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Doctor and hospital preschool activities, games, and crafts.   This theme is all about doctors, nurses, and hospitals! As children build literacy, develop vocabulary, practice math concepts, and participate in dramatic play and movement activities, they also gain confidence in relation to their own medical experiences. Through songs, literature, music, sorting, organizing, rhyming, and more, children come to understand how and why doctors and nurses are important members of communities, helping people to stay healthy and to heal when they are sick.

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Doctor and hospital learning areas ideas:, dramatic play area: hospital or doctor's office.

Set up an area of the room as a doctor's office. Include a scale, measuring tape, eye chart, stethoscope, reflex hammer, cotton balls, gauze, elastic bandages, tiny flashlights, doctor's coats (white shirts), kid's magazines, chairs, etc. Include some stuffed animals or dolls as patients, and let children pretend to be the doctors and nurses taking care of them. 

Let children paint or color a teddy bear outline. Provide band-aids and let children place the band-aids on their drawing. Ask children to tell you how the teddy bear got hurt.

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Let children build a hospital. Add emergency vehicles to the play area.

Doctor and Hospital Activities and Games for Preschool and Kindergarten

At the doctor.

What Does the Doctor Check?   Adaptation by KidsSoup, Inc   (Tune: Head and Shoulders, Knees and Toes)

Use a call and response format along with the "Head and Shoulders, Knees and Toes" melody and movements

Call (teacher): What does the doctor check?

Response (children): The doctor checks my

Head and shoulders,  knees and toes,  knees and toes,  My head and shoulders,  knees and toes, knees and toes,  That's how the doctor's visit goes, how it goes.

Repeat with:

Eyes and ears and mouth and nose,  

My eyes and ears and mouth and nose, mouth and nose,

That's how the doctor's visit goes, how it goes.

Heart and back and how my body grows 

Eye Chart If possible obtain an eye chart. Let children read the chart from a distance. 

Measurments Measure and record each child's height and weight. Graph the results.

Our Hearts Let children listen to their heartbeat with a stethoscope.

Exercise Explain to children that exercise keeps our heart healthy and strong. Choose one child to be the doctor. The doctor prescribes physical activities to the group: "Doctor (Name of child) says, "jump up and down", "touch the floor", etc.

X-Ray Art Use some Q-tips to create a skeleton x-ray art.

Doctor's Bag  (Craft description inside our KidsSoup Resource Library)

Make a doctor's bag out of a manilla folder. Print the doctor's tools. Cut them out and glue them inside the doctor's bag. Staple a plastic bag to the inside (make sure you only staple one side of the bag to the folder) and fill with Band-Aids.

Compare and Contrast Story Character Doctor and Hospital Experiences

Miss Twiggle had a Baby Adapted by Jolanda Garcia, Kidssoup

Miss Twiggle had a baby.

She named him Tiny Tim.

She put him in the bathtub,

To see if he could swim.

He drank up all the water.

He ate up all the soap.

He tried to eat the bathtub,

But it wouldn't go down his throat.

Miss Twiggle called the doctor. The doctor called the nurse. The nurse called the lady with the alligator purse.

In walked the doctor. In walked the nurse. In walked the lady with the alligator purse.

"Measles!" said the doctor. "Mumps!" said the nurse. "Nothing!" said the lady with the alligator purse.

Out went the doctor. Out went the nurse. Out went the lady with the alligator purse.

Nurse Craft and Rhyme   (Craft description inside our KidsSoup Resource Library)

Make a nurse hat for children to wear.

I'm a Nurse Dressed in White (Tune: Little White Duck)

I'm a nurse dressed in white, And I feel just swell. When you are sick, I help to make you well. I give you shots, And if you're afraid, I fix you up with a big Band-Aid. I'm a nurse dressed in white, And I feel just swell. Now you're well!

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I'm a Helpful Doctor  (Tune: I'm a Little Teapot)

I'm a helpful doctor,

Dressed in white, I help people feel better,

Day and night. When you get hurt or sick, Come see me. I'll get you all fixed up,

Just as quick as can be.

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Teaching Kids About Medicine – What Do Doctors Do?

Do you have a child who wonders what it would be like to work as a doctor or a nurse? Learn about a medical investigations homeschool curriculum that is perfect for teaching kids about medicine . You might also enjoy this collection of resources for teaching kids about the human body .

I was always interested in doctors and what they did as a kid. Maybe it came from my own bout with childhood cancer , or maybe I would have found it interesting anyway. I’m sure it was helped along by the fact that my parents owned a Physician’s Desk Reference as well as another doctors’ reference guide. I’m pretty sure they had them because we were living in a country with limited access to medical care. Neither of my parents had any background in medicine.

My siblings and I LOVED the Physician’s Desk Reference because you could run through symptom questionnaires to diagnose an illness. We delighted in finding the worst possible – thankfully imaginary – ailments for ourselves.

I went to college as a pre-med student, but decided that wasn’t the path for me. I did eventually get a Ph.D. in medicine, but it was a non-clinical degree, and I still feel I made the right choice. Working as a researcher in the School of Medicine did offer some fantastic opportunities though! I worked as a tutor for a medical ethics class, but my favorite job of all time was facilitating a problem based learning course for first year medical students.

The job went like this: I would walk into the room and hand out a patient profile. The students went home for the week, studied the case write-up, and came back with a diagnosis and their reasons for that diagnosis. My job was to sit in the room, listen, and make sure they didn’t go too far off course. I was pregnant with my daughter Emma at the time, and I especially remember their pregnancy case because they were all so clearly clueless about what it was like to be pregnant. They were first year medical students, after all! And a case about sepsis haunts me to this day.

Teaching Kids About Medicine

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My ten-year-old daughter Lily shares my childhood interest in medicine. She’s always collecting hospital themed toys, and she wants crutches so badly that one of her siblings (hush, don’t tell) bought her a set for Christmas this year.

I have no idea if she will end up working as a doctor or nurse. Still, when Timberdoodle approached me and asked if I was interested in reviewing Medical Investigation 101 , a Problem Based Learning style medical curriculum for kids. I jumped at the chance to bring my favorite job into our home learning.

I received this curriculum free as a review item. I received and asked for no other compensation, and all opinions are my own.

Medical Investigations 101 Review

Medical Investigation 101 was written by two medical doctors who also happen to be cousins. The illustrations were done by the wife of one Dr. Hill.

The book is designed to inspire children’s interest in medicine and to teach them how doctors think. 10-year-old Lily is obviously much younger, but she has a particular interest in medicine and I’m helping her with this a lot. In general, I think the 11th grade recommendation is solid. I am consistently impressed with Timberdoodle’s ability to match products to ages.

