Medical Kids Games

Children are naturally curious, so playing doctor is a normal thing for any child.

These medical kids games help children explore their curiosity for health and the human body in new and exciting ways. Encourage your child to discuss the concepts covered in each of these games.

They would also be great activities for health fairs and health days in daycare or in grade school.

Let's Play Dentist

Materials Needed:

Several flashcards with pictures of food on them- both good and bad foods. Like peas, carrots, cake, cookies, etc. (you can have the children create their own as part of a craft project)

Instructions:

Take turns showing the flashcards and then asking your child or children if the dentist would approve of the food shown on the picture.

"Who Has" Elimination game

This game helps explore the likenesses and differences between children in a group.

Instructions:

Have your entire class or playgroup stand up in the room.

Designate one child to be it and name an attribute of that child. Say "Katy has brown hair, who else has brown hair?

All The children with brown hair remain standing, while the others sit down.

Next, choose another attribute and continue the game until there is only one person standing.

Musical Body Parts

Materials Needed:

Large paper or cardboard squares- one for each child. Then decorate them however you would like, drawing body parts on them to fit the them of the game.

Instructions:

Put one square on the floor for each child to stand on.

Place the squares randomly throughout the room.

Start playing music and have the children move around the room in a way that you state (crawl, walk backwards, hop, etc.).

While the children are moving around, pick up one square off the floor.

When the music stops the children must then find a square, while touching the body part that you call out. (the one on the square.)

The child left without a square is out.

Continue to play until there is only one child left.

Food Pyramid Relay Race

This medical kids games will teach kids about the importance of eating a proper balanced diet.

Materials Needed:

A copy of the food pyramid (can be found online)
Clear Tape
Envelopes
2 Paper Bags
2 Sets of Index Cards (Each set a different color)
Markers or chalk

Instructions:

First you need to draw the food pyramid on a chalkboard, or piece of construction paper, labeling each space with the proper food group name and the number of servings needed each day. You may also find one online that you can print out to skip this step.

Next place an envelope in each section of the pyramid. (if you are printing it out, it will need to be blown up to be larger).

Then write the names of different types of foods on the index cards. Making 2 different sets.

Each set of index cards will be placed into 2 paper bags in front of the room.

Divide the group into 2 teams. Each team will line up in single file. When you say go the first person in each line goes to the paper bag and draws an index card with a name of a food. The child will then go to the chalkboard and stick the card into the corresponding envelope on the pyramid.

Once the first person is done, the second person in line will then do the same thing.

The first team to get all of their sections correctly identified wins!

So if you are looking for fun medical kids games- this is the site for you!

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