DIRECTIONS

1. Gather the children in a circle and ask them the following:

1. • “What is the sun?”

   • “How can you be sun safe?”

   • Note: Remind children about Ray and the Sunbeatables and their sun safety superpowers.

1. Using the bag of sun safety items, pull out one item at a time and ask children:

   • “What is this?”

3. “How does it protect our skin?”

Examples:

3. • Sunscreen: We rub sunscreen on our skin from head to toe to protect our skin from the sun.

   • Protective clothing: We wear long-sleeved shirts or sleeved shirts and long pants or long shorts to cover as much skin as we can to protect our skin from the sun.

   • Sunglasses: We wear sunglasses to protect our eyes from the sun.

   • Hats: We wear wide-brimmed hats to protect our face, head, neck and ears from the sun.

4. Once the sun safety items have been reviewed, ask children:

   • What did you bring today that is sun safe?

   • Can you show us how to wear the sun safety item(s) that you brought?

   • What are you wearing today that is sun safe?

   • When do you need to be sun safe? (Responses may include: “every day” or “whenever you are outside.”)

   • Where do you need to be sun safe? (Responses may include: playground, outside, at the swimming pool, at the beach, or at home.)

   • Do you think we should wear sunscreen? Why? (As you ask the question, show children the sunscreen bottle. Repeat for protective clothing, hats, sunglasses and shade.) 

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