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Health & Safety
Hand washing is the
number one way you can cut down on illnesses in your program!
The Minnesota Department of
Health offers great hand washing curriculum resources for free.
Check them out!
http://www.health.state.mn.us/handhygiene/curricula/index.html
Plus
this book is my students all time favorite! They want to read it all the
time. We read it at the beginning of the year every year when we learn
about hand washing. They ask for it again and again.
We
all know the common sense safety for baby proofing our home right? Well
how about a little review...
Keep reading for things maybe you never have thought of before!
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Lock
away medicine, guns, knives, scissors, cleaning supplies, any
potentially harmful thing that children may try to mess with.
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Use
gates, safety latches, and locks to keep children out of places they
don't belong. Be sure the gates you use don't posse a risk,
some accordion style ones have large openings that children can get
their necks stuck in.
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Be
sure the cribs and playpens you use have not been recalled!
Many Have Been!
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Cover
electrical outlets.
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Never
leave a child alone near any kind of open water... toilets, tubs, or
even a bucket of water.
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Keep
poisonous house plants out of reach as well as secure outdoor plants
that may be poisonous.
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Always
be on the look out for choke hazards!
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Check
Fire Alarms Monthly!
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We love this baby gate! It is
"hands free" so you just step on a latch to open it!
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Here are some not so common ones that are just as important!
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Watch
those cords on your window blinds! A child could get it
twisted around his or her neck and strangle themselves.
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Never
leave keys in a car parked in your driveway! To be extra safe
lock your garage door too.
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Be
smart... don't even bother with a walker, use a stationary baby
exerciser.
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Watch
where you put a baby in a car seat or bouncy chair. Other
children may pull them off of a high area before you can stop them.
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Forbid
the use of balloons at children's parties. Use Mylar ones instead.
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LEARN
THE PROPER WAY TO USE CHILD CAR SEATS!!!
This is a huge epidemic all across the country! People just are
not using them correctly! Learn proper restraining techniques and
SHARE this with the parents you care for! We must change this!
READ Safe Kids, Buckle Up by Kara
Zoller, a very important article about
CHILD CAR SEATS! I think you will be shocked!!!! Kara writes
"Today, more children die in motor vehicle crashes than from all
childhood diseases combined! " Kara is a Certified Child
Passenger Safety Technician. Read her article now and see if you
are transporting children correctly!
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