How to Teach Kids How Doctors Think

Medical Investigations 101 gets kids thinking like doctors by presenting them with patient cases, just like my former medical school students.

Of course, you can’t diagnose without a lot of prior knowledge, the course also includes a lot of information about different conditions. There is a lot of vocabulary to learn. I’m amazed at Lily’s willingness to look up vocabular word after vocabulary word. That’s what a personal interest will do for a kid!

There is also a lot of human anatomy to understand.

Is This Just for Kids Who Want to Be Doctors?

First of all, Lily is ten. I know she finds medicine interesting, but I have no idea if she wants to be a doctor. She likes the idea of hospitals and medicine, but she hasn’t ever said she wants to do that as a career.

Secondly, I think that this course is useful for anyone – including adults. We all interact with doctors, and a course like this teaches you how doctors think and how they make decisions. We also all have bodies that we benefit from understanding.

You don’t have to go through the course in order. You can jump around topics, although some topics lead into others. This just means that sometimes you’ll need a little more background research if you skipped around.

Will a Class Like This Get My Kid Into Medical School?

There’s an awful lot that goes into getting into medical school. In the United States you need a bachelor’s degree first, for starters (this is not true everywhere in the world).

This course won’t get your child into medical school, but it’s a great introduction to what the world of medicine is like. And if they enjoy this course there’s a much higher chance that they would enjoy working in medicine – as a doctor, nurse, or in some other role – than if they don’t enjoy it. It’s the first curriculum of its kind that I’ve seen marketed for children, and I’m thrilled to see its existence!

Do you and your kids find medicine fascinating? Terrifying? Either way there’s a lot you could get out of this curriculum.

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MaryAnne Kochenderfer

MaryAnne is a craft loving educator, musician, photographer, and writer who lives in Silicon Valley with her husband Mike and their four children.

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Many people dream of becoming a doctor with a common goal: to save lives. Doctors spend many years studying and taking a lot of exams and intensive training to ensure that people can entrust their lives to them. They don’t stop learning and continuously hone their skills to provide the best health service.

See the fact file below for more information on Doctor or alternatively, you can download our 28-page Doctor worksheet pack to utilise within the classroom or home environment.

Key Facts & Information

Introduction.

• Doctors are professionals who are formally trained and licensed to practice medicine.
• Their role in society is vital as they maintain people’s health, diagnose illnesses, and treat the different conditions of the sick.
• The first proof of medical treatment is traced back to 27,000 years ago, and there are cave paintings that show how plants were used as medicinal herbs.
• Physicians were required to recite an oath and vow to the Greek gods to treat their patients ethically.
• The first version of the Hippocratic Oath, named after Greek physician Hippocrates (460–370 BC), was written between 500–300 B.C. in Ionic Greek form. 

The Classic Hippocratic Oath

I swear by Apollo the physician, and Asclepius, and Hygieia and Panacea and all the gods and goddesses as my witnesses, that, according to my ability and judgement, I will keep this Oath and this contract: To hold him who taught me this art equally dear to me as my parents, to be a partner in life with him, and to fulfill his needs when required; to look upon his offspring as equals to my own siblings, and to teach them this art, if they shall wish to learn it, without fee or contract; and that by the set rules, lectures, and every other mode of instruction, I will impart a knowledge of the art to my own sons, and those of my teachers, and to students bound by this contract and having sworn this Oath to the law of medicine, but to no others. I will use those dietary regimens which will benefit my patients according to my greatest ability and judgement, and I will do no harm or injustice to them. I will not give a lethal drug to anyone if I am asked, nor will I advise such a plan; and similarly I will not give a woman a pessary to cause an abortion. In purity and according to divine law will I carry out my life and my art. I will not use the knife, even upon those suffering from stones, but I will leave this to those who are trained in this craft. Into whatever homes I go, I will enter them for the benefit of the sick, avoiding any voluntary act of impropriety or corruption, including the seduction of women or men, whether they are free men or slaves. Whatever I see or hear in the lives of my patients, whether in connection with my professional practice or not, which ought not to be spoken of outside, I will keep secret, as considering all such things to be private. So long as I maintain this Oath faithfully and without corruption, may it be granted to me to partake of life fully and the practice of my art, gaining the respect of all men for all time. However, should I transgress this Oath and violate it, may the opposite be my fate. (Translated by Michael North, National Library of Medicine, 2002) Greek Medicine. Retrieved from:https://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/greek/greek_oath.html)

• Today, the Oath has been updated but has the same content and idea that doctors shall not harm their patients.

The Modern Hippocratic Oath

I swear to fulfill, to the best of my ability and judgment, this covenant: I will respect the hard-won scientific gains of those physicians in whose steps I walk, and gladly share such knowledge as is mine with those who are to follow. I will apply, for the benefit of the sick, all measures which are required, avoiding those twin traps of overtreatment and therapeutic nihilism. I will remember that there is art to medicine as well as science, and that warmth, sympathy, and understanding may outweigh the surgeon’s knife or the chemist’s drug. I will not be ashamed to say “I know not,” nor will I fail to call in my colleagues when the skills of another are needed for a patient’s recovery. I will respect the privacy of my patients, for their problems are not disclosed to me that the world may know. Most especially must I tread with care in matters of life and death. If it is given me to save a life, all thanks. But it may also be within my power to take a life; this awesome responsibility must be faced with great humbleness and awareness of my own frailty. Above all, I must not play at God. I will remember that I do not treat a fever chart, a cancerous growth, but a sick human being, whose illness may affect the person’s family and economic stability. My responsibility includes these related problems, if I am to care adequately for the sick. I will prevent disease whenever I can, for prevention is preferable to cure. I will remember that I remain a member of society, with special obligations to all my fellow human beings, those sound of mind and body as well as the infirm. If I do not violate this oath, may I enjoy life and art, respected while I live and remembered with affection thereafter. May I always act so as to preserve the finest traditions of my calling and may I long experience the joy of healing those who seek my help (Lasagna, 1964). Retrieved from: https://www.medicinenet.com/hippocratic_oath/definition.htm

• In modern times, doctors are better equipped than their predecessors as they have access to advanced learning facilities and can provide patients with improved treatments.

Kinds of Doctors

• When people are sick, they go to a specific doctor, depending on their health concerns.
• Listed below are 10 common types of doctors that people usually seek help from:

ANESTHESIOLOGIST

• An anesthesiologist provides drugs to numb the pain or sedate a patient during surgeries and procedures.
• They are also responsible for keeping watch on the patient’s vital signs while under anesthesia.

PEDIATRICIAN

• They diagnose and treat various children’s diseases, from babies to young adult patients.

CARDIOLOGIST

• They are doctors who specialize in treating heart conditions.

DERMATOLOGIST

• They treat patients with skin, hair, and even nail problems.

