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A HEALTHY
DAY


A HEALTHY DAY


BY THE SAME AUTHOR :
For. Primary Schools


HEALTHY AND Happy ( Macmillan)
HEALTHY PEOPLE ( Macmillan)


For Secondary Schools


AN Active HUMAN BioLocv (Heinemann)
SIMPLE EXPERIMENTS IN Віогосу (Heinemann)
How Lire 1s HANDED On (Nelson)


For Adult Classes


THE EVOLUTION OF Mx
Hereprry, E


For Educators


SEX EDUCATION: А GUIDE FOR PARENTS, TEACHERS
AND YOUTH LEADERS ( Macmillan)


N AND HIS CULTURE (Gollancz)
UGENICS AND SOCIAL Progress (Gollancz)


¿A
HEALTHY
DAY


BY
CYRIL BIBBY | EE


MACMILLAN AND CO LIMITED
ST MARTIN'S STREET LONDON


1955


MACMILLAN AND COMPANY LIMITED
London Bombay Calcutta Madras Melbourne


THE MACMILLAN COMPANY OF CANADA LIMITED
Toronto


ST MARTIN'S PRESS INC
New York


For
Peter, John, Helen and Gillian
and their cousins


This book is copyright in all countries which


are signatories to the Berne Convention


First Edition 1954
Reprinted 1955


PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN


PREFACE FOR TEACHERS


REGENT years have seen a considerable intensification of
interest in health education and a deepening apprecia-
tion of what that term implies. Unfortunately this
educational advance has scarcely been reflected in school
texts, and some of the so-called * hygiene’ books are of
such a negative and prohibitory nature as to give
children the impression that they can be either hygienic
or happy, but not both. This book, however, attempts
not only to present the simple basic facts relevant to
healthy living, but to do so in such a way as to convey the
general impression that to live healthily is to live hap-
pily and that to practise health is not only good sense, but
also good fun. |

In writing this series I have tried to cater for the
interests, needs and reading abilities of children over
a wide range; but it is clearly only the individual
teacher, knowing the individual pupils, who can
decide for which class in any particular school the text
of this volume is most suited. Needless to say, I have
tried to keep the vocabulary within appropriate limits of
simplicity, but have had no hesitation in introducing
relevant technical terms where their omission would
involve inaccuracy or circumlocution, or where famili-
arity with them is essential for intelligent reading of the
popular press in later years. Some unfamiliar words,
moreover, have been introduced deliberately, in the hope


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that children will ask their meanings and thus give the
teacher opportunities for explanation and pÉ > Y
While I have tried by the general tone, of the ae
encourage a positive emotional attitude towards = Е
itis clear that any book will be impotent in the es |»
proper school and home attitudes. АП the hea = м
struction in the world is so much dead sced unless E |
made viable by pupils who have a real desire for x: t
and who know Joy in its attainment. An effort as,
therefore, been made in the text to realise health MEE
tion in everyday child-situations and to present healt


i i i ive recep-
education as active doing rather than as passive recep
tion.


In health education
of education, со-орег
essential and I have
addressing a prefa
teachers will make
preface to their pa
parents into activ
their children,


The subject matter of this volume deals with those
aspects of health (both physical and mental) which saom
to me peculiarly important for children ofthis age-range ;
and in the selection of this matter much help has о
derived from British vital statistics, the publications о
various health bodies and some of the American studies
on * curriculum [ШИШЕ Mr s daft space Г
devoted to Safety training, since the common practice A
devoting several Pages to the cleaning of the child’s teet

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» Perhaps more than in most fields
ation between school and home is
› therefore, taken the unusual step of
ce to parents. It is my hope ae
a point of asking pupils to show this
rents and will also try to draw ma
€ co-operation in the health education o


and only two or three lines (if that) to the preservation of
the life of the child whose teeth are to be cleaned, strikes
me as somewhat unbalanced. In deciding what safety
topics to include, valuable guidance has been obtained
from statistical reports of child-accident deaths and
injuries.

The book owes much to the generous help of many
people. Lord Horder was kind enough to criticise
the text as physician and Professor H. R. Hamley as
educationist. Miss W. E. Tilley and Mr. R. N. Waters
tried out the manuscript with Primary School pupils of
various ages; while Mrs. F. M. Bibby gave incisive
yet kindly criticism at every stage of the writing.

The drawings and photographs have all been made
specially for the book, the former by Mr. Ian Morison
and the latter by Camera Talks of Northwood, both .
working in close collaboration with Mr. H. Cowdell.
Miss M. Kaufman devoted great care to the preparation
of the text, while Mr. L. J. F. Brimble, as editor,
co-ordinated everybody's efforts. To all these I tender
thanks, whilst emphasising that responsibility for any
inadequacy or error is mine.

