Kindergarten is one of the main places for a child in which he is a decent amount of time. A couple of years after birth, not only parents, but also teachers and educators will take on the function of developing and teaching the child various skills. The physical and mental health of the baby will largely depend on this.
Dr. Aibolit: kindergarten health corner
Immunity in a small child is just beginning to form and adapt to environmental conditions. To help the family support it, the first thing to do is provide data on how to do it. This is an important task of preschools. Such a mission can be accomplished by organizing conversations and creating the so-called health corner.
What should a health corner look like ? Pictures must be required. The main audience is parents, but also children. Therefore, funny faces, famous characters from fairy tales or cartoons, bright colors - this is what will attract the attention of both of them. Theory should be present, but it is worth posting more specific practical recommendations on the information stand. And, of course, the materials should be in a conspicuous place, possibly where the parents are waiting for their children and could pass the time reading.
Health Corner Information
Periodically, it is desirable to update the materials, they should always be tried to be relevant. So, a health corner in a kindergarten usually consists of the following topics:
- Disease prevention and accident prevention. In winter, you can write about how to avoid frostbite, in the offseason - about the symptoms of a cold and its prevention, and in the summer it is important to recall safe swimming in rivers and seas, how to escape from sunstroke and insect bites.
- Information about vaccinations: why they are needed and when you can contact a pediatrician to get them.
- The choice of clothes according to the weather. Children need to be trained to dress on their own, they must understand when and what to wear.
- Physical education of the child, education of hygiene skills: daily hygiene, care about posture, etc.
- Features of the daily routine of a child of a certain age.
- Proper, balanced diet : the required daily amount of calories consumed, sources of vitamins and more.
Text Messaging Requirements
The health corner in the kindergarten can be made in any style, contain elements of creativity, but there are a number of general recommendations for increasing its effectiveness:
- Simplicity and accessibility of the material provided: the absence of unknown terms or obscure phrases, clarity of presentation.
- Large font and certain colors in the design (preferably contrasting, compared to the background, and not too bright). The text should be well presented visually, this will improve its perception.
- Interesting, eye-catching headlines. You can write thesis - short and at the same time meaningful names will be remembered immediately.
- The text that will be placed in the corner of health (photos will help to dilute it) must be literate. Do not write too much different information. Let these be small passages illustrated with thematic images.
Educational classes with a teacher
In addition to the fact that there is a health corner in the kindergarten, teachers themselves must clearly demonstrate and explain to the kids. Every day you need to repeat the necessary rules. It’s useful not only to pronounce, but also to show, for example, why brushing your teeth and how to do it correctly, what to wear in summer, and what in winter, what vaccinations are, etc. You can also demonstrate the materials themselves (brush, things, doctor’s set and other). It is worth involving children in improvised sketches and training to use objects as intended. Hygienic rules, for example regarding brushing your teeth, can also be set out in the corner of your health.
Every day or at least every other day you need to allocate time for physical education. In each lesson, you can include fun game exercises. The children's room should have sports equipment - balls, hoops, jump ropes,
massage mats, rollers, horizontal bar or
Swedish wall. Teachers explain to children how to use all this. Information on how to deal with the baby at home can also be placed in the corner of health.
Sports family - a healthy child
Parents throughout life are the most significant people for everyone. For a small child, they are a role model. The features of the baby's life directly depend on their lifestyle. In the corner of health should be information about a healthy lifestyle, the need for a joint pastime of parents and children. Parents need to cultivate in their child the need to monitor their body, eat well and eat properly, be active and play sports. At the same time, they themselves must adhere to the same attitudes, accept them and demonstrate in behavior.
It’s not necessary to fanatically follow the idea that a healthy body is in a healthy mind, But one should not forget about the need for vitamins, about the quality of food as an energy source, about light gymnastics, which can be practiced even with a baby and which will strengthen his health - these ideas are necessary to inform parents.