Virtual Option For Childcare: Longtime Daycare Closes Physical Space And Swaps To Online

NEWTON, MA — Many daycares across the state are either empty or have far fewer kids. But that doesn’t mean children are missing that connection. Some parents are turning to virtual daycares, to keep their kids home but engaged.

“They’re in their own homes, safe, and able to explore what they want to explore. [They’re] basically inviting us in,” said Reed Donahue, owner of Little Red Wagon PlaySchool.

On Wednesday, as she sat in her empty daycare center, she taught an online class full of pre-schoolers. The virtual venture is a consequence of the pandemic. We first met Donahue back in April, during an extended shutdown that threatened the facility’s existence.

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