GASTROENTEROLOGIST

• They specialize in conditions that involve the digestive organs.

NEUROLOGIST

• They are experts in diagnosing and treating patients with problems in the nervous system.

PSYCHIATRIST

• They focus on treating patients with mental and emotional disorders and help in the treatment of addiction.

OBSTETRICIAN AND GYNECOLOGIST

• They are doctors specialized in taking care of women and their reproductive systems.
• They take care of women during pregnancy and childbirth.

OPHTHALMOLOGIST

• They are doctors who treat various eye conditions.
• They can also provide prescriptions and operate on the eyes.
• These doctors provide diagnoses and non-surgical medications to patients who suffer complications with their internal organs.
• Their patients mainly include adults.

Skills a Doctor Must Have

• The ability to work under pressure and for long hours
• Strong decision-making skills
• Good practical skills
• The ability to manage his own time
• The ability to lead and manage a team
• Compassion and the ability to communicate well with peers
• Willing to continuously study and learn
• Strong analytical skills.

Task and Responsibilities

• Doctors assess the symptoms a patient has.
• Doctors provide diagnoses and carefully evaluate the condition of their patients.
• They give the medication and treatment patients need and suggest surgery if the situation requires it.
• They provide follow-up check-ups, and sometimes if there are more diagnoses, they can refer the patient to a fellow doctor specializing in that condition.
• Doctors closely collaborate with their colleagues, such as nurses, assistants, and other doctors in different departments.
• Doctors can also be professors who teach in different institutions.
• They continuously study to improve the way they treat their patients.

Qualifications to Become a Doctor

• Being a doctor means devoting oneself to studying and spending a lot of time training.
• There are various ways to become a doctor, and it depends on what a country requires.
• A Bachelor’s Degree in Medicine is needed to become a doctor.
• Next is to attend a Medical School for further studies and to learn medicine more skilfully.
• Take the licensure exam for doctors.
• Once the licensure exam is passed, undergo residency and fellowship.
• It usually takes around 10–14 years to become a doctor.

Famous Medical Schools

• Harvard Medical School
• Stanford University School of Medicine
• Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
• School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge
• Oxford University Medical School
• Famous Doctors

Edward Jenner

• He was called the father of immunology as he pioneered the use of the first vaccines, which he developed for smallpox.

Elizabeth Blackwell

• She was the first U.S. female doctor.
• Although she was discriminated against, she is known for treating indigent women.

Hippocrates

• He was the ancient Greek physician who was coined as the father of medicine.

Alexander Fleming

• He was the doctor who discovered penicillin.
• His discovery became essential to the introduction of antibiotics.

William Osler

• He was known as the father of modern medicine.
• He developed an improved way to teach medicine.
• He implemented the internship and residency system, which is still practiced today.

Doctor Facts Worksheets

This is a fantastic bundle that includes everything you need to know about Doctor across 28 in-depth pages. These are ready-to-use worksheets that are perfect for teaching about doctor s who spend many years studying and taking a lot of exams and intensive training to ensure that people can entrust their lives to them.

Complete List Of Included Worksheets

• Doctor Facts
• Doctor On Call
• The Doctor Needs
• Skills of A Doctor
• Doctor Assessment
• Road to Become A Doctor
• What Will You Do?
• Doctor’s Notes

Frequently Asked Questions

What does a doctor do.

Doctors are dedicated to preserving, boosting, and recovering health by examining, diagnosing, and curing injuries and illnesses.

How hard is a doctor?

Medicine is a very competitive and demanding field, with doctors having a lot of responsibility for their patients. A lot of time and money is needed to get the qualifications necessary to work in this area.

Who invented the doctor?

Originating as far back as 3000 BC in ancient Egypt, medical practitioners such as Imhotep began documenting a variety of different diseases. However, it was Hippocrates who around 460 BC is widely recognized for distilling modern medicine and setting the stage for centuries to come. He composed literature that provided an astonishingly detailed understanding of illnesses and how to treat them with natural remedies.

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A Preschool Doctor Theme to Help Overcome Anxiety

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Please, No, I Won’t Go

Visiting the doctor is something everyone will do from time to time. Everyone visits the doctor for different reasons. Some need needles, some have a sickness, and some just need a routine check-up. At such a young age doctors can be scary. It is our goal as teachers to try and help students see that doctors are just regular friendly people like us. To help ease students’ minds I have supplied an article for a doctor theme for preschool students.

During this doctor theme for preschool period, students will have the opportunity to participate in many activities:

• Practicing safe and clean hand washing to prevent bad germs and disease
• Checking our measurements and weight to assure healthy growing
• Read special stories together about visiting the doctors
• The chance to meet a real doctor or nurse
• Chance to role play with their peers.

And so much more…

Creating the Atmosphere

Doctors always work in clean environments. They have to keep their offices clean and their body even cleaner. Doctors are constantly dealing with sick patients and they have to always remember to take precaution to avoid getting sick themselves. One important task to help avoid sickness is hand washing. Doctors are constantly washing their hands to prevent germs from spreading disease and infection to anyone they come in contact with. Talk to the students about hand washing. Explain to them why it is so important to wash your hands regularly. Many important times to wash your hands are before and after every meal, when you wake up and when you go to sleep,each time you use the restroom and even after you have been playing outside.

Provide the students with soap and teach them when and how to wash their hands properly. Provide time during class for each student to wash their hands. Make hand washing fun by supplying different types of soap:

Special Lesson : Washing our hands regularly is very important to protect against bacteria and germs.

When visiting our doctors for our yearly check-ups two important steps are to check your weight and your height. Explain to the students that doctors record your weight and height to determine if they are growing big and strong, and on schedule.

Create a height and weight chart out of poster paper. Provide the students with a growth chart and a scale. Have each student take a turn getting measured and weighed. For long term learning, secure the poster to the wall and measure and weigh the student’s by-monthly.

Special Lesson : Our weight and height is an indicator of how healthy we are. Proper nutrition will help us grow big and strong.

Reading Together

The Berenstain Bears Go to the Doctor - Stan Berenstain and Jan Berenstain

This book is wonderfully written and illustrated to explain what happens at a patient’s doctor visit. This book is a quick read and easy for the students to understand. The Berenstain Bears are a hit with every child! This book is great to help prepare the students for their doctor’s check-up.

• Mama reminds the cubs of their checkup with Dr. Grizzly.
• Sister Bear is afraid of going to the doctor.
• At the doctor’s office the next day the cubs notice there are many little cubs in the waiting room.
• Dr. Grizzly did the checkup for Brother and Sister Bear. They both had gained weight and grown taller. She took their temperature and checked their throat, eyes, ears and nose.
• Brother and Sister Bear had to have a Booster shot. It was over in no time and barely even hurt.

