Visit the Hospital

Take a trip down to the local hospital and have a look around. Notice how clean and quite everything is. Can you see the babies in the nursery? Point out what the doctors and nurses are wearing. Teach your children that the hospital is a place where sick people go to feel better.

Make Sock Puppets for the Sick Children at the Hospital

Supplies:

• Socks (any type, any color)
• Yarn, felt and other fabric scraps
• Markers
• Scissors
• White glue or glue gun with hot glue (with a parent's assistance)
• Waxed paper or other paper
Optional additions;
• Googly eyes
• Sequins, buttons, feathers and other decorations

To make a basic sock puppet, you will cut pieces of fabric to make facial features, hair, clothing and other accessories for your puppet. Crumple waxed or plain paper into balls and stuff it inside your sock. This will help keep the glue from sticking the sock to itself and will help the sock hold its puppet shape while you are working on it. Now you can glue the features and decorations to your puppet.

Play Doctor

Supplies:

Thermometer
Tissues
Popsicle Stick
Cotton Balls
Band Aids
Measuring Tape
Lotion
Anything you can find in your bathroom to play “Doctor” with

Directions:

Slip on a white coat, if you have one, and you be the doctor! Take your child’s temperature, tell them to breath deep, take their height (and weight if you have a scale), check out their teeth and tongue, look in their ears, listen to their tummy and administer “healing lotion” or band aids to any boo boo you see. Now let your child be the doctor!

Band-Aid Man

Supplies:

Band-aid
Markers
Cotton ball
Glue
Q-tips
Paper

Directions:

Have children stick a Band-Aid on a piece of construction paper. Glue a
cotton ball on top of Band-Aid for his head. Use a marker to put eyes, nose and mouth on cotton ball. Cut Q-tips in half and glue on for arms and legs.

Week 24: Hospitals

*Suggested Reading*

Going to the Hospital (Usborne First Experiences) by Anne Civardi

When You're Sick or in the Hospital: Healing Help for Kids by Tom McGrath

Harry Goes to the Hospital: A Story for Children About What It's Like to Be in the Hospital by Howard J., M.D. Bennett

The Moose with Loose Poops by Dr. Charlotte Cowan

Katie Caught a Cold by Dr. Charlotte Cowan

Items needed this week:
• Googly eyes
• Sequins, buttons, feathers and other decorations
• Socks (any type, any color)
• Yarn, felt and other fabric scraps
• Markers
• Scissors
• White glue or glue gun with hot glue (with a parent's assistance)
• Waxed paper or other paper
• Thermometer
• Tissues
• Popsicle Stick
• Cotton Balls
• Band Aids
• Measuring Tape
• Lotion
• Anything you can find in your bathroom to play “Doctor” with
• Band-aid
• Markers
• Cotton ball
• Glue
• Q-tips
• Paper


Preparations to be made:
Call your local hospital and set up a time to come in and bring your sock puppets for the sick children. Also inquire if there are any special tours or activities for children visiting the hospital.