In this Newstalk 610 CKTB news brief, Shelby Knox writes about how faculty and second-year students from NC’s Early Childhood Education program have come up with an innovative way to connect with children and help fill a community need during the COVID-19 pandemic. NC Virtual Preschool is a free website that provides a variety of pre-recorded resources and activities, including storytime, dance parties, and science experiments, created by ECE program students to keep kids engaged and learning.
The news brief includes a quote from NC student Hunter Caroll who notes:
“The main thing we are taught in this program is to follow the children’s lead. This is much harder to do when there are no children to follow. However, when working with kids, you have to be flexible. Children are going to surprise you and do things that you don’t expect so you have to be able to adapt – and that is what we are doing through this Virtual Preschool.”