CYRIL BIBBY


CHIPPING BARNET
HERTFORDSHIRE


PREFACE FOR PARENTS


Ir rs somewhat unusual for a school book to have a
preface for parents, but the reason here is fairly obvious.
The education of children to a healthy way of life cannot
be carried out successfully by teachers alone ; the co-
Operation of parents is essential. It is useless for the
teacher to explain the need for a balanced diet if the
parent in the home provides an unbalanced one ; it is
equally useless for the parent to insist on the washing of
hands before eating, if the teacher in the school does not
back up this training. Neither parent nor teacher can
do a satisfactory job unless the other helps.

I am not, of course, asking parents to do the work of
teachers. I am, however, saying that parents who wish
their children to grow into a healthy way of life cannot
afford to leave everything to their teachers.
your children are asked in school to do certain things at
home, please help them to do so. If, moreover, you feel
that the teacher can help your efforts at health training
by doing certain things at School, please do not hesitate
to say so. Your children’s teachers may not always agree


with you, but they will welcome your interest and
, co-operation.


If, therefore,


CYRIL BIBBY
CHIPPING BARNET


HERTFORDSHIRE


CONTENTS


PREFACES
For Teachers -
For Parents - -


. BRIGHT AND EARLY

The World Wakes Up

Out of Bed - -

Washing and Dressing

Having Breakfast -

Ready for Going Out
This or this? -


. TIME FOR SCHOOL
Safely to School -
Who Sneezed? -
Morning Milk -
Play Time - -
A. Walk in the Fields
This or this? -


. DINNER TIME

School Dinner -

Quickly Home -

Ready for Dinner -

A Good Meal -

Resting - -
This or this? -


4. AFTERNOON SCHOOL
Back to School -
A Box of Matches -
Bobby and Betty -


A. Visit from the Dentist


Home from School
This or this? -


5. A HAPPY EVENING
Games in the Garden
Tea Time - -
After Tea - -
Ready for Bed -
Fast Asleep - -
This or this? -


SOME UsEFUL ADDRESSES -


І. BRIGHT AND EARLY


THE WORLD WAKES UP
Cock-a-doodle-do !
Cock-a-doodle-do !
The cock began to crow, for it was
morning.


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In the hedges, the birds were singing.
In the shippon, the cows were being
milked. The morning sun was rising in
the east.

Peter and Anne were still fast asleep in
their beds. Then the sun rose higher
and shone through the bedroom windows.
Its warm, bright rays fell on the sleeping
childrens’ faces. Soon Peter and Anne


moved in their beds and opened their
eyes.


The world was awake, and so were
Anne and Peter,


OUT OF BED


“Hurrah!” cried Peter. “It’s bright
and sunny.” : :

* Hurrah!" cried Anne. “What a
lovely day!”

They jumped quickly out of their beds
and ran over to the open window.

* Look at the blue tits," called Anne.
* See them on the bird table."

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ANG” replied SCS They are
having their breakfast.”

“I should like my breakfast, too,"
Anne said.

“So should 1,” said Peter. “We had
better get ready. Come along, Anne!


Let us get washed and dressed as quickly
as we can.”


MEINE


WASHING AND DRESSING


Anne took off her pyjamas and ran
into the bathroom. She stood on the
bathmat so that her feet would not get
cold. Then she washed herself quickly.

First she washed her hands and arms.

Then she washed her face and neck and
ears.

Then she washed her legs.

When she had finished washing, Anne

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rubbed herself all over with the towel.
After a brisk rub, she felt warm and glow-
ing.

Next, Anne cleaned her teeth quickly,
so that she would not get cold.

"I love a clean, fresh feeling in my
mouth," she said.

What do you think Anne did next ?

She rinsed round the washbasin so as to
leave it clean for Peter. If the washbasin
is not made clean after it is used, it looks
very unpleasant. |

While Peter was washing, Anne put on
her clothes and slippers. Then she
combed and brushed her hair. Her hair
was soft and shiny because she always
brushed it well.

“ Are you ready, Peter?” she asked.

“Yes, I’m ready,” Peter answered.

“Good!” said Anne. “Let us go
downstairs.”

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HAVING BREAKFAST


Everybody was getting ready for break-
fast. Daddy was lifting baby Judy into
her high-chair. Peter. was helping his
young brother John to fix his napkin into
the neck of his Jersey. Anne had just


finished laying the table. Mummy was
cutting the bread.


“ Are you all sittin
asked a moment later

“Yes,” said daddy.

“Yes,” said Anne.

“Yes,” said Peter.

Young John said < Ess,”
Vest :

Baby Judy bounced up and down in her
high-chair, to show that she was there.

“Good!” said mummy. “Now we
can start.”


