Garden

Outdoors in the garden is my favourite spot in the summer. It takes a bit of time to keep the grass cut and I must always clean up after my pet, Hazard Hound. Oh, I’ve given you a hint about one of my hidden hazards.

Here are a few other hazards that may be found in your garden:

• Oil or any other chemical for use in the garden should be locked away.
• Eating out is great, but leave cooking to the grown-ups. Barbeques are extremely hot!
• Small sticks, stones or pieces of grass can fly up from the mowers and may hit legs or eyes.
• Garden ponds need a safety cover over them.
• Trampolines are great exercise but bounce safely in the middle, one at a time

Garden Game

How good is your memory? The idea behind this game is to check your powers of concentration and memory. Click on the cards to turn them over. On the flip side you will find pictures of things that you may find in the garden. Every card has an identical matching picture card. Turn two matching picture cards over in a row and you have won a matching pair. They will disappear off screen. Match all the pairs to clear the screen and you have won the game! Each time you renew the game the pictures will jumble up again and a new challenge will begin. Are you ready? Off you go. There are 12 matching pairs.

To play this game, you need to visit the flash version of the site. Click here to go to the flash version of the site.

Garden Quiz

Questions - (You can find the answers below)

1). Why do children take tablets by mistake?
(a) they are hungry
(b) they think they are sweets
(c) because they are naughty

2). A medicine cabinet should be:
(a) not too high
(b) high up
(c) high up and locked

3). What should be done with old medicines?
(a) flushed down the toilet
(b) thrown in the bin
(c) given to your chemist

4). In the nursery rhyme what did the “old woman” swallow first?
(a) a wasp
(b) a fly
(c) a bee

5). What can be fitted to cupboards or drawers to stop them being opened by young children?
(a) cupboard hooks
(b) cupboard latches
(c) cupboard catches

6). Where should cleaning fluids be kept?
(a) out of sight and reach of children
(b) under the sink
(c) in a lemonade bottle

7). What are the special child resistant bottle tops called?
(a) “flicky”
(b) “clicky”
(c) “slicky”

8). Why should children be watched while playing?
(a) they may find something poisonous
(b) they like to show off
(c) they want company

9). What may make you sick?
(a) eating apples from a fruit bowl
(b) eating pears from a tin
(c) eating berries from a tree in the garden

10). What would you do if you found a bottle and were not sure what was in it?
(a) smell it to try to find out what it is
(b) ask an adult what it is
(c) have a drink of it anyway

Answers

1. (b) they think they are sweets

2. (c) high up and locked

3. (c) given to your chemist

4. (b) a fly

5. (c) cupboard catches

6. (a) out of sight and reach of children

7. (b) “clicky”

8. (a) they may find something poisonous

9. (c) eating berries from a tree in the garden

10. (b) ask an adult what it is