Things You'll Need:
- First aid kit
- 2 large sheets of paper
- Images of first aid items being used by people
- Drawing paper
- Crayons
- Pencils
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Step 1
Obtain a first-aid kit to use for the lesson and gather materials such as crayons, paper, and pencils, along with images of people using the items found in a first-aid kit, which are helpful for kindergarten students who are visual learners.
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Step 2
Discuss with the students what items they think belong inside a first-aid kit. Write the items they suggest on a large sheet of paper at the front of the room, along with the reasons they feel the item should be included in a first-aid kit.
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Step 3
Open the first-aid kit and look at each item. Pass the items around for students to touch and take a closer look, along with practicing taking turns. Are the items in the first-aid kit ones they had thought? Which are new or different to kindergarten students? Use the images of people using first-aid items to explain how first-aid kit items are used.
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Step 4
Put all items back into the first-aid kit. From memory, have kindergarten students remember the items in the kit. Make a list of items on a new sheet of paper. See if students can remember all items without prompting.
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Step 5
Provide each kindergarten student with a sheet of paper and a selection of crayons. Have them draw the items they remember from the first aid kit. When students are finished drawing, give them pencils and allow them to try writing the names of items found in the kit along with writing their name on papers.
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Step 6
Create a first-aid kit display in the classroom that includes the list of items students thought were in the kit and why, the list of actual items in the kit, their drawings and the images of people using items in the first-aid kit for families to see.