Special Lesson : A doctor’s visit does not have to be scary. The doctor is there to help us when we are sick and keep us on the right track to grow big and strong.

Special Guests

Pre-school children learn best by actions. Having a special guest visit the classroom would help ink the memory and lesson into their minds. Having a doctor or a nurse would be a great example. When inviting the special guest, ask them to bring along some of their tools.

• Stethoscope
• Measuring Tape
• Cotton Swabs or Balls, and Band-Aids
• Pen and Prescription Paper
• Rubber Gloves

Have the special guest explain to the class who they are and what their job entails. Have the guest explain what each instrument is used for and why they need them in their office.

A special game the guest could play with the students is a form of duck duck goose. Instead of ducks and geese try using:

• Doctors and Nurses - explaining to the students that both doctors and nurses work in a doctor’s office.
• Patient and Doctor

Special Lesson : Doctors have many instruments that they use each day. Doctors are very friendly and are our friends .

Arts and Crafts

Cotton Swab & Cotton Ball Painting

Materials Needed

• Paint - in many colors
• Cotton Swabs
• Cotton Balls

Provide the students with the cotton swabs and cotton balls. Place colorful dabs of paint on a paper plate for the students to dip in. Have the students use their imagination to create a photo using the cotton balls or cotton swabs. You could also provide an outline drawing of a doctor and have the students paint the doctor using the medical supplies.

Special Lesson : Explain to the students how doctors and nurses use cottage balls and cotton swabs in their everyday routine. Explain to the students how we use cotton balls and swabs in our everyday life. Ask the children how painting is different with these items versus regular painting brushes.

Dramatic Play

Set up a special spot in the classroom for this dramatic play display.

Use your desired location and create a mini doctor’s office for the students to use to role-play together. In your mini doctors offices consider supplying some of these items:

• Bed, Chair and Table
• Paper and Pens
• Cotton Balls and Cotton Swabs
• Play Stethoscope, Needle, Thermometer
• Gauze and Tape
• Empty and properly cleaned medicine bottles

Special Lesson : Visiting the doctors is fun. Anyone can grow up to become a doctor.

Use this doctor theme for preschool to help calm fears of your little ones. They will learn something, too!

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Kickin' It In Kindergarten

All You Want to Know about Kindergarten Oral Presentations

People look at me like I’m crazy when I tell them that I have my students present throughout the year. Yes, public speaking in Kindergarten.

Mind blown.

They can actually do it…and they are amazing.

Here are reasons that I do oral presentations in my room:

1. Most adults can’t do it well and are less afraid of DYING than they are to get up and talk in front of their peers.

2. It teaches students (at an early age) the value of respecting their peers when they are speaking.

3 . It builds confidence at an early age in ways that I could have never imagined.

4. It’s a skill that can be built on and refined throughout an entire school year.

5 . It makes me cry every year.

Here are the 4 P’s of Presenting that we talk about before the first presentation:

Before the first presentation is due (and I give them roughly 2-3 weeks notice so parents can practice with them at home), I do a model presentation of how I want them to speak. They do a thumbs-up/thumbs-down when I am showing one of the 4 P’s. I get on the carpet and make a fool of myself not following the “Polite Participation” P. They always think it is a big ball of fun when I’m rolling around and acting crazy. Then, we all practice showing the speaker polite participation.

I show these posters before every presentation and we talk about our strengths and weaknesses from the last time. Since this was our first one, we couldn’t reflect before..but we sure could after!

These are the rubrics that I mark on and send home to parents.

 A lot of you have asked me if they prepare these at home. And the answer to that question is, yes. They work on it for a few weeks before they have to present at home. They create their own visuals (student created!!!!!…can’t stress that enough!).

This can be done at school with some time carved out and teaching them how to practice with each other. As my husband always says, “It’s all about where you see value.”

This is somewhere that I see BIG major huge value.

They have a topic for each month:

September- My Family October- My Favorite Place to Visit November- My Family Traditions December-My Favorite Movie January- My Favorite Toy February-Famous American March- My Favorite Book April- My Favorite Field Trip May- Movin’ on Up

They all follow the same type of format: Hi my name is (blank), I’d like to tell you about (blank), here are three things (blankity-blank-blank)…thank you for listening to my presentation.

Feel free to come up with your own or you can click on the picture below to check it out from me.

This is one of my students in action from a few years back and it is still one of my very favorites.

See how it goes (and be prepared to be amazed)!

This is SUCH a wonderful idea!! Loved the Elvis presenter 🙂 thanks for sharing!

I love this idea! Wondering how you handle the “babies”, the ones who have no support at home, the shy ones, and the non-verbals, all of which I have. I also have an ESL student with very limited English who would struggle with this.

LOVE your idea of oral presentations each month! I did a few science projects last year that the students had to present to the class. I was very impressed with each student that presented, and how well the class listened and wanted to learn more from the “expert”. I completely agree that Kindergarteners are capable of this! Tickled Pink in Primary

I have my Kinders present oral presentations, too! My favorite is in the spring we research and present Oviparous animals…I get chickens to giant octopus and everything in between. It is fantastic. Love your resources! Thanks.

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You have come to the right place if you are looking for fun, engaging and exciting Doctor themed activities to do with toddlers, preschoolers and kindergartners. Our activities are widely used by teachers, moms, dads, child care providers and more!

All our activities are available at no cost and are free to print and share . Select below to get started.

Doctor Arts and Crafts

Body Tracing Trace the children’s bodies by having them lie down on a large piece of paper. The body shape can be decorated at school by the child with crayons and felt-tip markers. The shapes could also be taken home and decorated with parental assistance.

Eye Dropper Painting Provide eye droppers, thin tempera paint, and absorbent paper. Designs can be made by using the eye dropper as a painting tool. Another method is to prepare water colored with food coloring in muffin tins. Using heavy paper towels with construction paper underneath for protection, the children will enjoy creating designs with the colored water.

Art Activities: Make a collage using adhesive bandages, band-aids, gauze, tissues, paper towels

Use eyedroppers and premixed watercolors in a muffin pan to make designs on construction paper.

Posters Draw good health posters (cover coughs and sneezes, wash hands after toileting and before eating, eat healthy foods)

Doctor’s Bags Materials: black construction paper red construction paper stapler white chalk items such as band-aids, cotton balls, Etc. 1. Fold the black paper in half and draw a doctor bag on it so that the fold is the bottom of the bag. 2. Cut it out and staple the sides together 3. Cut a red cross out of the red paper and glue it on the bag 4. Write Dr. (Name) on the other side of the bag 5. Put cotton balls, band-aids, and whatever else you would find in a doctor bag that the kids could play with.

Doctor Make headbands for doctors: white strips then a circle for the center that the children cover with pieces of tin foil for the light(mirror).

