Health Essentials

Our enhanced wellness and disinfection guidelines

About our All Ages Health Essentials in Abingdon, MD

Kiddie Academy® Educational Child Care is pleased to introduce Health Essentials, a set of standard operating procedures that can help mitigate the spread of potential infection throughout our Academies. Health Essentials is a key part of our overall COVID-19 response, expanding upon existing disinfection and health protocols that offer parents and staff peace of mind and demonstrates our commitment to creating a healthy and safe environment for learning and working.

Health Essentials guidelines are focused on four principles designed to cover various preventative, protective, and corrective measures that address COVID-19: Wellness Education, Enhanced Hygiene, Healthy Environment and Symptom Monitoring.

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Life Essentials®

Health Essentials is an extension of the Health & Safety pillar of our Life Essentials philosophy.

Wellness Education

The solution starts with an understanding.

All staff receive Health and Safety Training.

Academy staff must abide by enhanced health and safety practices outlined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Children learn how following proper hygienic practices can keep them healthy.

Enhanced Hygiene

Soap and water is the best solution.

Soap and water offer the simplest solution to combat infection.

Increased handwashing frequency.

All children and staff must wash their hands upon entering their room at the start of each day and all recommended times thereafter in addition to following standard Academy handwashing procedures.

Healthy Environment

A clean facility keeps families safe.

Academies adhere to advanced cleaning procedures:

  • Daily laundering of soft items and bedding
  • Multi-Step Cleaning Process
  • Disinfect Classrooms throughout the day
  • Deep Cleaning for entire Academy
  • Limiting items brought into the Academy

Symptom Monitoring

Keeping a watchful eye

Daily health check is completed upon arrival.

Temperature monitoring at the Academy entrance.

Track symptoms using AcademyLink®

Isolate symptomatic children from others immediately upon observation.

Contact parents for pickup from the Academy.

Download the complete Health Essentials Guide

We've made our Health Essentials Guide to ensure our Academies are following best practices for a safe and healthy environment. And we made a version you can use at home (or you can hand to your child care provider, if it’s not Kiddie Academy).

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