Quick Description:

As a childminder you have a choice about what activities you do with the children you look after so why not do some topics that could really make a difference to their lives? Taking the time to explore topics like healthy eating, making friends, sun safety, oral health, fire and road safety will not only really help the children, but it will make you feel that you are doing something truly valuable with the time you are spending with them.

This pack is a collection of 14 mini printable packs with resources to help childminders to teach 14 health and safety topics to 2-5 year old children. 

More Information:

The Mega pack contains 14 health and safety themed mini packs containing printable art projects with templates, cooking projects and printable activity sheets.

Each topic mini pack contains a series of suggested art projects and activities for you to complete with the children. All the art project templates, and activity ideas are simple to do and make with 2-5 year old children, and never involve buying expensive or specialist materials.

All mini packs contain information for the childminder, key messages to teach the children and guided EYFS Observations.

The 14 mini packs cover the following topics. 

1)     Staying safe in the home: accident prevention and fire safety, mini pack one. Includes:

• Spot the Safety Hazard Quiz.
• Updated links to safety checklists which you can share with parents and also use to help risk assess your home.
  
• Involving older child in home risk assessments.
  
• Educational safety colouring pages.
  
• Fire Engine Craft
  
• Bee Safe Chocolate Fairy Cakes Baking Activity
  
• Guided EYFS Observations. 
• Recommended Organisations and Books.

2) Staying safe outdoors: including bike safety and sun safety, mini pack two. Includes:

• Making Good Choices for the Weather Activity.
• I am Safe in the Sun Colouring Sheet.
• Funny Sunglasses Craft
• Rainbow Rice Welly Boots Craft
• Bike Safety Colouring Sheet
• Moving Bike Scene Craft

3)     Road safety: pedestrian safety, school run and seat belts, mini pack three. Includes: 

• Road Safety Quiz
• Road Safety Tips
• Road Safety Colouring Sheets
• Road Safety Miniature World Craft
• Teddy High Vis Vest Craft
• Car Seat for Teddy Craft
• Traffic Lights Craft
• Pelican Crossing Craft
• Traffic Lights Biscuit Recipe

4)     Stranger danger: getting lost and coping with strangers, mini pack four. Includes: 

• Getting lost procedures for childminders and their children.
• Getting Lost Worksheet.
• Holding Hands Craft.
• Stranger Danger Colouring Sheets.
• Safe Strangers Potato People craft.
• Policeman Hat Craft.

5)     Helping each other to stay safe: looking after younger children and phoning 999, mini pack five. Includes:

• Make a jigsaw craft idea
• Teaching children to call 999 for an ambulance
• Ambulance Craft
• Colouring Sheets
• Humpty Dumpty Egg Cups Recipe

6)     My Body: names of the body parts, 5 senses, growing and other changes, mini pack six. Includes:

• Body parts colouring sheets.
• Body Template Craft.
• 5 senses activity ideas.
• Oldest to Youngest activity.
• Body Shaped Butter Biscuits Recipe.
• Body themed finger rhymes.
  
  

7)     Keeping Clean, mini pack seven. Includes: 

• Colouring sheets
• name the things that keep you clean activity
• How do different animals keep clean
• Germs and viruses activity.
• Foam messy activity.
• Messy Spaghetti Activity.
  
  

8)     Being Active, mini pack eight. Includes:

• Colouring sheet.
• Which activities will keep you fit activity.
• Ways to stay active indoors.
• I own my body and I like to look after it activity.
• Make a counting game activity.
• Sticky Treasure Hunt Activity.
  

9)     Healthy Eating, mini pack nine. Includes: 

• Tips on dealing with fussy eaters.
• Foods that are healthy or not, sticking project.
• Foods I like sheet.
• Fruit bowl craft.
• Fruit Kebabs recipe.
• Fruit Smoothie recipe.
• More ideas to try.
  

10)   Looking after your teeth: brushing and visiting the dentist. Mini Pack 10. Includes:

• Dentist colouring sheets.
• Teeth cleaning chart.
• Mouth with teeth craft.
• Tooth Fairy Wands craft.
• Tooth Fairy Doors craft.
  

11)   Visiting the doctor and the nurse, mini pack eleven. Includes: 

• Colouring Sheets.
• Doctors Kit craft.
• Nurses Hat craft.
• Feeling Cheerful book idea
• Quiet time box idea.
• Get Well Soon craft.

12)   Going to hospital, mini pack twelve. Includes:

• Hospital colouring sheet.
• Activities ideas about going to the hospital.
• Cardboard Box Hospital craft.
• Paper Flowers craft.
• Paper Plate Gift Bag craft.
• Hand X-Ray craft.
• Send a Hug Get Well Soon Card craft.

13)   Making friends: joining in, anti-bullying and overcoming shyness, mini pack thirteen. Includes:

• Colouring sheets.
• Friendship Tree craft.
• Friendship Bracelets craft.
• Forever Friends Bookmark craft.
• Chocolate Fridge Cake recipe.

14) New Sibling, mini Pack fourteen. Includes: 

• Colouring sheet.
• Finding Out About You When You Were a Baby activity.
• Ideas for things older children can do to help with the baby.
• Black and White Shapes Gift craft.
• Rattle craft.
• Busy Box idea.
• Salt Dough Picture Frame craft.