1.22 Safety & Band-aids Meeting (Being Healthy keeper - part 4)
Program Connections:
- Being Healthy
- 4 - Heartbeats
- 6 - Safe Play
- 7 - Band-Aids
- 8 - Additional Activities - Safety Story
Girl Guides of Canada Challenge
- Sparks 20th Anniversary Share and Be a Friend Challenge
- Exploring and Experimenting - 2
Gathering Activity
Opening song
Spark Promise
Game
- Game: What's in the Bag game using safety items. {note - this meets the Exploring and Experimenting - What's in the Bag? activity of the Share and Be a Friend Challenge}
Game [Being Healthy - 6]
- Safe Play activity from Guider's manual - kids jump up and clap if the activity is safe, remain seated if it is unsafe.
SAFE | |
getting in the car and putting on your seat belt in the back seat | |
wearing a life jacket in the water | |
asking permission before touching someone else's animal | |
using hand rails going up/down the stairs | |
following the rules | |
Swim only when an adult is present | |
if you smell smoke, feel your door before opening it | |
look left and right before crossing the street | |
take swimming lessons | |
wear a helmet when you ride your bike | |
UNSAFE | |
running across the street | |
running at the swimming pool | |
talking to strangers | |
playing with matches | |
hiding from your parents at the store | |
chewing on balloons | |
wear your bike helmet when playing at the playground | |
climb up the slide at the playground | |
take medicine by yourself | |
dunk your friend at the pool |
Game [Being Healthy - 4]
- Heartbeats game from Guider's manual - find heartbeat before the game, then play follow the leader with jumping, hopping, skipping, running, etc. Ask if they are out of breath. Can they feel their heart beating quickly? Is there a difference from before? Explain how exercise makes the heart strong for a healthy body.
- Activity [Being Healthy - 7]
- Show how to put on a band-aid without touching sterile gauze. Using washable marker, make a mark on each girl’s arm and have another girl put a band-aid on it. Or, if they are not comfortable putting a band-aid onto their skin, put in on their leg, on top of their pants.
Craft
Wash hands for snack
Snack & Story [Being Healthy - 8]
- Story from http://www.askacop.org/kids/joeysturn.html
Campfire
Closing song
Note: We have now completed the Being Healthy Keeper badge.