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Kimmell told \"GMA\" she's received \"so much positivity\" in reaction to her post. \"Parents tell me they feel a sense of peace after they read it,\" she said. The school's received many of the items on its Amazon wish list since the post went viral, Kimmell said.

The kindergarten teacher said the first few days of school will have a lesson plan related to mask wearing and they will have fun with it. \"We're going to pick super powers and the mask make them like superheroes,\" she said. The first book she'll read to her class? \"What Should Danny Do?\" -- a kids' book about a boy with the superpower to make good choices at school.

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