"Lenny and Lily Return to School": What would you say to them?

 This is a story about Lily and Lenny, two friends that are going back to school.

The story has no words, for you to create your own based on the pictures.

Why don’t you explore the story with the help of a trusted adult looking at the questions below the story?

DISCUSSION

·        Identify some of the feelings you think Lenny, Lily and the other children in the story may have.

·        Do you also have any of them ? Why?

·        What are the feelings Lily has? Why do you think she has them?

·        What are the feelings Lenny has? Why do you think he has them?

·        How does Lily act with other children? How does Lenny act? Why do you think there is a difference?

ROLE PLAY

Choose one page. Pick a character and ask somebody else to be the other character. Have a conversation pretending you are that character.

You can also use  toys, each one representing a character in the picture,  and make up a conversation.

WRITING

Write an email to Lenny and Lily telling them how school is going for you. Give ideas about what they could do to feel better about their problems.

Child Friendly Corona Virus Chat

As we are living in a time of great uncertainty and change. Here are some questions to think about or even better get the whole family involved. A conversation is a great way to gain knowledge about what is happening. As you go through the question’s share your answers with an adult so they can offer you the right information if your understanding is incorrect. 

1. What is the Corona Virus?

2. Who is the Prime Minster? 

3. How many weeks have we been in lockdown? 

4. Do you want to go back to school?

5. Who is the first person you are going to hug when lockdown ends? 

6. Where is the first place you are you going to go?

7. What do you think we can do to get rid of the virus?

8. Do you like home schooling? 

9. If Corona was an animal what animal would it be and why?

10. How did the Corona Virus start?

11. If you had to wear protective clothing to help you, what would it be? 

As new information and updates becomes available from the government it may be confusing to understand what it means. Keep on asking questions to the adults in your home and keep on talking. We are here to support you and will be posting tips and creative ways to do this. 

Creative Tip: 

Maybe you could write a script, draw a picture, create an art sculpture from your recycling bag about life in lockdown. Use some of your answers as inspiration to create something that helps you to process this time. 

Make sure you’re caring for yourself. You’re not alone in this! Reaching out to family or friends who are in a similar position can really help at difficult times.