1. CFC 26 Craft activities for young children

2. Polite reminder Please turn mobiles on silent
Take coats and jackets off
Put your bags under the table (we don’t want anyone tripping over)

3. Aim/learning outcome
Understand health and safety when providing craft activities for young children

4. By the end of the session you will be able to:
List aspects of health and safety risks that need to be considered when providing craft activities for young children
Identify how to deal with the health and safety risks listed in relation to craft activities
Identify the support a young child may need when carrying out craft activities in relation to health and safety

5. Recap
What do you remember from last weeks lesson?

6. What is health and safety?

7. Key term Health and safety risks- any harm or injury that may take place

8. Health and safety during craft activities
Health and safety risks with craft activities need to be thought about by adults before the activity is set or given. Risks in craft activities could be things that could cause an accident or injure a child.

9. Health and safety during craft activities
Take for example, a pair of scissors:
Scissors can be dangerous, even ones especially made for children
They are often made from hard material and are long, thin and slightly pointed
They may cause injury if a young child puts them inside their own mouth, or if one child uses the scissors to poke another

10. Over to you
In pairs, list risks that need to be considered:

11. A young child eating fruit or vegetables that had been used for painting
Glue on skin, sticking fingers together
Paint going in child's eyes
Spilled water on floor, making it slippery
A young child putting a marble in their mouth, or choking on a small piece of dried pasta
Putting pipe-cleaners up noses or in ear
A child putting foam into their mouth

12. How to deal with health and safety risks
Checking all equipment
Cleaning surfaces before hand (slippery)
Ensuring enough space is available for activity
Putting picture warnings of ‘does’ and ‘don't’
What else could you do?

13. THE BIG ONE
KEEP BABIES AND YOUNG CHILDREN UNDER SUPERVISON

14. Over to you
In pairs- On the flip chart paper write any risks your children may have experienced at nursery or school

15. Supporting children when carrying out craft activities
During any activity with young children, the adult should be aware of accidents that may happen. Even with careful planning and thought, things could go wrong. Children often put things in their mouths, or use equipment in the wrong way, such as waving a paintbrush like a sword.

16. Supporting children when carrying out craft activities
It is very important children are watched carefully when they are participating in activities. Why should they be watched?

17. Supporting children when carrying out craft activities
Always make sure that the tools and equipment are in good condition and suitable for the craft activity. What else could be done to minimise risk and support young children?

18. Supporting children when carrying out craft activities
Adults working with babies and young children need to think about health and safety risks before doing an activity with them. When as risk has been identified by the adult, they can then think of ways to deal with the risk and stop an accident from happening.

19. Check learning
Little quiz to check learning

20. Assessment work
Continue with work books- Task 2