors and that little 'discipline' is required."
Image: Courtesy of Thetford Elementary School
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Now, more than ever, we can see that a sustainable and equitable child care system is critical to a healthy economy and sits at the center of COVID-19 resilience. Visit Letsgrowkids.org to learn more and sign the petition.
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On September 5, Green Mountain Fireworks will host a drive-in pyro-musical — a fireworks show set to tunes — in a large field off Route 2 in Alburgh. The explosive event will benefit the Alburgh Family Clubhouse, a nonprofit aiming to construct a new center for up to 40 kids on the campus of the town's K-8 school, the Alburgh Community Education Center.
Image: Courtesy of Green Mountain Fireworks
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Your personal staycation may be no further than your own backyard. If you’re planning on a local adventure, NEFCU has options! Ask us about our loans for swimming pools, ATVs, RVs, motorcycles, boats, campers and jet skis. Call us at 866.80.LOANS or visit nefcu.com.
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"I stopped [swim lessons] on March 9. I can't have kids coming to lessons the same way anymore," says veteran swim instructor Annie Cooper. "I treat COVID safety at equal value of learn-to-swim safety. [But] with swimming, I've had 54 years to study it. COVID-19 is a game of 'no-backsies.' I can't take back that one time that kid coughed on you."
Image: Cat Cutillo
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Let Seven Days be your travel guide. Introducing Staytripper, the road map to rediscovering Vermont. Every month we’ll be rounding up mini excursions, dining destinations, lodging, tours and more into a curated itinerary for you to grab and go. Why? Because you’re on vacation — let us do the work. (Image: Nathanael Asaro)
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Vermont's All-Over-the-Map Approach to Reopening Schools
"Jay Nichols, the executive director of the Vermont Principals Association, said he’s very worried about chaos on the ground given the state’s patchwork approach to restarting schools. And he also thinks it’s imperative that younger children be back in class in-person as soon as possible. But he’s not sure any such mandate would have been feasible in a state that so jealously guards its local control."
VTDigger, 08/10/20
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At Least 97,000 Children Tested Positive For Coronavirus In Last 2 Weeks of July
"If there is good news in such a report, it's that, in spite of the uptick in child infection rates, the data also show that most children do not get critically ill with the disease and that, among the states that reported hospitalization data, the current hospitalization rate for children remains low, at 2%. What's less clear is how effectively children would spread the virus in a classroom setting, not only to friends and classmates but to teachers and school staff."
VPR, 08/11/20
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With Less Breastfeeding Support, Mothers Are Turning to Online Help
“'The whole infrastructure of how we support breastfeeding is being threatened,' said Laurence Grummer-Strawn, Ph.D., a former chief of the nutrition branch at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ... Grummer-Strawn is concerned that the disruption of health care systems and the reduction in home visits and local support groups will have a negative effect on breastfeeding."
New York Times, 08/11/20
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Teachers Are Sharing What In-Person Teaching Looks Like Now and the Pics Are Concerning
Plexiglass shields, spaced desks, and blue tape on the floor to mark teacher and student zones are just some of the measures being taken.
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Our August issue is inside this week's edition of Seven Days. Inside, find an array of articles to make your parenting a little easier.
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In my editor's note for the August issue of Kids VT, I wrote about the way that the outdoors has helped me through this trying time. Here's an excerpt:
