Kinderland Child Development Center preps for kids returning to daycare

With parents starting to slowly go back to work, kids will be heading back to daycare.

To work and more kids are heading back to their daycare.

Action news now reporter ana torrea is live in redding where daycares are doing everything they can to keep little ones safe.

Kinderland child development center in redding kept its doors open since the start of the pandemic.

Now it's preparing for returning students.

*take pk* take so* trt: 05 susan wilson owner of kinderland child development center & ark academy i think as each individual family returns to work, they will need care so we're starting to get them back kinderland child development center owner and director susan wilson tells me about 15-20 of her students returned in the past two weeks and with more students and teachers expected to comeback: wilson says she's focusing on finding new ways to social distance kids take so* trt: 10 susan wilson owner of kinderland child development center & ark academy i have an empty classroom right now that's not being used right now and we will split that class up// the pre-k class will have their own teacher in a room that is currently empty.

The daycare already has strict health and safety rules in place.

Take so* ((((planning to layer this with b- roll)))) trt:12 susan wilson owner of kinderland child development center & ark academy we started immediately with all sign-ins on our playground, we take temps on the door, they wash their hands while they sing their abc's, we do sanitize every 2 hrs, we do sanitize the playgrounds twice daily ana stand u* trt:11 ana torrea atorreanews another thing that the preschool has done to minimize visitors from coming in and out of the building is creating this makeshift drive- up window for parents and families to use and families i spoke to in shasta county say: they're all for the strict cleaning guidelines.

Take so* trt:06 marsha roberstron lives in anderson personally i think all of this could be a benefit to us during the flu season and not just during coronavirus wilson tells action news now: she's currently stopped temporary enrollment for the day care.

So that long- term clients are guaranteed their spot back when they return.

Reporting live in redding, ana torrea action news now coverage you can count on.

Last week-- 'kinderland child development center' threw a social distancing graduation parade for its pre- kindergarten kids.