Doctors Office

Bandaids that are provided at Bright Horizons childcare centers for play and saftey

This activity promotes development and learning by encouraging children to demonstrate creativity and imagination in learning and play. Through pretend play, children learn about experiences with doctors and nurses.

Materials Needed:

  • An assortment of safe medical; equipment (e.g. stethoscope, rubber gloves, Band-aids, gauze, hospital gowns, doctor’s kit, paper, pencil and clipboard for the chart, eye chart, scale, measuring tape for height, magazine and book for the waiting room).

Participants: This activity is intended for adult/child interaction.

Directions:

  1. Talk about the work doctors and nurses do to keep our bodies healthy and safe and the various tools they use.
  2. Encourage your child to set up a pretend doctor’s office, including chairs as a reception area and a place to lie down as the examining table, with medical equipment nearby.
  3. Have a pretend doctor’s visit where the focus is on health, hygiene, and nutrition.
  4. Talk to the children about how they keep themselves healthy and safe.
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In 1986, our founders saw that child care was an enormous obstacle for working parents. On-site centers became one way we responded to help employees – and organizations -- work better. Today we offer child care, elder care, and help for education and careers -- tools used by more than 1,000 of the world’s top employers and that power many of the world's best brands
Bandaids that are provided at Bright Horizons childcare centers for play and saftey