Some tips to help keep healthy and safe when out and at home for families with young children.
When you’re at home
- A good way to keep hands clean is to have more water play at home. Add soap. Remember to always watch children around water.
- Wash hands before and after you eat.
- Mealtime structure helps stop grazing on food over the day. Try and make all meals and snacks time to sit down. This helps less hands in mouth and touching things.
- Meals do not always have to be at the table, it could be a garden picnic, on the deck outside, or a mat on the floor inside. This helps keeps things fun and as routine as possible.
- If you have a garden or outside area at home make this a place where they can play freely. They can pick up leaves, flowers, rocks and sticks. Check out the Family Food Patch resource for Nature Play on the physical activity page
- Have home clothes and out and about clothes.
While you’re out
- Have an out and about entertainment bag just for them. Put in washable toys so you can give them a good clean once home.
- Always pack hand gel in your out and about bag.
- Make it routine to wash hands when you come home.