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#12StandardsMatter Standard 6 on health particularly important in preparation for reopening during COVID19..Early Childhood Commission

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"Cultivation to the mind is as necessary as food to the body." ~ Cicero. Please retweet if you agree with these #ThursdayThoughts and that #educationcannotwait for any child! @un @globaledcluster @yasminesherif1 @planglobal @malalafund @ineetweets @unicefafg @oxfam @concern

#EducationCannotWait for any child. By working together with partners for crisis-affected children/youth - now doubly hit by #Covid19 – Education Cannot Wait is opening new windows of hope & opportunity! United Nations @DFID_Education USAID Yasmine Sherif GCE-US

When you read with your baby, let them turn the pages of the book. When you finish reading a page of the book, you can say “It’s time to turn the page!” It’s okay if they skip part of the story--being able to turn the pages helps children feel more engaged with the book.

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Thanks Barita Early Childhood Commission #teachersmatter

#FathersMatter 100% 24/7 all the time! #12StandardsMatter

𝐀𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 #𝐂𝐎𝐕𝐈𝐃𝟏𝟗 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝟒 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐖𝐚𝐫 𝟏. We cannot become numb to the numbers. The actual magnitude is massive.

Beijing had 106 new #Covid_19 cases in the last week, so they shut down schools and effectively closed the airport to international travel. In the US we’ve got 20k PER DAY and we’re like hey glad that’s over and let’s go brunch indoors and p.s. we don’t need masks anymore!

Another demonstration of the positive partnership between 🇯🇲 and 🇯🇵Jamaica Gets $262 Million Grant From Japan To Purchase Medical Supplies jis.gov.jm/jamaica-gets-2…

Remembering the Groundbreaking Life of the First Black Astronaut - Atlas Obscura atlasobscura.com/articles/first…

Speaking with Jamaica’s Brian Heap, Caribbean regional winner of the 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize - Global Voices ift.tt/3fBmoe6 ift.tt/eA8V8J

Reaching out to the community who support ECIs and our children is admirable...thank you Early Childhood Commission alysonorgill Tanisha Miller

Jamaica has received a donation of emergency equipment from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), to boost the country’s coronavirus (COVID-19) response. Read more here: ow.ly/Kgpi50AaDBk

Boonoonoonous Hair! And other stories for diverse little humans. Indian Summer Festival olive senior Read Local BC Fitzhenry&Whiteside indiansummerfest.ca/event/isf2020-…