Hospital Week Sibling Program, Week 9

Theme This week’s theme is all about medical play and familiarizing children within the hospital environment.

Monday TimeActivities 12:00-1:00Set up room and gather supplies 1:00-1:30Children arrive and decorate name tags 1:30-2:00Blood Soup Activity 2:00-3:00Michigan Game Day Experience Free Play 3:00-3:20Snack 3:20-4:00Medical Mask Decorating 4:00-4:15Parents arrive to pick up children 4:15-5:00Clean up, write summary

Activities Blood Soup Activity: Children will learn about the composition of blood by making a visual aid. One at a time help children place the following into their containers: Corn Syrup (Fill half of the container), Red Hots (A little bit less than the amount of corn syrup used), Marshmallows (3-4), Sprinkles (one or two shakes). Give children a key to know what each piece represents. Corn Syrup – Plasma; Red Hots – Red Blood Cells; Marshmallows – White Blood Cells; Sprinkles - Platelets Medical Mask Decorating: Use markers and stickers to decorate medical masks.

Tuesday TimeActivities 12:00-1:00Set up room and gather supplies 1:00-1:30Children arrive and decorate name tags 1:30-2:00Hospital Scavenger Hunt 2:00-3:00Michigan Game Day Experience Free Play 3:00-3:20Snack 3:20-4:00Surgery Prep with Joel 4:00-4:15Parents arrive to pick up children 4:15-5:00Clean up, write summary

Activities Hospital Scavenger Hunt: Children will follow the clues to different areas of the hospital. Surgery Prep: CCLS Joel Maier will be coming in to run the kids through the surgery process.

Wednesday - Emily G.’s Day TimeActivities 12:00-1:00Set up room and gather supplies 1:00-1:30Children arrive and decorate name tags 1:30-2:00Band-Aid Man 2:00-3:00Michigan Game Day Experience Free Play 3:00-3:20Snack 3:20-4:00Board Game Operation 4:00-4:15Parents arrive to pick up children 4:15-5:00Clean up, write summary

Activities Band-Aid Man: Have the children stick a band-aid on a piece of construction paper. Glue a cotton ball on top of the band-aid for his head, use a marker to put eyes, nose, and mouth on cotton ball. Cut q-tips in half and have them glue them on to form the arms and legs. After children can decorate the picture. Game Operation: Children will get to practice pretending they are surgeons by playing the game operation.

Thursday TimeActivities 12:00-1:00Set up room and gather supplies 1:00-1:30Children arrive and decorate name tags 1:30-2:00Hospital Bingo 2:00-3:00Medical Play with Jenni 3:00-3:20Snack 3:20-4:00Michigan Game Day Experience Free Play 4:00-4:15Parents arrive to pick up children 4:15-5:00Clean up, write summary

Activities Hospital Bingo: Medical themed game cards are used to play the classic game of bingo. Medical Play with Jenni: CCLS, Jenni Gretzema will be coming in to lead the kids through a session of medical play.

Friday TimeActivities 12:00-1:00Set up room and gather supplies 1:00-1:30Children arrive and decorate name tags 1:30-2:00Survival Flight Tour 2:00-3:00Michigan Game Day Experience Free Play 3:00-3:20Snack 3:20-4:00Medical Supply Collage 4:00-4:15Parents arrive to pick up children 4:15-5:00Clean up, write summary

Activities Survival Flight Tour: Call survival flight to see if they are available to take the kids on a tour of the helicopter. Medical Supply Collage: Have children use common household first aid and other medical supplies to create a collage on construction paper.

Saturday TimeActivities 12:00-1:00Set up room and gather supplies 1:00-1:30Children arrive and decorate name tags 1:30-2:00Paper Plate Stethoscope 2:00-3:00Michigan Game Day Experience Free Play 3:00-3:20Snack 3:20-4:00Dr. Dress Up Relay Race 4:00-4:15Parents arrive to pick up children 4:15-5:00Clean up, write summary

Activities Paper Plate Stethoscope: Make a cut from the outside of the plate to the inner circle and completely cut out the inner circle. This leaves a ring with an opening. Punch a hole on the opposite side from the opening. Secure one end of a pipe cleaner through the hole. Punch a whole in the bottom of a 3oz dixie cup and secure at the other end of the pipe cleaner. Dr. Dress Up Relay: Separate children into two teams. Place dress up supplies at one end of the room and have children stand on the opposite side of the room. One at a time, the children will run down and grab an article of clothing from the box. They continue until all of their supplies are on their side of the room. Then, one of the kids will have to dress up in the doctor clothes to win the race.

Sunday TimeActivities 12:00-1:00Set up room and gather supplies 1:00-1:45Children arrive and decorate name tags 1:45-2:45Michigan Game Day Experience Free Play 2:45-3:00Snack 3:00-4:00Teddy Bear Clinic 4:00-4:15Parents arrive to pick up children 4:15-5:00Clean up, write summary

Activities Teddy Bear Clinic: Pass the teddy bears out so that each child gets one. Start by putting hospital bracelets on the bears upon “admission” to the clinic. Then children will place IV’s on their bears. Next they can wrap gauze around an arm or leg to signify a burn. Children can share the medical play kits to do “surgery” on their bears. Last, they can place band- aides on their bears to cover any booboos.

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