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Keeping Myself

What you can talk about, together

Here are some starter questions for you to talk about;

  • What different things help to keep us all healthy?
  • Which physical activities and games do you enjoy playing together?
  • What are your favourite different healthy foods?
  • Why is sleep so important?
  • What can we all do to help us sleep well and for long enough?
  • What can help us when we're ill? (Try to think of things other than medicines first of all, such as rest, sleep, drinking plenty of water etc.) 
  • How can medicines be helpful?
  • When might medicines be harmful?

 

What you can do together

Body Bingo 

Our body needs five things, every day, to keep it healthy: 

  1. Food
  2. Water
  3. Oxygen (in the air we breathe)
  4. Exercise
  5. Sleep and rest

Play the Body Bingo game to create a healthy person.

If you don't have a printer, just draw the Body Bingo boards (See resources below) and use a dice - give each number one of the 5 healthy things, e.g. 1 = Food, 2 = Water etc. And 6 = A Healthy Person. You have to roll a 6 to start! Use coins for counters!

 

Super Sleep!

Begin by talking about why sleep is important.  Here are some ideas to get the conversation started. Sleep helps our body to...

  • Grow
  • Feel awake and able to concentrate
  • Recover after a busy day
  • Repair - our body repairs things when we're asleep
  • Remember - sleep boosts our memory
  • Sort out problems or worries - our brain keeps working when we're asleep and can help is to work out the answer to problems that might be bothering us!

To help us get enough sleep it helps everyone (and that includes adults!) if they have a good bedtime routine.

Next, talk about the things we do before going to bed (e.g. stop looking at screens - TV, tablet, phone etc.) put nightwear on, brush teeth, wash hands and face or have a bath, bedtime story, cuddle teddy bear or blanket etc.

Look at the picture of Harold the healthy giraffe's bedtime routine and together, cut out the pictures of bedtime routine activities, then stick them onto a blank sheet of A4 paper in the correct order for their own bedtime routine. If you don't have a printer, draw the pictures, putting them in the right order. (See resources below)

Your child can draw additional activities and include these if they want to.

 

Stay safe online

Start with a conversation about all the different ways that computers help us (e.g. we can do our shopping, find out about the weather, play games, read stories, watch TV etc.)

Then discuss how we have to be careful when using computers. Explain to your child how we should never share information about ourselves with people we don't know. And if they ever see or hear anything scary when playing on a computer they should tell you - or another grown-up at home, straight away.

Here are lots of activities that your child will enjoy and at the same time learn really important things about how to keep safe online. These resources have  been specially developed for children aged 5 to 7 years old by the National Crime Agency's Child Exploitation and Online Protection Unit.

Click on the link below for lots of simple, 15 minute activities to do with your child, helping them to stay safe online.

 

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