„2
8 down?" mummy


"


meaning


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What do you think they had for
breakfast ?

First there was cereal with plenty of
milk,

Then there was a boiled egg, with
wholemeal bread and butter.
Then there was a big glass of milk.
Then there was a crisp, juicy apple.


“ That was a good breakfast," said Anne.

“Yes,” her father replied. “Good
food like that will make you grow up
strong and healthy.


“ Egg is as good as meat. It helps to
build strong muscles.


“The bread and the cereal help to keep


your body warm.


“ The milk helps to build strong bones
and teeth.” ۰ -

After everyone had finished: breakfast,
they sat around the table for à few minutes,
talking and joking. "Then daddy had. to
50 to work, and everyone left the table.

“ Now then, Peter and Anne!”
cried. “You two had better b
ready for going out."

“All right, mummy,’
off they went upstairs.


mummy
e getting


` they replied, and


READY FOR GOING OUT


After breakfast, Anne and Peter got
themselves ready for going out. This
morning, Peter was ready first. He did
six things.

First, he sat on the lavatory, as he did
every morning after breakfast.

Second, he washed his hands, as he always
did after going to the lavatory.

Third, he cleaned his teeth, so that bits
of his breakfast would not be left on
them.

Fourth, he combed and brushed his hair,
so that it would grow soft and tidy.

Fifth, he put a clean handkerchief into
- his pocket, in case he wanted to wipe his
nose or cough or sneeze.

Sixth, he put on his outdoor clothes and
shoes so that he would be warm and dry.


Then he was ready to go out.
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SIX THINGS 0 DO EACH MORNINC-
BEFORE GOINC OUT


Did you go to the lavatory after breakfast
this morning ?

Did you wash your hands after going
to the lavatory ?

Did you clean your teeth after breakfast?

Did you comb and brush your hair
before leaving the house this morning ?

Did you take a clean handkerchief?

Did you put on suitable outdoor clothes
before you left the house ?


WHICH DÓ YOU DO?


2. TIME FOR SCHOOL
P > E


SAFELY TO SCHOOL


“ Goodbye, mummy 1? cried Anne and
Peter.

“ Goodbye, John !

“ Goodbye, Judy ! "

Then off to school they went.

They were very. careful to walk on the
pavement and not in the road. `


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"I don't want to get run over," said
Peter. |

“Neither do I,” replied Anne.

When they came to the main road, they
walked along until they reached a proper
crossing place. This was marked by two
lines of white studs across the road. On
each pavement there was a ‘beacon P
which looked like a black-and-white stick
with a yellow football on top.

At the crossing there was a policeman.

“Wait a moment,” he called. “I will
stop these cars and let you cross.” Then,
a little later, he said © Com
and Peter and Anne walk
the road.

Soon they were at school. After a few
minutes play, they hung up their coats in
the cloakroom and changed into indoor
shoes.


Peter looked at his hands and said
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e along now ”
ed safely across


“Good gracious! How black they have
got while I was playing."

Then Anne saw that her hands were
dirty too.

* We'd better wash them before we go
into the classroom," she said.

So off they went to the washbasins and
gave their hands a good wash and a good
dry.

* Now we are ready," they said, and
went into their classroom.


WHO SNEEZED ?


Miss Brown was playing the piano and
all the children in her class were dancing
round the room. Suddenly there was a
tremendous sneeze.

A-a-a-tish-oo !

Miss Brown stopped playing and asked,
“ Who was that sneezing ? >”

“T sneezed,” said Billy Smith. “Гуе
got a cold.”

“Well, you are a silly Billy then,” Miss
Brown replied. “You should not have
come to school to-day.”

Then she turned to the class.

“Who knows why Billy should not
have come to school to-day ? ” she asked.

“ Because he has a cold,”
" He might give us his germs."

" Yes," said Miss Brown, “ And who
knows what ‘ germs? are?”

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said Peter.


“Ido,” Anne replied. “ Germs are tiny
little things that sometimes make you ill.
They are so small that you can't see them.”

“Thats right," said Miss Brown.
“ Germs are so small that you need а
microscope to see them. But, although
they are so small, they are dangerous.
In fact, germs are much more dangerous
than lions and tigers.”


“Do they kill people?” asked Peter.

* Sometimes," Miss Brown replied.
** Some sorts of germ are very dangerous.

Some germs give you diphtheria; other
germs give you a cold. So you should
always take great care not to pass on your
germs to other people. ”


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Then she turned to Billy.

*'Tell me, Billy," she asked. ^ What
should you do when you have a cold?”

* Sneeze into my handkerchief,” said
Billy, “ so that my germs won't get spread
about the room."

* Yes," said Miss Brown, “and what
else should you do? ”

“Stay at home,” Billy replied, “зо
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