Stethoscope: Have the children paint each the cupped areas of a egg carton (cut up one for each child) then poke a hole and put a piece of yarn through for their stethoscopes!

Doctor Games and Activities

Guest Speaker Invite a paramedic/doctor/EMT to visit the classroom and talk about their equipment. Role play giving first aid to a child. Take a field trip to a doctor’s office, or to the local hospital. Take a field trip to a pharmacy or drug store. Assemble a class first aid kit.

Thermometer Place a variety of unbreakable thermometers on the science table. Include a candy, meat, and an outdoor thermometer. Also include a strip thermometer that can be safely used on children’s foreheads.

Casts Ask personnel at a local hospital to save clean, discarded casts. Place the casts on the science table, allowing the children to observe the materials, try them on for size, as well as feel their weight. The children may also enjoy decorating the casts.

Stethoscope Place a stethoscope on the science table for the children to experiment with. After each child uses it, wipe the ear plugs with alcohol to prevent the transmission of disease.

Tongue Depressor Dominoes Make a set of dominoes by writing on tongue depressors. Divide each tongue depressor in half with a felt-tip marker. On each half place a different number of dots. Consider the children’s developmental level in determining the number of dots to be included. Demonstrate to interested children how to play dominoes.

Set up a Clinic in your Classroom/Daycare Materials to Have on Hand: Scrub Center Reception Desk: Clean jars holding: -ace bandage -gauze roll bandages -band-aids -tongue depressors -cotton balls Soap Paper Cups Kleenex Paper towels Paper patient gowns or aprons (men’s old dress shirts) Rubber gloves Play phone Clipboard Can of pencils

Changing Room variety of shoes, dresses, white or blue dress shirts, white aprons, hats, wallets and purses with play money.

Reception Table Magazines, Children’s books, puzzles

Examination Room soft mat (sleeping bag covered with a sheet) to lay on, or a camping cot.

Have the children role play what it would be like to be sick. Do NOT include any prescription medicine bottles in your room set up. Remind the children that only responsible grown-ups give medicine to kids.

Doctor Songs, Poems and Finger Plays

The doctor takes a nurse… The nurse takes a patient… The patient gets help… The patient gets better… To The Hospital (sing to the tune of “Frere Jacques”)

To the hospital, to the hospital, We will go, we will go. We will see the doctors, And we’ll see the nurses, Dressed in white, dressed in white.

Happy Doctor (tune: My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean) I’m happy that I am a doctor I can help to make people feel well I’m happy that I am a doctor It makes me feel just swell I’m a doctor, a doctor I help to make people feel well well well I’m a doctor, a doctor I can help to make people feel well!

The Doctor’s Song (tune of Row, Row, Row Your Boat) I use a stethoscope To listen to your heart. To help you be a healthy child And heal you when you’re aren’t.

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Doctor-Themed Activities For Preschoolers: Pretend Play, Games, Art Projects, Worksheets, And Sensory Bin

November 27, 2023 //  by  Talissa Nahass

Are you looking for fun doctor-themed preschool classroom activities or homeschool activities for your preschool-age child? Below is a list of 20 engaging doctor-themed preschool activities that can be incorporated into your preschool curriculum. There is a variety of activities on this list that cover multiple disciplines such as art, science, math, and writing. Children can create their own doctor kit or learn about the science of germs! The activities ideas are fun and easy to do.

1. Doctor Kit

Assemble your own doctor kit using paper for your doctor-themed preschool activity. You can use a file folder or legal sheet of paper cut into a doctor's kit. Print and cut out doctor tools. Have students color and paste the tools in their doctor kit.

Learn more: Funny Crafts

2. Pretend X-Ray

Explain how X-rays are used to take a picture of your bones by holding the picture up to light. Give each student black construction paper and white chalk. Students trace their arms and hand with chalk. Students and/or teachers cut out the hand and arm outline. The paper is then taped to the window to resemble an X-ray.

Learn more: A Dab of Glue Will Do

3. Skeleton Spaghetti

Explain how some doctors help us fix sprained or broken bones. Create your own silly skeleton with different pasta shapes similar to bones. Have students glue the pasta onto construction paper in the shape of a skeleton.

Learn more: Art Projects for Kids

4. Band-aid Letter Matching Game 

Print out an outline of a person and write uppercase letters in various spots. Write corresponding lowercase letters on bandaids. Have students practice matching the letters by taping the bandaids over their match.

Learn more: Living in Happy Place

5. Body Part Labeling

When you are hungry you might say your stomach is growling. Print and cut out body part labels (ie: stomach, heart, lungs, arm) Students practice taping the body part labels on their body to identify where they are.

Learn more: Preschool - My Body Activities 

6. Math Bone Sorting

We have all different size bones in our bodies! Print and cut out different sizes of the same bone shape. Have students sort them and count how many are in each category.

7. Make a Tooth Brush

This activity is great for a dentist preschool theme week . Cut out toothbrush shapes with various colors of construction paper. Have students decorate the toothbrush with all different craft materials like glitter, pom poms, and stickers. Place all the different craft materials into an egg carton so the pieces are sorted out. Be sure they paste something white (cotton balls, paper) where the bristles go.

Learn more: Truly Hand Picked

8. Broken Bones Letter Matching Game 

Cut out bones and write upper and lowercase letters on each side. Cut the bones in half. Have students practice their letter matching skills.

Learn more: Babies to Bookworms

9. D is for Doctor

D is for Doctor! Color, trace, and decorate the letter ‘D’ . Students can use crayons, markers, or paint to decorate their D. This is a great activity to do after circle time.

Learn more: Muse Printables

10. Paint a Doctor

Print out a picture of a person and have students use paint to decorate what a doctor wears. Doctors wear doctor masks and doctor coats. Show them all the different types of doctors before they start.

Learn more: Tot School

11. How Long is Your Digestive System?

Since doctors study the body, show students the length of the digestive system by using a 27 - 30 foot long piece of string.

Learn more: Homeschool Room

12. Band-aid Art

Have students do art with bandaids. You only need a box of bandages and construction paper. You can use colorful bandages and have students place them on construction paper to make a picture.

Learn more: 123Homeschool4Me

13. Medical Tools Counting

Print out a page of all different medical tools/symbols and have students practice counting the number of each.

Learn more: Preschool Activities

14. Make a Stethoscope

This art project includes making a stethoscope with pipe cleaners and foil. Students can wear them around their necks and feel like a doctor!

15. Heartbeat Patterns

Preschool students will love this simple fine motor skills activity. Draw simple heartbeat patterns on paper and have students use dot markers to trace the lines.

