Doctor Study in Preschool

Here are some photos of the unit we are currently working on in Head Start, "What do doctors do?" We changed our block area into a doctor's office. We added doctor's dress-up coats, doctor's kits, tongue depressors, clipboards with paper and pencil, bandages made out of cut up fabric, real bandaids (I found a box of brightly colored ones at Family Dollar for a dollar), a doctor's table (our play couch turned upside down), and chiars for the waiting patients.

Oh, and don't forget our Doc McStuffins sign!

Then, we made out sensory table into the pharmacy. Here is an empty box we happened to have that was the perfect size to put medicine bottles in for pickup.

In the sensory table, I added some old medicine bottles (thoroughly washed out of course) and some other bottles of similar size, with labels covered with tape that simply say "Name," so that they can be written on with dry erase markers.

Also, I added small paper cups, medicine spoons, funnels, test tubes, magnifiers, wooden sticks, and paper bags to the "pharmacy." I put in some flour and salt for the children to mix up their own "medicine."

Here are the books and DVDs we used:

Please feel free to comment with your ideas about a doctor study.

Chronicles of Summertime: Day 25

Day 25:
Daddy had today off work! We got up a little late and got ready to head to grandma and grandpa's house. Ladybug wore a new outfit.

We stopped at IHOP on the way.

When we got to grandma and grandpa's, the cousins were already there and running all over the farm shooting each other with squirt guns. Snugglepuppy joined right in even though he was tired from being up late for fireworks last night.

They played all kinds of games including kicking the ball into the soccer goal, riding the little bus around the field, and thieving velociraptors (?). Yeah, not so sure about that last one, but all I know is they were outside for a long time getting exercise and getting dirty.

Snugglepuppy even found a dead bunny and tried to pick it up. Good thing daddy was there to help him put it down and usher him away pretty quickly and get him cleaned up. After it was time for them to come in and eat, they watched some TV and then got washed up. We got Snugglepuppy to bed (he had a "sleepover" with cousins upstairs) and Ladybug to bed in her little portable bed on the floor by our bed and finally went to bed ourselves. Yay, we made it to the weekend!

Chronicles of Summertime: Day 24

Day 24:
Happy 4th of July! Today, we went to visit the cousins again at their house along with the other cousins from out of state. Snugglepuppy had a great time running around and having some imaginative play with them. The oldest cousin had set up the "4th of July Store" up in her room to sell glow sticks and other goods. Then, we went to the fireworks and Snugglepuppy did great. He said "boom, boom" when they went off. Ladybug didn't get scared or cry at all either for her first fireworks. I was so proud of her!