Here are some activities all about
"People"
Doctors and Nurses
Set up a hospital scene in a corner of a room in your home. Playing doctors or nurses and patients can extend children's vocabulary and also be a good way for them to play through any of their experiences of doctors and make sense of them
You will need:
- A doctor's/nurse's outfit
- A bear/doll or two and dolly's bed, blankets and pillow
- A toy doctor's bag with stethoscope etc (you could made some pretend ones)
- Some bandages and other harmless items from your first aid kit, protective gloves, mask, apron etc
- You could make some hospital signs to help it to look real!
- A prescription pad or similar
Let the children have free play with the hospital then:-
Number Activity. Size (you will need big sheets of paper for drawing on)
We need to make the big toys and dolls better first so let's see if you can put them in order with the big ones first. Can you see which is your biggest? Which is your smallest? How many toys are there? I have 4 bears here. The biggest one is in the blue suit. The orange one is next. The 2 little ones are about the same size as each other. Can you draw your toys or my bears?
I Can draw my toys and bears. I can draw a big one and a small one and 1 more. I can count to 3 while pointing to them.
Mummy or daddy can write on my drawing
the bear
I Can count 1 bear, 2 bears, 3 bears
I Can show you red, orange and blue things
I Can help make an Ambulance
You will need
- a cardboard box
- felt pens, crayons or paint
Make your ambulance. Together draw 4 wheels on the box. Talk about the wheels being round. Draw square windows and talk about a square. Add a blue light and talk about the blue light and the red cross. Here are some examples
Now you can make a road to the hospital and get your patients there quickly.
I Can point to a circle and a square
Creative activity with size. Big hand, small hand
Read "Topsy and Tim Go to the Doctor" Jean and Gareth Adamson . If you don't have the book, here it is. (9 minutes)
Talk about the story and how to stay healthy.
- Exercise every day
- Sleep well every night
- We need to eat good food
Lunch time! So what can we eat to make us stay healthy? A good guide is to have several colours of food on your plate. Let's make some lunch. You choose what you like to eat. Here are some ideas:
I Can help make my lunch and eat it with mummy and daddy
After lunch here is a family game. Cut out some toy images and make up your own rules! Our young one will struggle with over 3 dots but should manage with help
Today's Song - Miss Polly had a dolly
The tune is on the video below
Miss Polly Had a Dolly
- Miss Polly had a dolly who was sick, sick, sick.
- So she called for the doctor to come quick, quick, quick.
- The doctor came with his bag and his hat,
- And he knocked on the door, with a rat-a-tat-tat.
- He looked at the dolly and he shook his head,
- And he said,“Miss Polly put her straight to bed.”
- He wrote on a paper for a pill, pill, pill.
- That would make it better yes it will, will, will.
Sing the song and do the actions
I Can sing it on my own
Time for some exercise. Now we can go for a walk and collect some twigs and leaves. Let's make sure you can put your own coat on without help, and your hat, scarf and gloves. When we come home and you've hung your coat up on the hook, look what we can make together!
I Can make a family of different sizes
What can I do now?
I Can draw my toys and bears.
I Can count 1 bear, 2 bears, 3 bears
I Can show you red, orange and blue things
I Can help make an Ambulance
I Can point to a circle and a square
I Can help make my lunch and eat it with mummy and daddy
I Can sing on my own
I can put my own coat on and later take it off and hang it up
I Can make a family of leaves or twigs of different sizes
WOW! I can do so many things!
I can do some again if I'm not sure.
You can do an "I Can" chart if you like! Enjoy your special time!