Learn more: Pocket of Preschool

16. Soap Magic

Fill a flat (preferable white) dish with water. Sprinkle some germs (glitter) into the dish. Place a drop of soap in the middle of the glitter and watch the germs run!

Learn more: Living Life and Learning

17. Matching - Healthy Behaviors

Students will match healthy habit cards that fit together like puzzle pieces. For example: if you are sick, get some rest! They will be familiar with these healthy habits from their own doctor visits.

Learn more: Mrs. Jones Creation Station

18. Art with Doctor Tools

Have students create artwork by painting with some doctor tools. You can use q-tips, cotton balls, tongue depressors/popsicle sticks, and eye droppers/syringes. Explain what each is used for by the doctor and let kids use them to paint a picture of a germ.

Learn more: Hands-on as We Grow

19. Components of Blood-Sensory Bin

Create a sensory bin to showcase the many components of blood. You can use red marbles for red blood cells, white ping pong balls for white blood cells, and red beads for platelets. Allow students to play in the bin by filling up various cups and using different shapes and sizes of scooping utensils.

Learn more: I Can Teach My Child

20. Veterinarian Measuring

Veterinarians are doctors for animals. Give each student a stuffed animal and allow them to pretend they are veterinarians. Have students measure the length of their patient using blocks or legos.

Learn more: Pre-K Pages

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Community Helpers Nurse Theme for Preschool

Community Helpers Nurse Preschool Theme! Nurses are trained men or women who help us stay healthy. They are trained in health and healing and doctors depend on nurses to help them to do their jobs.

Nurses are an important part of a community helper theme. This theme page is filled with preschool activities and ideas for all areas of your classroom.

You'll find more themes to help you with your planning on my  preschool themes page .

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You can either scroll down through this page to see all of the preschool activities for your theme or click the link below to go to specific preschool activity types you are looking for.

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Community Helpers Nurse Theme Art

Nurse's Hat

I know this is "old fashioned", but classic!

Materials Needed: Cut white paper to measure 12" X 14" wide. Draw a 6 1/2" diagonal line extending from the two top corners toward the center.

Provide scissors, staplers and bobbie pins.

The children cut on the two pencil lines. This is the back of the hat.

Make a 2 1/2" fold across the entire front of the hat. The hat will measure 9 1/2" X 14".

Bring the outside points together at the center and staple.

Secure to head with bobbie pins.

The children can decorate the hats with crayons or markers.

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Community Helpers Nurse Theme Block Ideas

Provide medical staff puppets or little people to this area.

Community Helpers Nurse Theme Circle Ideas

Circle Time is such a great time for children to learn the social skills of being together as a large group AND to learn more about your theme!

Ask A Nurse

Ask a nurse to visit your classroom. It would be great if he or she could bring some instruments they use.

The nurse can answer questions the children have and also ask questions and make suggestions to the children about habits to stay healthy.

Snack Recipe Ideas to Cook Up for Your Community Helpers Nurse Theme!

Cooking with children helps develop their math skills and helps them to learn how to follow directions. It also allows for some great conversation! Ask many questions while cooking with your children to encourage conversation! Be sure to ask specific themed questions while making these fun snacks!

Plan A Healthy Snack

Talk with the children about healthy snacks and then vote on their favorites.

Provide those snacks one day. Have the children help you to wash and dry the snack (if fruit or vegetable) and as much of the prep work as they can help you with.

Community Helpers Nurse Theme Ideas for Your Dramatic Play Area!

Triage Center

Materials: Provide clipboards, pencils, blood pressure cuffs, thermometers, etc. and a table and 2 chairs for the nurses to do their intake of patients.

Community Helpers Nurse Theme Ideas for Your Easel--More Than Painting Although that is always THE favorite in our classroom!

Provide paint cups with water in them. Stir table salt into warm water in the cups; black construction paper and sidewalk chalk. The result of this when dried is sparkly!

Community Helpers Nurse Theme Large Group Games to Help Your Preschoolers Build Their Muscles While They Have Fun Together!

Cotton Ball Race

Provide cotton balls and straws. Tape a START line at one end of the room and a FINISH line at the other end.

The children use the straws to blow the cotton balls to the other end of the room.

Community Helpers Nurse Theme Ideas for Your Library Area

Book Suggestions for the Library

Community Helpers Nurse Theme Math Activities to Help Your Preschoolers Develop Their Math Skills and the Small Muscles in Their Hands!

How Tall Are You?

Materials: Provide tape measures for the children to measure each other with.

Cotton Ball Sorting

Materials: Colored cotton balls or pom poms, cupcake tins, plastic tongs

The children use the tongs to move cotton balls from a large bowl into the individual tins.

You can program the tins by taping a color on the bottom of each tin and the children sort by color or

You can tape a number on the bottom of each tin for the children to count that specific number of cotton balls into each tin.

Community Helpers Nurse Theme Music and Movement Activities to Get Your Preschoolers Movin' & Groovin'!

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Community Helpers Nurse Theme Activities for Your Sand and Water Table!

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Community Helpers Nurse Theme Science Activities-- For Your Preschool Scientists in Training!

Color Lab Mixing!

Materials: Provide watered down tempura paint in various colors, pipettes, one clear cup half filled with water, a pitcher of water and a large empty container

The children drop colors of paint into their clear cup of water to create new colors.

Use the empty container to empty their cups in when they want to start over.

Writing Activity Ideas for Your Theme

Get Well Cards

Thanks for this idea, Misty!  Get Well cards would be a great activity for a writing center!

Provide supplies such as blank postcards and markers, misc. arts/craft supplies and glue or glue sticks.

Have children create Get Well cards.  

These can be sent to local hospitals or you can save them in your classroom and send them out if a child or teacher is out sick or if you find that a child's family member is sick!

Miscellaneous Activities For Your Theme!

Field Trips

Visit a hospital or clinic!

Classroom Visitors

Of course, invite a nurse to visit your classroom. Check with parents to see if you have any in this profession!

They can explain his or her profession, show and demonstrate using different medical instruments such as a stethoscope or otoscope, etc.

Hand Washing

We had a chart in the bathroom with hands made out of foam. There were three sets of foam hands labeled "Front", "Back", "In-Between"

We chanted "Front, back, in-between, that's how we keep our hands so clean." Sing this two times while doing what you sing to have clean hands!

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Transition to Kindergarten

More than 320,000 children and their families transition from Head Start programs to kindergarten every year. When these transitions are successful, children and families are more likely to experience better long-term school success. There are four points of connection that, when strengthened, facilitate effective transitions: Family-School, Child-School, Program-School, and Community-School. Such connections with local schools strengthen when these high-quality practices are implemented: Sharing Information, Building Relationships, and Establishing Alignment.

