Picture of Health
Helping your child learn to take
care of herself is important. Making a book about healthy practices is a fun
project to do with your child.
What you'll need:
Construction
paper
White paper
Pencil or pen
Markers or
crayons
Stapler or hole
punch and yarn
Camera
(optional)
What to do:
Help your child
fold several sheets of paper in half, then choose a piece of construction paper
for the cover. Connect them together down the left side of the booklet with a
stapler or by punching holes and tying colorful pieces of yarn through the
holes.
Talk with your
child about healthy practices you follow in your home such as washing hands,
eating healthy meals, getting a good night's sleep and bathing.
Choose a few
healthy practices and write one on the bottom or top of each page such as
"wash hands before eating."
Invite your
child to illustrate the healthy practice on the page.
It's OK if the
illustration doesn't really seem to match the wording or if you can't tell what
your child is making. Since this is the child's book, her ideas should not be
changed.
The cover can be
decorated and a title and the author/illustrator's name added to the front.
Read your
child's book often, displaying it with other important books in your home. This
shows her you value her work.