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Lesson Plan

Babysitting Scenarios by ECSDM


Course, Subject

Home & Careers, Health, Physical Education, and Family and Consumer Sciences

Grade Levels

Intermediate, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade


Description

It is very important for middle school students to know how to care for younger children. Many students are going home after school and looking after younger siblings, relatives, and even neighbors. Babysitting may also be their first paying job in High School.

Through the use of this lesson, middle school students will recognize appropriate solutions for troubling babysitting scenarios. They will also be able to identify important information that babysitters should know before taking on a huge responsibility such as caring for another human. Students will walk in the shoes of a parent by creating a checklist that all parents should leave with babysitters for the safety and welfare of their children. Technology will play an integral role in this lesson as students gain knowledge of babysitting skills through the use of the SMART Board.

Materials and Resources

Babysitting Scenarios.notebook

Objectives

1. Students will be able to identify basic safety babysitting skills by reading a variety of troubling babysitting scenarios and recognizing the appropriate solutions.

2. Students will be able to identify what a babysitter needs to know to keep children safe and happy by creating a babysitting information checklist.

Duration

One 50-minute class.

Materials

  • SMART Board set-up
  • SMART Notebook file - Babysitting Scenarios (attached)
  • Examples of completed Flyers
  • Babysitting Scenarios.notebook

    • Assessment of Prior Knowledge

    Have the students answer these three questions in their notebooks with the proper heading and in complete sentences when they come to class:

    1. Why isn't "babysitting" an accurate term to use?
    2. What is a better term to use instead of "babysitting?"
    3. What is the most important phone number to know while babysitting?

    Anticipatory Set

    Show the students pictures of chaotic babysitting scenarios. Ask them how they would feel in these situations and what they would do.

    Procedure

    1. Go over the Assessment of Prior Knowledge. Babysitting isn't an accurate term to use because very rarely are you watching babies or sitting. A better term to use is childcare providing. The most important phone number to know is 911 in case of an emergency.
    2. Use the prepared Babysitting Scenarios SMART Board presentation to read the 8 babysitting scenarios as a class. If you cannot see the whole scenario, there is a scroll down button on the right. Example: 5 year old little Freddy G. is too hyper to go to bed at bedtime. You give in and decide to let him stay up an extra 20 minutes. You...
    3. Have the students choose the appropriate solution. Example: A. suggest Freddy pick out a book for the two of you to read. B. carry Freddy kicking and screaming and close the door. C. spend time horse playing. D. give Freddy a brownie.
    4. Then read the explanations about the appropriate solutions. Example: Kids settle down far more readily when sleep is followed by a half hour or more of quiet activity. Listening to lullabies, reading a book together, or talking about the day's events are all good ideas.
    5. Ask for student participation to come up to the SMART Board throughout the lesson.
    6. Have students participate in a guided practice. Students will drag answers from the "Possible Answers" template to the correct place on the "Babysitting Flyer" template. There are incorrect answers mixed included in order to challenge the students.
    7. Also, ask students comprehension questions intermittently to check for understanding and assessment.

    Independent Practice

    1. Students will create their own babysitting information checklist using printed out copies of the "Babysitting Flyer" included in the SMART Board lesson.
    2. The checklist includes "______ Family Babysitting Information" written on top, name, address, telephone number, names & ages of 2 children, fire & police #, poison control #1-800-222-1222, non emergency #, 10 appropriate tips, correct spelling and grammar.
    3. Give any further directions, show examples, go over rubric, and hand out copies.
    4. Gauge how long the lesson took and if the students used their time wisely. If needed, allow students to complete the independent practice tomorrow.

    Assessment

    1. Teacher observation: the students are following along, volunteering to read, and answering comprehension questions while reading the 8 babysitting scenarios and answering them correctly.
    2. Discuss the rubric as a class so the students know the expectations :

    A = "______ Family Babysitting Information" written on top, name, address, telephone number, names & ages of 2 children, fire & police #, poison control #1-800-222-1222, non emergency #, 10 appropriate tips. Correct spelling & grammar, used time wisely.

    B= Missing 3-5 details from above.

    C= Missing 6-8 details from above.

    D= Missing 9-11 details from above.

    F= Missing more than 11 from above.

    Closure

    On the way out of the room, the students will tell me the number for the Poison Control Center or another helpful babysitting tip of their choice.

    SMART Board

    This instructional content was intended for the use with a SMART Board.


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