Explore these videos, guides, and other helpful resources to support program and school efforts to understand the importance of the transition to kindergarten. Learn how to strengthen the four points of connection and implement transition practices that ensure all children and families are ready to engage and succeed in school.

Before you begin, check out the Transition to Kindergarten: Resource Guide for an interactive catalogue of the resources below. Find suggested ways to use them based on the needs of those you support and the training opportunities ahead of you.

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Educators Supporting Successful Transitions to Kindergarten

Narrator: Head Start educators play a critical role in helping families bridge the transition from Head Start to kindergarten. Head Start educators support successful transitions to kindergarten by using evidence-based transition practices throughout the year. These practices bridge the path from Head Start to kindergarten, creating a smooth transition for families, children, and educators. A successful transition is built on sharing information, building relationships, and program alignment. Educators in Head Start programs share information about the kindergarten transition by preparing children for what to expect, communicating with families in their home languages, and sharing data with families and the receiving elementary school.

Educator: Her name is Miss Bindergarten.

Student: Miss Bindergarten!

Educator: Gets ready for kindergarten!

Narrator: Preparing children for what to expect helps children move from their Head Start program to kindergarten, confident and ready for the transition.

Laurie Yarger: We did some school visits together if they were moving out of the school, and kind of talk about what to expect and also try to provide some resources.

Amber Escott: We also put together a kindergarten readiness packet every year, because some of the kids don't stay with us through summertime. So, we put a big packet that has a lot of fun math activities and math games and even some dry erase little practice sheets for them if they wanted to.

Narrator: Let's hear about some ways educators might share information with families about the kindergarten transition.

Edwin Garcia-Prieto: We do like a fun night with the families, and we present the information. We invite people that are experts or they are in the public school to come and talk about kindergarten and we try to help the parents and the children to be registered on time and have all the documentation ready for it. So, if the parents have any questions or any concern, they might get the answer from their resource.

Narrator: Sharing data with families and the receiving elementary school can help to sustain the learning gains children have made in their Head Start program.

Yan Dang: We do share some assessment data. And for example, we have individuals' profile.

Ann Tracey: Some of the data that I'm used to as a kindergarten teacher and as an administrator this year is viewing the teaching strategy's goal data. Not only do we get to view their social-emotional skills coming in, but also where they are academically, and that's a huge, huge, benefit for teachers.

Katrina Jones: One of the other things we do is have a big transition meeting for our students that have an IEP. And so, those transition meetings are with the school and then the support staff. So that way, when the kiddos come in, there's already a plan in place for them.

Narrator: Educators in Head Start programs build relationships by getting to know the unique strength of the families in their program and partnering with the receiving elementary school. Building positive relationships with families and children helps ensure that families are confident and ready to transition from Head Start to kindergarten.

Yan: Most of the parents, they probably have a different cultural education background. When I came to this country, everything was new for me — new language, new culture, new education system. My child attended Denise Louie Education Center years ago. Because of my own experience, I am more easier to understand the family and then help to build a relationship.

Edwin: It's a new journey for them, kindergarten, and there's going to be a lot of feelings about it.

Stacey Lough: We're also empowering the parents to advocate for their children when they go to public school. And we're introducing them to the community and they're actually, I found, a lot of my families that were able to actually participate in community activities. So, it fosters a lot of successes.

Narrator: Partnering with receiving elementary schools supports the relationships needed for effective kindergarten transition.

Katrina: It's critical that you have time to plan and meet and really work together as a team.

Narrator: Educators can align with their receiving elementary school by participating in joint professional development, partnering around transition activities, and ensuring curriculum and assessments support kindergarten readiness. Let's hear from educators about how Head Start programs and receiving elementary schools might share in joint professional development.

Yan: Sometimes we partner with a public school program or an elementary school panel of the kindergarten teachers, and then to find out what is the difference, kindergarten and preschool. So, how can we make that gap more closer?

Educator: The purpose of our learning walks today is to go out and observe in actual kindergarten classrooms.

Bernadita Ginoza: The learning walk is actually helping a lot of our teachers to go and observe what the kindergarten teachers are doing in their classrooms so we can better prepare our kiddos that are going there, to help them, say, "Hey, this is what the kindergarten teachers are going to be doing in their classrooms. It might be the same as what we are doing here, but it's close what we are ... The schedules that we are doing and the transitions that we do in our preschool classroom."

Narrator: Partnering around transition activities helps children and families move from their Head Start program to kindergarten, confident and ready for the transition.

Bernadita: We do have a collaboration effort with all of the kindergarten teachers, because we do like a yearly meeting with them. There is a list of things that we're going to be working that we put together as a group that they would like us to be working in our classroom with the kids, so when they go to kindergarten, they are ready to go.

Students: Now we're ready to go!

Bernadita: For us as teachers, it's kind of nice to see what the other teachers are, you know, teaching in the classroom and finding or looking at different strategies that they are using with their kids so we can incorporate them into our classroom.

Laurie: In our class, towards the ends of the year, we start doing more seat work, and it's kindergarten readiness. And it's still fun activities, but it's really getting them used to the idea that there's going to be more time in a seat. Dude, that is a perfect R if I've ever seen one. Thanks, my friend! We would change, for instance, lunch or snack. Instead of doing it in the classroom, we would move them to the cafeteria with the other kindergarteners. Kindergarteners come to us and do a story time with us and have them kind of talk to the kids, because honestly, a kindergartener can tell them more than we can about what kindergarten's like.

Narrator: When Head Start educators ensure a smooth transition to kindergarten, everyone succeeds.

Learn about the key components of successful kindergarten transitions. Explore several practical strategies that educators can implement during the transition process. For shorter vignettes that highlight each of the three essential practices individually, check out the resources under the "See It: Effective Practice in Action" heading on the Transition to Kindergarten page.

Gather Information: What You Need to Know About the Transition to Kindergarten

Discover what research says about supporting effective transitions to kindergarten.

Explore Resources

• Collaborations, Connections, and Six Steps to Success
• Healthy Children Are Ready to Learn
• Navigating the Transition to Kindergarten and School-Age Care
• Research Resources on Transition
• Supporting Transitions: Resources for Building Collaborations
• Transition Resources for Families
• Transition Resources for Leaders and Educators
• Transition to Kindergarten: Engaging Families
• Transition to Kindergarten: Policy Connections at a Glance
• Transition to Kindergarten: Why It Matters and How to Promote Success
• Family Engagement and School Readiness
• Family Engagement in Transitions: Transition to Kindergarten

See It: Videos of Effective Practice in Action

Watch and learn from effective educators, families, children, leaders, and community members. They share their experiences, feelings, and key practices around fostering partnerships and successful kindergarten transitions.

