Is your child or a child you know going into hospital? Are you looking for ways to help children feel calm and prepared for an operation? Then take a look inside our printable hospital toolkit for kids - featuring over 20 activities to help children learn about their bodies, hospitals and some mindful fun too!
Preparing your child for an operation can seem scary and daunting - especially if they have never been into hospital before. They may have lots of worries and questions. Our printable hospital toolkit can be used with children who have never been into hospital and also children who have had operations previously.
Let's have a look inside at some of the activities!
I'm Having an Operation - Our Printable Booklet for Children Going into Hospital
This toolkit features over 20 calming, educational and mindful activities to help children explore their worries and emotions about going into hospital and some fun resources and games to keep them busy whilst they are there. Plus - every page of our toolkit is colourable! So grab the crayons, download and print - you can sign up from just £1.99 to access this toolkit now. But first, let's have a look at some of the activities:
Activities to prepare your child for visiting hospital
The 'I'm Having an Operation' toolkit features lots of activities to help your children learn about hospitals, what they might see and who they might meet. Our 'Operation Road Map' helps your child understand more about their operation, what will happen during their operation and how this will help them.
Explore worries and emotions
Our toolkit also features activities to help your child explore how they are feeling and communicate any worries or fears they have about going into hospital. They can also create their own First Aid Kit, helping your child to identify things that help them when they feel unhelpful emotions around their hospital visit.
Help children feel brave and fearless
Help children feel brave and as though they can do anything with activities such as 'My Courage Cape' which also doubles as a visualisation technique during times of need. Can your child design an amazing courage cape, and imagine wearing their cape as they head into the operating room? We also have hospital wristbands for your child to wear during their stay to remind themselves just how amazing and brave they are! Other activities include creating their own ID badge to help communicate with doctors and nurses and our Bravery Certificate which they can colour in after their operation.
Patch up Patch the Bear!
One of our favourite activities in this pack is Patch Up Patch - if your child fancies themselves as a doctor or nurse then grab the scissors and glue and have fun patching up our clumsy bear. He'll need plasters, X-rays and some flea spray too!
Activities to calm and ground
To help your child self-regulate during those times of big emotions, we have our fun plaster breathing exercise which includes pushing the dots as they breathe in and out. We also have our Pocket Calm Plan, which is a wonderful foldable booklet your child can fill in and take with them.
Mindful and fun hospital games to do from their bed
Fancy some fun hospital games and worksheets to do once there? We have Rate my Hospital Plate, a word search and Hospital I Spy, helping to keep little minds busy and calm as they recover.
Affirmation colouring pages to help build a positive mindset
Lastly, our toolkit features some affirmation colouring sheets to help your child feel calm and build a positive mindset. These feel-good colouring sheets can be coloured in before, during or after their hospital stay.
You will also find lots more fun, calming and educational activities inside. Ready to download this toolkit? Sign up to the Be Happy Hub from just £1.99 now!
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