The Children's Corner

New Children's Book available

Click here a new children's book from Sarah Demar, that she has given us permission to post on the web site for your personal use. The book is a 5meg. file and may take a long time to download depending on your connection speed.

 

Here are ways to be careful and still enjoy the outdoors.

 

1) Protect yourself

When in areas with ticks:

- Stay in the center of paths to avoid ticks on brush. Avoid sitting directly on the ground

- Use a tick repellent. Children should let adults apply this for them. Wash off repellents when you return inside.

- Dress properly. Wear light-colored pants & long sleeves. Tuck your shirt into pants & pants into socks to keep ticks on the outside of your clothes. Wear a hat when working in tick infested areas. This helps keep ticks out of your hair.

- Don't Forget to Protect Your Pets with tick repellents. Check them frequently for ticks.

 

2) Do Tick Checks

After you come back inside, check your entire body for ticks. Do this by looking at your clothes and by running your fingers over your skin. Don't forget your hair, ears, and underarms. You can check your whole body each night at bedtime.

 

3) Proper Tick Removal:

- Make your own tick removal kit: include fine point tweezers, antiseptic, and small vial for ticks

- Use a fine-point tweezer to grasp the tick around its mouthparts, at the place of attachment next to the skin.

- Gently pull the tick straight out.

Place the tick in a small vial labeled with the date, person's name, address, tick's description (e.g. if engorged, color) and estimated time attached. Mark your calendar too!

 

4) Call the Doctor

Call and let the doctor know you removed a tick. the doctor may treat on tick-bite or may ask you to watch for signs of infection.

 

Here is another suggestion - print-out, copy, and distribute the following information for the kids in your school, camp, daycare, scout-pack, and Sunday school. Kids can color these pages and take them home to help educate the family. Maybe the schools will display these on their walls - for all to see!

 

There are four posters you can download and print

1) Major Tick-Check Says, "Tick free is the way to be" (in English)

2) Major Tick-Check Says, "Tick free is the way to be" (in Spanish)

3) Learn to be, Tick-Free (in English)

4) Learn to be, Tick-Free (in Spanish)