• Building Relationships
• Practicing Alignment
• Sharing Information
• Engaging Families in the Transition to Kindergarten
• Family and Community Partnerships for School Readiness
• Head Start and Receiving Elementary Schools: Transitions That Work
• Transitions: A Community Perspective on Transitioning Into Kindergarten
• Transitions: From the Children's Perspective

Apply It: Practical Guides and Planning Tools

Explore concrete strategies and step-by-step plans that leaders, educators, and families can use to navigate the transition to kindergarten.

• Early Childhood Transitions: Supporting Children and Families
• Education Manager Planning Calendar
• Educator Practices to Support Successful Transitions to Kindergarten
• For Educators
• For Families
• Head Start-Elementary School Shared Language Glossary
• Leadership Practices for Successful Transitions to Kindergarten
• Leaders in School Readiness
• Ready, Set, Go! Planning a Kindergarten Registration Event
• The Kissing Hand  by Audrey Penn, read by Dr. Bergeron
• First Day Jitters  by Julie Danneberg ,read by Amanda Bryans
• Supporting Children with Individualized Education Programs (IEPs)
• The Transition to Kindergarten and Out-of-School Time Programs: Tips for Parents and Caregivers
• Transition Plan Form
• Transition to Kindergarten: Partnering with Families and Schools
• Transition to Kindergarten: Supporting Children Who Are Dual Language Learners (DLLs)
• Transition to Kindergarten: Supporting Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Children and Their Families
• Your Child Is Going to Kindergarten: Making the Move Together

Host a Summit: Supporting Materials

Smooth transitions depend on strong partnerships between Head Start programs and local education agencies (LEAs). Head Start and school leaders can use this set of materials to organize and carry out a successful local transition to kindergarten summit. Materials include a summit guide, customizable presentation slides, and planning tools.

• Host a Transition-to-Kindergarten Summit
• Transition Summit Guide

Related Webinars

Join our hosts and guest experts as they dive into a variety of key transition topics.

• School Readiness: Supporting the Transition from Head Start to Kindergarten
• Help Me Make a Strong Start! Strategies for Successful Kindergarten Transitions
• Supporting Infants and Toddlers and Their Families Through Transition
• Supporting Preschoolers and Their Families Through Transition
• Using Professional Development to Support Transition to Kindergarten

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Every parent wants their child to have a caring, tightly knit community for school. Elizabeth Roberts experienced that, having attended Classical Christian Academy since kindergarten.

She is nearing the end of her 13th year with her classmates.

Roberts will graduate this spring with the other five seniors in her class. Her fellow seniors are among many lifelong friends Roberts has made while at Classical Christian. Roberts grew up very involved in the school, with her mother being her second-grade teacher and her uncle being an administrator.

“I grew up with a strong family foundation, and being in a small private school, I’ve had the opportunity to become really close with my classmates and teachers,” Roberts said. “I really love going to school here because of the relationships that I have.”

Her mother has always taught second grade during Elizabeth’s time at the school.

“She’s worked on trying her best in everything she does. She’s had some amazing teachers who have helped her work on growing academically and in her spiritual and biblical wisdom,” said Hannah Roberts, Elizabeth’s mother. “Her school has trained her not only in how to do things but how to think well. She thinks things through completely and efficiently.”

Roberts has fond memories of coming into her mother’s classroom and getting hugs from all of the students. She has an excellent relationship with her family.

“She’s very joyful and easygoing,” Hannah Roberts said. “She’s easy to talk to, and she’s very passionate about what she loves.”

Roberts cherishes her friendships greatly. She also appreciates the quality of education she has received throughout her school years.

“I’ve had a very strong education in the world as well as in the Bible,” Roberts said. “Having a Christian school to go to has given me a solid foundation in my faith and helped me grow in my knowledge of Christ beyond what I normally would have gotten if I went to a public school. I now have a worldview from a lens of the Bible, and I can interpret the world in truth and in goodness and beauty.”

Classical Christian Academy provides a unique learning environment and prepares students for life after high school.

The junior high and high school is split into four houses. At the end of the school day each Monday, students meet with their houses and compete with the other houses.

The houses compete in academics, athleticism, art and more. The house that finishes the school year with the most points gets its name engraved on a plaque and a trophy. Each house has two leaders and Roberts is a leader for her house.

Roberts’ class recently took a senior trip to Italy and Germany, which was a quality bonding experience and one of Roberts’ favorite school memories. She is grateful to have attended Classical Christian, but she says she is ready to graduate and begin the next chapter of her life.

She enjoys spending time in nature with her family and going on quiet walks. She also likes to crochet and spend time with her friends.

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Roberts says she developed her love for children through her younger brothers. She says her love for her brothers “sparked my love for raising kids.”

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Her immediate plan is to attend a missions college online while continuing to live at home and work to save money for after college.

“This college will help train me to go into areas with different cultures and to preach the gospel to everyone no matter what,” Roberts said. “The school offers a business degree, as well as a biblical studies degree, where you are learning how to run a business and how to make that prosper while also learning how to make it flourish for God.”

Roberts is optimistic for the future and is excited about what the future holds.

“I’m so excited for college, even though it’s not going to be a normal college experience,” Roberts said. “Getting to grow up and spread my wings is something I’ve been looking forward to for a while. I’m really open to whatever the future brings.”

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Xavier’s mom posted the video to TikTok , showing the flight attendants announcing Xavier as he walks down the aisle in his cap and gown, cheered on by fellow flyers.

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WASHINGTON (TND) — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., sparked chaos in a hearing of the House Oversight Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Monday after refusing to refer to former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Director Dr. Anthony Fauci as “doctor.”

Dr. Anthony Fauci admitted wrongdoing by a member of his inner circle while testifying to the subcommittee, noting the use of a personal email account to conduct business by one of his former top advisors was "wrong and inappropriate and violated policy.”

Rep. Greene, during questioning, condemned Fauci for allegedly misleading Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Do you think that’s appropriate?” she asked. “Do the American people deserve to be abused like that, Mr. Fauci? Because you’re not doctor, you’re Mr. Fauci in my few minutes.”

Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., called for an objection over the remark, asking Chairman Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, whether denying Fauci’s position coincided with committee decorum.

“Yes,” Rep. Greene answered. “Because in my time that man does not deserve to have a license. As a matter of fact, it should be revoked and he belongs in prison.”

“Is this what we have become?” Rep. Raskin asked. “Is this what we have devolved into? No decorum.”

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The argument sparked calls to have Rep. Greene’s words taken down. Rep. Wenstrup denied the motion and issued a reminder for the committee to adhere to rules preventing personal attacks.

Rep. Greene engaged in another fiery exchange with Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, at a meeting of the House Oversight Committee earlier this month. Video of the altercation went viral on social media, including Rep. Crockett’s characterization of Rep. Greene as a “bleach-blonde, bad-built butch body.”

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