Resources

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Photo of plastic ball and foam darts

Hands-on Activity: How Vaccines Work

In this activity, designed for ages 5-11, children build a model of the coronavirus to understand the structure of the virus, the design of the vaccine, and how vaccines teach the body to recognize the virus.

Materials list:

Facilitation guide

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Photo showing pop boards

Hands-on Activity: Why Vaccines Matter

In this activity, designed for ages 5-11, children play a game to discover how vaccination helps protect everyone in a community.

Materials list:

  • Two bubble boards of different colors
  • Permanent marker

Facilitation guide

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Small image of black and white informational flyer about vaccines.

Printable Flyer: Know the Vax Facts

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Cover of the book Andre's Armor, showing the title and an illustration of a boy with black hair and brown skin wearing a clear green suit of armor over his clothes

Hands-on Activity: Andre’s Armor Read Aloud

In this interactive read aloud designed for ages 2-5, children will follow Andre as he visits the doctor to get his shots and discovers how vaccines help keep him safe.

Materials list:

Facilitation guide

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The photo shows a large circle of rope on the floor representing a human body with cards arranged to indicate the head, arms, and legs. There are many colorful pompoms inside the rope to represent germs, and pictures of blue and yellow colored syringes to represent vaccines.

Hands-on Activity: Germ Catchers

In this activity designed for ages 2-5, children play a sorting game to learn how vaccines teach the body to recognize and remove harmful germs.

Materials list:

Facilitation guide