Feeling poorly: sick words
When we are not well, we feel sick. We can have a cold, a cough, a fever or a headache. With a cold we sneeze. With a cough we make a noise in our throat. With a fever our body is too hot. With a headache our head hurts. When we are not sick, we are well. Before these sick words we say a: a fever, a headache. Always tell a grown-up when you feel sick.
Hello, Rahma. Are you well today?
No, I’m not well. I feel sick.
I’m sorry to hear that. Tell your mum.
I’m telling her now. She is calling the doctor.
Seif has a cold. He sneezes a lot. His mum puts her hand on his head. He has a fever too. Mum calls the doctor. After two days Seif is well again.
Sick or well? The grown-up acts a sickness (sneezes, coughs, holds the head, feels hot). The child guesses with a full sentence: You have a cold. Then change places. At the end both say: Now we are well!
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