Become a mini medic!
We value your child’s safety and we go above and beyond to ensure that your child is safe during their day at nursery.
To help your little one become a mini medic, we have 4 lessons which teach basic first aid skills as well as how they can keep themselves safe. These lessons include topics on calling for help, choking and keeping safe. Please see below these simple activities which you can try at home.
Lesson 1 - I know why I would call for help and how.
This lesson is all about what situations might scare children and how they would find help. Things that might worry a child may be a fire or finding somebody on the floor in an unusual position. A great activity you could do for this lesson is to teach your child about the people who help us like the police, fire services and ambulances.
Lesson 2 - I know how to call 999 and my address.
This lesson is based on calling the emergency services so why not show them how to do this on your home phone or your mobile. But make sure you let them know you only ever do this in an emergency situation. If your child is old enough you could also teach them their address which they may need if they phoned the emergency services or if they became lost.
Lesson 3 - I know how to stop myself choking.
This lesson is about preventing the children from choking and is based on four key principles, to sit whilst eating, to ensure they are taking regular sips of water whilst eating, to make sure they are taking the time to chew and to make sure they are cutting their food up into manageable chunks.
If your child is old enough why not let them help you cut up the fruit for their snack or the vegetables for dinner? This way you can talk about what may be too big for them to chew!
Lesson 4 - I know about dangerous things and how to keep safe.
There are lots of dangerous things at home which children need to know how to use safely, this like irons, knives, hair straighteners and baths.
Could you make a risk assessment for your home and get them to make sure that the house is safe e.g. a photograph of the kitchen utensil drawer (where sharp things are kept and I don’t touch unless an adult is helping me) or a photograph of the kettle where the wire is safely tucked away so nobody tugs on it. You could even just make a list of objects around the house you want to talk to your child about e.g. my hair straighteners may be hot, we shouldn’t touch them, the bath may be slippy so whilst we are in this we should be sat on our bottoms!
It's never too early to teach your little one about the importance of keeping themselves safe and these 4 lessons are a great place to start. They'll often enjoy having the additional responsibility knowing that they may be able to help out more with things like prepping food. It's also a great reason to do some dressing up and make safety fun!