Lesson Notes By Weeks and Term v3 - Nursery 2

Subject: Health Habits

Class: Nursery 2

Term: 1^st Term

Date:

Week 9

Theme of the Week: Personal Hygiene & Grooming
Topic of the Day: Care of the Ears
Age Group: 4–5 years
Period:
Duration: 1–2 hours (with breaks)

Learning Objectives:

By the end of the lesson, learners should be able to:

1. Explain the importance of ears and how they help us hear.
2. Identify ear parts: outer ear, ear canal, eardrum.
3. Demonstrate safe ear care: washing outer ear, drying, not putting objects inside.
4. Recognize how to protect ears from loud noises and when to tell adults about earaches.

Circle Time (5–10 minutes):

Discuss how ears help us hear and what can harm them.

Show pictures of healthy ears and unsafe practices.

Main Activity (Hands-On):

Demonstrate gentle washing of outer ears during bath.

Practice “safe ear care” role-play with dolls.

Discuss adult help for ear cleaning and loud noise protection.

Materials Needed:

Dolls, ear hygiene posters, pictures of ear parts, small towel for drying ears, storybooks about hearing and ears.

Movement Break:

Pretend listening carefully and cleaning ears gently.

Creative Time:

Draw a picture of healthy ears and show how to care for them.

Language Development:

Words: “Ears,” “Hear,” “Clean,” “Outer ear,” “Safe,” “Loud”

Children repeat words during demonstration, role-play, and drawing.

Assessment (Observation-Based):

✔ Can the child demonstrate safe ear care?
✔ Can the child identify parts of the ear?
✔ Can the child explain what harms ears and how to prevent it?