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Safety in the garden

<strong>      Remove poisonous plants

</strong>      Fences should not be broken

<strong>      Remove animals faeces

</strong>      Keep garden tools and chemical locked

<strong>      Lock gates

</strong>      Rubbish bins

 

 

Children learn through

Repetition

Exploring

Copying

Asking questions and observing

 

Conditions needed for intellectual development are:

Healthy diet

Love and security

Opportunity to play

Praise

Information explained and questions answered

 

Being out in the fresh air improves their appetite and promotes sleep at night. It also improves intellectual development. It encourages gross motor skills and muscles. It promotes social skills as they interact with people.

 

Sunlight gives vitamin D

 

Symptoms of a child who need a GP:

TEMPERATURE above 39 degrees

Passing no urine for 12 hours

Severe headache

Severe cough

A purple red rash

Blood in stool

 

 

Children need extra love when ill

Lots of comfort

Plenty of water

Activities to keep then entertained

Visit from family

 

These reflex actions are present at birth and disappear by three months

Sucking and swallowing reflex_ anything placed in the mouth will be sucked

 

Rootling_ when touched on the check babies will turn towards the side being touched

 

Walking reflex- when babies are held upright on a flat surface they make a walking move

 

Falling reflex- a movement that affect the babies neck will make baby fell as if that want to fall so they will open their hand wide open and bring them back

 

Grasp reflexes – any object that is placed in the hand is grasp tightly

 

 

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