Nurse's office

Playing in the office: children bandage stuffed animals, take their temperature, and learn when to call for help.

Steps

1. Conversation: what a nurse does in school and hospital.
2. Children set up an office: a couch made of a blanket, a first aid kit with toy supplies.
3. In pairs, one child is the patient or a stuffed animal is the patient, the other is the nurse.
4. They practice putting on a band-aid, bandaging an arm, and washing hands.
5. Finally, children make a thank-you card for the school nurse.

Tip: Real elastic bandages are cheap and can be washed repeatedly.

Materials needed

• Elastic bandage (a few pieces)
• Toy doctor kit (1 set)