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| Marion | Jan 3 2011, 08:12 AM Post #1 |
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Background part 1: At the beginning of the year DS#1's gannenet announced at the parents' meeting that she would like the kids to choose a project (topic) to learn about with their parents. It should be something that they can plan an activity around, and the activity will take place on the child's birthday (part of the gan festivities). Background part 2: Just over a month ago DS#2 was taken from gan in an ambulance after he fainted/passed out briefly. Everything seems to check out, B"H (we think he was just dehydrated because he'd refused to eat/drink all day, though his blood sugar tested fine). Ever since however, DS#1 is asking when he gets to go in the ambulance. Sigh. So, this Eema did some thinking and decided that we would learn about ambulances with DS#1. I'm in the process of arranging for a volunteer from MDA to bring an ambulance to the gan for about 15-20 minutes on DS's birthday so the kids can climb in and see what's doing. (Anyone else remember the trips to the fire station?) I'm thinking that I want to cover concepts like when do we call an ambulance, who works in an ambulance, why use an ambulance instead of a car or taxi, what is inside an ambulance...but I sure don't want to freak any of the kids out! They are between 3 and 5. Right now, if you say "ambulance" to DS#1 he'll tell you "Shai was in an ambulance and went to the hospital because he was sick"...which is kind of the level I want to leave it at, but he's very, very curious about the ambulance! How do I approach this so he learns (I want him to get the message that he DOESN'T want to go in an ambulance!) but isn't scared? |
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| zuncompany | Jan 3 2011, 08:25 AM Post #2 |
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Thats a hard one I personally think. Frei is only a few months younger and she has gone a number of times cause of ana reactions. I know for her she is still talking about when she went 3 months ago. Whenever my husband buys Italian dressing its all we hear about for days. (he grabbed the wrong bottle) I still haven't gotten it right with my kids. To them, an ambulance is how you are taken to the hospital to see the doctor after you get a potch (when they call the epis... no idea why they call it this!). Unfortunately they have had touch and goes in the ambulance so there is not really a way for us to make them not scary because of their experience. I think the best way is to ask if the kids can come to the place they store the ambulances, to see them, check them out, and ask the EMTs questions. Is there a way for the EMT to do a presentation like the firefighters do when they come and not just a quick run around the ambulance? |
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| Marion | Jan 3 2011, 08:31 AM Post #3 |
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Absolutely, they could do a short presentation/answer questions. It's not so practical to take the kids to the ambulance vs. the other way around. Also, we're dealing with kids who are in SPED, many are not so verbal (it's basically gan safa). We're looking at getting davka the "volunteer's" ambulance, and not one that is on duty or likely to be called away in the middle of it all. |
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| sarahm | Jan 3 2011, 08:35 AM Post #4 |
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I think that's a hard one, too. Personally, I would get some books about ambulances and discuss them with him, but I would choose a different subject for the project. That way, if he gets overwhelmed by the potentially scary ambulance info, you can back off and drop the topic for a while. It's hard to present ambulances in a completely positive light, given that they're used in emergencies. He might lose some of his fascination with them once he learns more. |
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