How to Identify Household Product Warning Signs for the Kindergarten Grades
Kindergartners are curious, tend to explore everything and usually end up putting discoveries in their mouths. This is an important age for teachers and parents to instruct children about household product warning signs in the classroom and at home. Many everyday products such as glass and floor cleaners might seem harmless but can be quite toxic, especially to small children. Kindergartners are impressionable and may learn best visually, through pictures, video or the actions of a trusted adult.
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Instructions
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Warning Flashcards
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Compile common words, such as poison, danger, warning, caution, flammable, and corrosive, that appear on harmful household products.
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Find and print colored warning symbols that correspond to your list of words, such as the skull and crossbones for poison.
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Cut out the colored warning symbols, glue the symbols onto colored construction paper and write the corresponding word and what it means on the back of the card.
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Use flashcards to teach children to identify the pictures and words. If children cannot yet read, use the flashcards to make sure they understand the symbol and what it means.
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Practice using the flashcards each day or once a week until the children can tell you what all the symbols and words mean.
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Discuss how household products can harm your body.
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Instruct children to stay away from areas where hazardous products are found, such as the garage or under the sink. Teachers should send home to parents a reminder about keeping such products locked up and away from children.
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Tell kindergartners what to do if someone is harmed by one of the products. Instructions should include telling an adult or calling 911.
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Tips & Warnings
Let children color the symbols and words and take them home as reminders for the whole family.
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- Photo Credit poison ballon image by Anton Gvozdikov from Fotolia.com
