What Are We Learning This Week?
Checkups and shots keep us healthy.
This Week’s Big Questions
What do you do during a checkup at the doctor’s office?
Fun at Home
If you have a thermometer at home, take it out and talk about it with your child. Help your child describe it and explain how it works. Describe a time that you had a fever. How did you feel, and what did you do to feel better?
Show Me! Our Words of the Week
Say It:
Checkup
Explain It:
A checkup is an examination of a person to discover if there are any problems.
Talk About It:
Describe what is happening at the child’s checkup.
Say It:
Shot
Explain It:
A shot is a special kind of medicine that keeps us from getting sick.
Talk About It:
Have you ever gotten a shot? Tell me about it.
Say It:
Temperature
Explain It:
Temperature is how hot or cold something is. Our body temperature is high when we feel sick.
Talk About It:
What are some ways we can take our temperature?