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 SAFETY AND HEALTH EDUCATION NURSERY 2 SECOND TERM

 

TOPIC: SAFETY EDUCATION

 

Safety education is all about imparting the children with specific knowledge, skills and understanding they need in order to stay safe in certain situations. The essence of the topic is to prepare the children on possible risks they might encounter and how to react in such situations to avoid any harm or injury. The topic will help the children to know how to keep themselves and others protected in different situations. The topic will help prepare the children for emergency situations.

 

LESSON 1: FIRE SAFETY (fire prevention mechanisms)

 

Some fires are caused by children. And such fires could lead to loss of lives and destruction of properties. Let the children know that certain actions they take can cause fire outbreak and lead to them sustaining severe injury and can even die if they don’t get help immediately. So, this lesson will help the children to know some of those actions that can cause fire and how to avoid such actions. 

 

EXPLANATION: 

The safest way to deal with fire is to prevent it. Teach them never to play with matches, lighters or any other source of fire. Let the children know that playing with any of those items can spark off fire and they will be the first victims because the fire is very close to them. Also educate the children on the need to stay away from candles, stoves, gas cookers, electric cookers and any other thing that brings out fire.

 

PROMPTING QUESTION: 

 

 

How do you prevent fire outbreak?

RESPONSE:                         

 

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 How to prevent fire outbreak:

I should not play with matches and lighter I should not go near stove, gas cooker, candles and electric cooker

I should not put on the gas or stove if I’m not asked to do so

I should use torchlight in the dark not candles

 

 

 

LESSON 2: FIRE SAFETY RULES 

 

Talking about fire can be scary to children. But let them know that no body wishes to experience fire outbreak, but if they are prepared with the right skills on how to behave in the event of fire outbreak, they will not suffer much harm. 

This lesson is geared towards helping the children to know what to do if firebreaks unexpectedly. 

Explain to the children that they should know the ways out of every room in their house or classroom. Usually, the two way out of a room is the door and window. The first instinct children get when there is fire outbreak or any disaster is to hide. Explain to the children that they should not hide. Use the phrase, don’t hide, go outside.

Let them know that in fire outbreaks, they use their hands, not their eyes.

 

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PROMPTING QUESTION:        What do you do when there is fire outbreak?

 

RESPONSE:                                    When there is fire, 

Go out, don’t hide in the room

Use your hands to find your way, not your eyes. When the smoke is much, go low, close your eyes and crawl out

When your clothe catches fire, stop, drop and roll

 

 

 

LESSON 3:  MEANING OF STOP, DROP AND ROLL 

 

EXPLANATION: Stop, drop and roll is a simple fire safety technique that children are supposed to know as a component of safety and health education. This technique involves the three steps a fire victim should take when his or her clothes catches fire to minimize injury.  

STOP: when the person’s clothes catch fire, the person should not run, rather he or she should stop immediately.

DROP: This Means that when the clothes are on fire, the victim should drop to the ground immediately in a prone position

ROLL: The person should start rolling on the ground over and over, backward and forward. Keep doing that until the fire goes off. This will help to shut off the supply of oxygen and smother the flames.  

Let the children know that their clothes can catch fire during fire outbreak, car accidents, when they get too close to a candle or gas cooker. Teach them that whenever such happens, they should apply ‘stop, drop and roll technique”.

 

PROMPTING QUESTION:        What is the meaning of ‘Stop, drop and Roll”?

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RESPONSE:                                    stop, drop and roll means that 

Whenever my clothe catches fire, 

I should not run. I should fall on the ground and begin to roll until the fire goes off.

 

CLASS ACTIVITIES:

Engage the children on different fire drills.

 

ACTIVITY 1:  USING THEIR HANDS NOT THEIR EYES

 

This can be done as an obstacle course

 Blindfold the children and ask them to feel their way to a designated area. when they get to the designated end point  they should get something. 

It could be their lunch or a gift item. 

Or even a big hug from an important person in the school

 

ACTIVITY 2 ON ‘GOING LOW AND CRAWLING OUT’

Create a play yard

Use red chalk to create a circle to designate an area of the play yard as the fire Put on music and ask the children to dance around.

When they hear a signal, maybe a bell or shouting, which signifies fire outbreak Let the children apply the  ‘go low and crawl out’ technique.

Remember, the circle is the fire AREA with so much smoke, so they will have to crawl out of the area.

 

 

TOPIC: NUTRITION

 

Children are very curious by nature. Sometimes when you give them food or insist they eat certain food, they will want to know why.

So, teaching them about nutrition will help them understand why they are asked to eat certain foods and avoid some types of food.

Remember that food is an element of culture. Try to be culturally conscious while teaching this topic.

Explain to the children that nutrition means giving your body the right foods it needs for it to grow and be healthy.

 

 

LESSON 4: MEANING OF NUTRITION

 

Explain to the children that nutrition means giving your body the right foods it needs for it to grow and be healthy. So, nutrition is how the foods we eat affect the health of the body. Food is very essential. It provides vital nutrients to the body for survival. It helps the body to function very well and stay healthy.

 

PROMPTING QUESTION:                       What is nutrition?

 

RESPONSE:                                                 Nutrition means giving my body the right

food it needs to grow healthy and strong.

 

 

 

LESSON 5: MEANING OF FOOD.

 

INTRODUCTION: Explain to the children that their bodies are like machines. And for machines to work, they need fuel. So also is our bodies; Our bodies need energy to work. We get energy from the food we eat. If we don’t eat food, we won’t have energy.  

 

PROMPTING QUESTION:                    What is food?

 

RESPONSE:                                                    Food is any substance we take into our

body, to give us energy and make us grow.  If I eat smart, I will grow smart.

 

 

LESSON 6: CLASSES OF FOOD

 

The children should know that the foods we eat belong to different groups and each of these groups plays important role in the body. The children should know all the six classes of food.

 

PROMPTING QUESTION:         What are the six classes of food?

 

RESPONSE:                                           Six classes of food: carbohydrate, protein,

vitamins, fat and oil, mineral salt and water.

 

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LESSON 7: EXPLANATION OF SOME CLASSES OF FOOD

 

This lesson will help the children to know the major function of some classes of food in the body. In this lesson, the focus is on carbohydrate, protein and vitamins. Explain to the children that carbohydrates are foods that give the body energy to carry out its activities; proteins are foods that help to repair our worn out tissues. Proteins help us to grow and look healthy vitamins are those foods that protect the body from diseases and infections. 

 

 

PROMPTING QUESTION:                    Tell me about Carbohydrate, protein and vitamins?

 

RESPONSE:                                     Carbohydrates are energy giving food

Proteins are body building food 

Vitamins are body protective food

 

 

TOPIC: SWIMMING

 

This topic is designed to acquaint the children with all the necessary information they need to know about water. 

The topic will expose them to the meaning of swimming, importance of swimming, drowning as a huge risk and how to stay safe in water.

 

 

LESSON 8: SWIMMING AS A SPORT

 

Swimming is an individual sport or team racing sport that requires the use of one’s entire body to move through water.

Swimming means using your arms and legs to move through water.

Apart from being a sporting activity, people can also swim for fun and as a form of exercise.

 

PROMPTING QUESTION:        What is swimming?

 

RESPONSE:                                    Swimming means using your arms and your legs

to move through water.  People swim for exercise,

People swim for fun 

People swim as a sporting activity.

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